I Forgot About My Month Anniversary!

I forgot to mention yesterday was my one month anniversary of living in Buenos Aires! I can’t believe how fast the first month just flew by; putting things into perspective, July 4^th is only a few days away, the Gladbrook Corn Carnival has already come and gone, this upcoming Monday will be my 25^th Birthday, followed by the Felix Grundy Festival next weekend. WOW! With a just a blink of an eye, I could married and have kids. (Totally kidding btw LOL!)

I've received several questions pertaining to whether or not, Argentina or I will be celebrating the 4^th of July. Well, sadly the 4^th means nothing down here in Argentina, but will that stop me from having a few celebration drinks? Of course not! LOL! I’m sure there will be other Estados Unidos expats getting together to celebrate the 4^th, but it wouldn't be anything grand. The 9^th of July will be a different story because that date is Argentina’s Independence Day.

My first Spanish lesson went well. I need to do some rehashing of the basics because I forgot them since my junior year of High School…go figure. Today, we learned about the -AR, -IR, and -ER verbs. I will give the Martin, my teacher, until the end of July, and the I will determine if I’m progressing because it is hard to tell after one class. I will say the teacher is extremely nice, and I thank Rachael for hooking me up; despite the fact I almost gave up on finding his place because I believe he gave me the wrong address. LOL! (I was only a few minutes late.)

Arriving at work, I started where I left off with the five portfolio writings. It took me until 5 pm to finish because I just wasn't in the writing mood. In this profession, as with any, you have your “on-days” and your “off-days,” today definitely was an off-day.

Now that I’m in my new place, I've packed my nights full! Unlike, June where I just wrote my blog posts and watched NetFlix, I’m left to believe I will have packed nights for the remained of my time in BA. A typical night now consists of: a 45 min walk home, weight room visit, cooking supper, writing the blog post, and practicing my Spanish. Looks like I won’t be reading much of the two books I brought along.

Here is a photo of just one piece of graffiti art that paints my work route. I swear if I took pictures of all the different pieces of graffiti, I could make a path that would stretch from BA to Iowa and back; hypothetically speaking of course. LOL!