As a form of self reflection, I would like to attribute my relaxed attitude to cultural adaptation. Before I left for my travels, I was filling my schedule with nothing and even though it was enjoyable, I still felt uneasy - I wasn't comfortable relaxing and letting myself just be. Now, all I want to do is exist; I want to do nothing all day long and when responsibilities appear out of thin air, I choose to ignore them. To my yankee friends that are reading this and thinking that I have transformed into a lazy human being and that having an empty schedule is a sign of weakness, I feel sorry for you fore I was once you. I had let the world take over my life and dictate my schedule, I planned everything down to the minute and I kept myself in constant motion. I never want to return to this because I am happier when I am free. I urge you fast paced gringos to let go and breathe for a change.
Anyways, now that I have insulted the majority of my very small audience, the things I have done (when I was not sitting under a tree with a book and some snacks) are: met the new exchange students and caught up with old friends, played ultimate frisbee more times than I can count, went to la festival de la Vendimia, attended a pool party, marched for International Women's Day, hiked Cerro Arco at night to see a concert on top of a mountain, essentially given up vegetarianism again, spent the weekend in Cacheuta as an IFSA excursion where we went hiking, rafting, and horseback riding.
I would elaborate more on each of these things but my inability to do anything productive is telling me that I am too lazy and that pictures would be easier.
Besitos mis amores.
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