Lazy day!

This week went by very quickly, thanks to Monday being a holiday and never having classes on Friday. Last night I went to a movie with some friends called La familia. You would never guess from the way that movie titles are changed between English and Spanish, but it was the movie And the Kids Were All Right. It was a very relaxing way to finish off the week. There was a shout out to Buenos Aires in the script, something about the beef being so fresh that the cows are still mooing on your plate. We all appreciated it. The movie was followed by a Quilmes, the national beer.

Today I ran errands. I was only partially successful.

- I managed to get 25 pesos in monedas at the bank!

- I bought some black sandals that I'd been shopping around for.

- I was not however able to find a copy of Respiración artificial by Ricardo Piglia that I need for class. Apparently it's about to be reprinted, but that just means no one has the old copy. Needless to say, I walked down a street that is known for it's 123920 bookstores and none of them had it. I'm not really looking forward to reading 200 pages on my computer screen...

- I also stopped by the program center looking for Kenna's package, but it still hasn't arrived:( PS You're all welcome to send me letters! I'll return the favor!

- I went to lunch with David, another Whitman student who is here, and his girlfriend who is visiting. We went to sushi, and I got the "Philadelfia" roll. I can't wait for some Ahola Sushi in Walla Walla.

Another topic: Las tomas a la UBA

Before coming to BsAs, everyone who had studied here told me that I needed to take a class at the Universidad de Buenos Aires. The huge, 300,000 students, public (aka free) university. For whatever reason I decided not to take classes there, but I am now incredibly thankful that I'm not. For most of the semester, the facultades of Filosofía y Letras and Ciencias Sociales have been closed due to student strikes. The students started the strikes in solidarity with high school student strikes, who were protesting the deteriorating states of their buildings and supplies and general lack of funding. Some university professors are holding public classes in the street, others have class in cafes, some are online, and others just aren't meeting. The program that I'm in has been forced to implement "Plan B" in order to ensure that people who were enrolled at UBA receive credit. The options include an independent study/20 page paper or a selection of newly created classes offered through our program. I'm just glad I don't have to worry about it!!

Other random things:

- I'm moving on Monday to a new house.

-It's 10:23 and we still haven't eaten dinner. This schedule is killing me, my body refuses to adapt.

-It's Mother's Day here on Sunday!