So about another week has gone by, I intended to post earlier but the internet keeps cutting out here.

well, the first interesting thing that i experienced this week was the southamerican cup for Patin (skating). definately something i haven´t seen before. In a nutshell, patin is figure skating, but not over ice my friends (too dificult to maintain in warmer climates, obviously), it´s the old school skates. so basically i got to watch male figureskating... and the male programs there aren´t as developed as it is in the states (becuase, it´s definately not the most machismo sport on the planet) but it was entertaining nontheless. we mostly went there to watch my host mom speak, since shes the director or sports in catamarca, and it was great. at least i think it was, not like i understood it, but everybody clapped, so i did to.

so i was sick and got better.. yep- that means school. I suited up in my obnoxiously plaid uniform monday morning at about quarter to seven (it really is ugly..) it consists of a skirt that´s nearly two sizes too long for me, a polo, the same socks everyday (not a good situation for me), oh! and old man shoes. for breakfast, i was asked what i like to eat, naturally being the american i am, i said toast. so-- my host mom made an enormous pile of toast, but since i don´t eat 15 slices in the morning, it´s in a bin in the firdge (which kinda defeats the point of warm crispy melty toast in the morning, but i take one for the team anyways)everything is good though, i enjoy my classmates-no specific friends yet, but it´ll come along with the language. So everyday we start with everybody in lines facing the flag, and they play a very very long dramatic song while somebody raises the flag slowly, i respect it but it´s still super cheezy :P . Also in school, since there are no books, i´m learning how to take notes by hand again. but the thing is that the teacher stands in the back of the room reading the page at a billion words/min and i can´t understand it, much less keep up. Also, something else i found interesting.. in english class today, we had to do a worksheet (yes, they´re making me do worksheets) and i kid you not, this was one of the problems:

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

5. Terrorists threatened.........................(blow up) the store.

not much else exciting has happend here, just trying to get into a routine here and focus on learning spanish and making friends...