So what's been happening in the life of Lauren?
Okay, sooo, had a fabulous time at this club by the beach, playing some basketball, rockin it in the waves and playing some intense pictionary. A friend, Sandra, hooked a group of 8 of us up to spend the night camping at this club called el Bosque and, one early Saturday morning we head out on the Panamericana to the beach. We kicked it in the pool for a bit, wandered around the area, and chilled on the coast looking out at the water. We took a short trip to Punta Hermosa since el Bosque beach is quite (and by quite I mean painfully) rocky, and we wanted to venture into the ocean's small, but surprisingly powerful waves. We got back, played some ball and tennis, then messed around in the pool before the evening came upon us. At night we got the barbeque set up and while the rest of the crew feasted on chicharrones and alitas I contently nibbled away at my sandwiches (yay being vegetarian in peru.....although I'm cheating and eating fish now....whoops). After I took a nice long nap, hehe, we played a couple of rounds of pictionary Alvaro, Sandra and I versus Andres, Miriam and Jaquie. While we tied, a rematch is certainly in order to determine the true champions. We spend the next day there, but I had to head out early since I teach a class Sunday evenings. Overall, a weekend well spent (although my nose was a bit crispy after soaking in all the sun....oh yeah, and my lip swelled up twice its size monday morning....but yeah, it's cool)
Still teaching English, having a good time, no complaints. Looking forward to my family's visit in April!!! Trying to figure out how to show them Lima in just a week. Due to the tragic events in Cuzco, their plans to visit have been stunted. Hoping to travel to Bolivia to visit Kirsten for Semana Santa (conveniently before my tourist visa runs out, hehe) and get some Obie reunion time going on. Been taking exams (WhAAAA?!) for my Linguistics class, which, while not terribly difficult, is kind of a weird shift from not being in school, and the fact that the last 2 years of college I only wrote papers, no exams. But yeah, good times being a "real" student.
I've been keeping up with my New Year's resolutions thusfar, although sometimes difficult given the time somehow slips away so quickly. Been running as much as possible, and shooting around when I feel inspired. Finished The Sorrow of War which was extremely depressing, but incredibly well written. Definitely recommend it. Working on Around the World in 80 Days and just about finished, very funny and provides for some fascinating commentary on the British opinions on the foreign, uncivilized cultures of the world. Way to go White Man's burden! Also just some sweet historical flashbacks to culture and travel in the late 1800's, you know, if you're into that kind of thing...
I have exclusively reserved Friday nights to the viewing of Lost at the Makabe residence for the rest of the season. Soooo, to all those Lost fans, what the f**%4#!!! What is going on with this parallel world business, why is smokey suddenly John Locke, and, ummm, Claire? The new Rousseau??? Opinions and commentary are welcome.
The time has come for me to set about doing some work, so I bid adieu until a later date. Much love to all!
