Saturday, August 1, 2009

5 days, no im not counting...

Well, my lack of blogging has actually had a reason (besides the "I'm too busy having a phenomenal time to blog" excuse). I have spent a good chunk of this week on bed rest (I would like to think that you can visit a foreign place without seeing the inside of their hospitals but so far that hasn't proved to be true).

The doctor declared that I had a persistent fever, a throat infection, and ear infection, and just generally was lacking in sleep. At that point I concurred. When he handed me five thousand very large pills to swallow I wanted to protest, but as I've gotten quite competent at swallowing large white pills in the last few days (mmm...medicine) I didn't.

The gist of being sick is that I basically didn't work Tuesday through Friday and although one or two days was a nice rest from the crazy energy of the little children I sort of actually really (SLASH A LOT) miss then now and I'm excited to head back to work on Monday (if only for 2, maybe 3 days).

Friday however I was declared better by my host family and I went to see the movie Public Enemy with Laura. Although it was over-hyped and the boys in the row behind us kept practicing their poor, poor, oh so poor, English on us it was just the sort of pick me up I needed after lying in bed all week and exhausting all sorts of good tv shows (and even some not-so-good ones).

Thursday night the French disappeared for a weekend in Buenos Aires (to arrive home Monday night) and the house got decidedly quieter, something that I appreciate every once in awhile. I just find it really strange that when I next see the French I will only have 48 hours with them and then I hop on to a bus to take me to Mendoza (it's doubledecker and I have a seat on the top - I'm quite excited about that actually, no big deal) and from there a plane to take me to Santiago and from there Esteban (which I'm considerably more happy about).

Today however Laura and I went for a lengthy walk, bought my bus ticket, bought groceries (we are making dinner in a matter of minutes), and ate ice cream - funny story.

Laura and I were informed that ice cream here is not sold by scoops but rather by name - several appear to be the same size with different names, a mystery we haven't solved - and should you desire to purchase a single scoop, well you will be denied.

The funny (slash really gross) part of this story came when we were walking along the street eating our ice cream. One of the scoops on Laura's cone topples off (in it's entirety) and falls on to the disgusting, dirty ground frequently inhabited by Cordoba's so so large population of mangy, stray (and sometimes really cute) dogs. Several passerby's make noises of condolence but one man hops forward, picks up the dirty ice cream ball, pops it in to his mouth (everyone was staring) and walks off down the street eating it. Gross.

Now, I must head off to eat dinner. Laura and I are preparing a "non-Argentinean" meal which basically means spaghetti bolognese and a real salad (plus apple crumble for desert). We also decided that since neither of us like wine (the drink of choice forced on us nightly by the French) that we would take advantage of their absence and hence we purchased lots of beer (yummy Argentinean beer) to be consumed shortly.


Lastly, I regret to inform myself (and I guess you too) that my blogging is coming to an end. I leave in a very short period of time (I have mixed feelings about leaving)and while I will blog just before I go, I do not believe I will be blogging while I'm in Chile.

Hasta luego!

Chau!

3 comments:

Esteban Ortega said...

Uhhh... ¡Suena como que te estoy secuestrando por una semana! jaja...
¡No abandones a tus lectores! Chile es aún es parte de "Jane en Sudamérica", ¿no? :)


Que tengas un vuelo genial (y el bus también)... y buen viaje linda.

...¡nos vemos en Santiago!
Esteban.

Anonymous said...

glad you are feeling better! sad your blogging is drawing to a close (the ants still make me laugh)

and hey, if you miss small children and travel, you know where you can visit! :)

lots of love,
Maggie

Anonymous said...

Hi Jane,

I'm sorry you were sick, but it's nice to be done with it before flying off to Chile. I've so enjoyed reading your blogs and "experiencing" your adventures vicariously. You're a wonderful writer and I'll miss your blogs. Have an amazing adventure in Chile with Esteban!

Love, Granny