Lina, Stephan, Rose, me, and my sister Ambar. ^
My sister Alba and her son, Iker. ^
My cousin Lina and I! ^
And my two nieces! ^Hey! I'm sitting in my bed writing this blog waiting for internet so that I can post it, and just hoping that it will copy and paste this time. I've been having a really great time lately, without really even doing anything actually. Last sunday my family and I went to Santiago (a town sort of in the middle of the country) with the rest of AFS for a family day. Fourteen hours in a Diablo Rojo for about six hours at a pool, but I had a lot of fun because I got to see all my friends and eat fruits all day! A few really good friends of mine left the day after so it was also sort of a good bye for them. My family and I got home at around ten, and my oldest sister was having a party (she didn't tell mom and dad) which ended up in a lot of family drama, as well as a bunch of nonsense with my cousins, which unfortunately I don't want to talk about on here. The next morning my sister and I just did chores and cleaned the house up from the party. I don't ever want to wash dishes again. Rose has been coming over lately a lot, and yesterday we took a little bike tour around the town. I was on the pegs for the better part of the ride... We thought we were going to die, and we actually crashed a few times. Nothing else has really happened around here, but somehow I'm not completely bored out of my mind, instead I'm very happy. It's really crazy to me to think that maybe a month ago I was thinking about coming home and not enjoying myself at all, It's completely turned around and I don't think I ever want to go home.
Future plans! I'm going to my first quincenera, I have no idea if I spelled that right, plus my keyboard doesn't make the squiggly thing over the 'n'.
ANYWAY, I'm really excited, everyone says they're really fun. I'll take lots of pictures! Which reminds me why I haven't uploaded any pictures, It takes a freakin' lifetime to upload them. I tried the other day, and after three hours of waiting for five pictures to upload, it told me that I should try again. Sorry people, unless I find a way to make it go faster, not happening. I think that's it for now, I'm gonna go check and see if there's internet and then watch some telenovelas! I'm getting hooked as I can now understand mostly all of it. Even though I can understand conversationally, and speak, TV is completely different. Plus they have different accents and words because most of them are from Mexico or Colombia. Ok, bye!! Alrighty, so it didn't let me just copy and paste the blog, fantastic. So I just googled how to copy and paste it and it says that I can if I download google chrome. So while that's downloading I'm sitting here with my cousin looking at a magazine. Just to tell you guys!
Google chrome rocks so far, copy and paste totally worked, and it's really fast. I'm gonna try and upload some pictures. Love it! Yay!
Raven,
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Pictures, really a treat. So happy you have found a way to up load them. I hope you are able to take lots of photo's at the birthday party. What kind of special activites take place at such an event? Why in Panama is the magic age 15 but the big deal for a girl in America is 16, "sweet sixteen"?
TV is one of the best ways to learn a language. I remember I would sit for hours with my host brothers and watch soccer and stupid movies. I would be so excited when I could understand the very essence of what was going on. Then it became a way to build vocabulary with out being put on the spot in conversation.
So do you have any travel plans for the next few months while you are not in school? Please let us know. You need to do and see as much as you can as you will never be back in Panama in such a compasity. When you do go back it will be for a visit and not for nearly as long and chances are you will be a tour guide. Ha Ha! After all you will be an expert on the place.
Raven, I love you so much and am really, really proud of you for making it through a really tough part of your year, if not the toughest. Now you are on the other side of your year, Carpe diem girl! Let Papa and I know if you need anything at all. Keep the entries flowing. We miss you.
Hey Raven, so excited to see pictures! Your hair is so blond and I love your shirt. Looks like you have no lack of friends or family around. Your nephew is super cute.
ReplyDeleteQuincenerias are so much fun (I don't think I can spell that either). I remember my friends in college all had them and showed me photos. So over the top, I am very jealous you get to go to one.
Happy that you have found peace and loving it. Tell us all about the 15th party.
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