slow saturday

Hello all.

Well, I can finally say I "went out" here in Concepción. Last night, the run club, "WildRunners," went out to Tijuana, a Mexican restaurant and dance club. It was a pretty good time. We had (Chilean-made) Mexican food. I ordered green chile enchiladas that left a lot to be desired...I'm really excited about good Mexican food! And once the music started around 1am, we all hit the dance floor for a while. The music was a funny mix of reggaton, salsa, merengue, and then random American pop like "Hot and Cold" and Shania Twain's, "Man! I feel like a women." You definitely dance differently to a salsa song than to a pop country tune. :)

I find it crazy that it's taken me this long to truly "go out" here. But in the end, it's not too surprising. I'm not really much of a party girl in general and living really far from the center of town gives me a fantastic excuse. Also, all of the good places to go out require a car and more money, neither of which I have. Oh, and Chileans like to party until 5am and the American in me is way to lame to do that. Nonetheless, last night was pretty fun!

This morning came way to soon as I had to get up and teach a 3-hour conversation class at the Norteamericano. Surprisingly, it wasn't too rough-- nothing a few cups of nescafé couldn't fix.

Yesterday marked the 2 month countdown. Honestly, in this moment, with two months to go and 9 months of living in Chile, I'm pretty excited to get back home. Not that I'd want to go tomorrow. It's just that I feel as if two more months is perfect. I have one more big trip planned--- Torres del Paine-- and an end-of-service conference up in Santiago. Other than that, I'm planning on hanging out in Conce, enjoying the good weather, and looking in to possible jobs in Colorado.

Time is a tricky, finicky little fellow and I realize I need to keep and eye on him. He's easy to lose and find weeks later still ticking away like always.

A few things I'm excited about:

-milk (never been much of a milk-drinker but the powdered stuff is getting old)

-Chipotle salad bowl

-Target

-driving

-space, windows, natural light

-coffffeeeee!

-food. food. food.

-Christmas cookies ;)

~Welp, see ya later. Off to onces with random bus drivers that have been hanging out on the couch all day. And Nelson.