We´re not dead...
... just busy. I realized our last blog entry was right before Thanksgiving and moreover, I haven´t written a blog in about 3 months. I´ve been working like a crazy banshee lately, earning enough to support Nate and I in the manner to which we are accustomed. Which is to say, still eating 2 meals a day and walking everywhere that is less than 45 minutes away because we still cannot afford public transportation. As it is, this entry will have to be short and sweet because I have to leave to teach a class in 15 minutes.
Two big things have happened. The first is that we moved out of our residencia house and into a fully furnished studio apartment. Our new place is 15 minutes walking from work and approximately the size of a shoebox. But we really like it. It´s in the same building as a friend of ours, so that is fun. Turns out that all of the people we really liked in our old residencia house are vamoosing come mid-December, so out of spite we decided to leave first.
The second thing that happened is that I had a birthday! Besides Nate and my parents only THREE people remembered it was my birthday. The rest of you are on my black list and I will most likely never speak to you again. You know exactly who you are, and I expect groveling emails from all of you explaining yourselves and begging my forgiveness. For my birthday we went out into the countryside and camped by the side of a river next to a good climbing site. Getting there was quite the adventure: we had to take a 40 minute metro ride, then figure out which bus to take to get into the Canyon. The first time we took the wrong bus, and had to ride it for an hour so it could take us back to where we started. But then the driver discovered someone had puked on his bus and made us get off and find another bus to take us back to the place where we could take the correct bus. Long story short, we ended up getting to our destination about 4 hours later than expected because of all the bus nonsense. AND we were left without enough money to pay the entrance fee into the park so we had to sneak in by river access (riverbanks are always public land) and then feign stupidity and no Spanish skills when confronted by not one but TWO toothless security guards on two separate occasions trying to kick us out of the park. They both took pity on our broken Spanish and ignorance and let us go "just this once." The next day a few friends met us for some swimming and climbing action, and they were even nice enough to provide some beer and cake action as well. It was a great time, although I think you´ll all agree that every birthday after your 21st is somewhat of a letdown. Hopefully I´ll be able to put some pictures of the weekend up on here when my friend takes pity on me and sends them. Good news though: we are planning on buying another camera over Christmas and we are also planning on not having it stolen.
Also, we will be in the States on the 20th of December. Nate will be hanging out in the DC area on the night of the 20th, and we will both be in DC on the 30th if you´re interested in seeing us. Hope everything is well with all of you, and that you´ve already started writing your apology emails for forgetting my birthday.
Two big things have happened. The first is that we moved out of our residencia house and into a fully furnished studio apartment. Our new place is 15 minutes walking from work and approximately the size of a shoebox. But we really like it. It´s in the same building as a friend of ours, so that is fun. Turns out that all of the people we really liked in our old residencia house are vamoosing come mid-December, so out of spite we decided to leave first.
The second thing that happened is that I had a birthday! Besides Nate and my parents only THREE people remembered it was my birthday. The rest of you are on my black list and I will most likely never speak to you again. You know exactly who you are, and I expect groveling emails from all of you explaining yourselves and begging my forgiveness. For my birthday we went out into the countryside and camped by the side of a river next to a good climbing site. Getting there was quite the adventure: we had to take a 40 minute metro ride, then figure out which bus to take to get into the Canyon. The first time we took the wrong bus, and had to ride it for an hour so it could take us back to where we started. But then the driver discovered someone had puked on his bus and made us get off and find another bus to take us back to the place where we could take the correct bus. Long story short, we ended up getting to our destination about 4 hours later than expected because of all the bus nonsense. AND we were left without enough money to pay the entrance fee into the park so we had to sneak in by river access (riverbanks are always public land) and then feign stupidity and no Spanish skills when confronted by not one but TWO toothless security guards on two separate occasions trying to kick us out of the park. They both took pity on our broken Spanish and ignorance and let us go "just this once." The next day a few friends met us for some swimming and climbing action, and they were even nice enough to provide some beer and cake action as well. It was a great time, although I think you´ll all agree that every birthday after your 21st is somewhat of a letdown. Hopefully I´ll be able to put some pictures of the weekend up on here when my friend takes pity on me and sends them. Good news though: we are planning on buying another camera over Christmas and we are also planning on not having it stolen.
Also, we will be in the States on the 20th of December. Nate will be hanging out in the DC area on the night of the 20th, and we will both be in DC on the 30th if you´re interested in seeing us. Hope everything is well with all of you, and that you´ve already started writing your apology emails for forgetting my birthday.
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