Uneventful, just the way I like it

May 27, 2009

‘m writing under less than ideal conditions due to the fact that a car has hit a tree and taken out half of the city’s power.  The last couple of days have been pretty uneventful but it’s pretty hard to top throwing up in the Andes and getting bit by a spider.  I’m rather enjoying the uneventfulness.

On Saturday, I went to El Centro (downtown) with one of my friends.  Most of the students went up to the mountains to camp for the weekend.  Using my amazing judgment and that of the doctors I thought it would be best to take it easy, besides if I went on the trip I would have missed the Indy 500 (which CLEARLY wasn’t an option).  The other didn’t go because she got a parasite, so we made quiet the duo.  After walking through El Centro we went to the Mercado Principal.  It is a three story indoor market with food, clothes and all those little things you buy on trips thinking they are great until you get home and have no where to put it.  It was almost too overwhelming because there was just so much stuff plus the air smelled of the dried fish with a hint of lemon and salt.  To continue are day of shopping we went to Garcons or the Venezuelan equivalent to a Wal-Mart.  I bought something there that I could have for dinner since our host family only provides two meals for us.

On Sunday (Race Day), I slept in which was amazing because there weren’t cars zooming past my window at six in the morning.  I turned on ESPN Deportes to watch the race and probably understood maybe every tenth word mostly because it would Indianapolis or one of the race car drivers names.  50 laps into the race our power went out for about 30 minutes.  The power went back on around lap 100 just in time to see TK being interviewed. The end of the race was great.  Oh, thanks for who ever drew Ryan Hunter Ray for me…. and Scott congrats at finally winning.  

The last two days of school have been long and exhausting.  All of the Spanish is starting to make my brain hurt, but hopefully that means I am learning something.  I am liking my classes a lot. This weekend I think we are going to the beach.  Hopefully I can get some color, that way when my teachers refer to white people that wont use me as an example anymore (Its happen 3 times already).

I hope to report more uneventful things but lets be honest, its me.