Random Things

So first of all, I now have (and have figured out how to work) Skype, so if you too have Skype, add me. It's kimberly.lackey

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and I will basically be alone. I mean, there will be lots of other people, but I will only know approximatly 12 of them. I am making chocolate chip cookies, and this means that I am to try my hand at high-altitude baking. Oh, also, I had to buy baking soda because during my shopping trip to Supermaxi, I bought baking powder by mistake. So I went back, and couldn't find it...I asked and got the funniest look...she said that they only sell baking soda here in the pharmacies..so I had to go to a pharmacy to buy baking soda. Weird, right?

This is week 8 of classes (well technically I just finished week 8 because we only have class m-th and this Thursday is Thanksgiving). Which means that I am on week 9 of 10 for school...and week 10 is basically nothing. So this quarter is almost over (thank goodness) and it is that much closer to being over. I think that I would have been a lot happier only participating in one quarter, but I guess this way it's a learning experience and I know better for the future.

Everyone else now is setting up for visitors (My mom is coming in two days!, my dad will be here next week! ect...) and I have yet to add anyone to the list...so if your interested in a little traveling...

Tonight I have homework, but I also just obtained a copy of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban en Espanol, so I think that rather than homework, it will be a long night of reading (and attempting to drown out the constant pounding that is our bathroom remodel).

Oh, and Kelsey, one of the girls here, got robbed, which marks the first time that any of us has actually had something taken. Caitlin was condiment scammed (meaning someone sprayed her with mustard and then attemped to take her bag while she was wiping it off), and we've had numerous instances where people try to stick their hands in our bags on crowded busses, but Kelsey was the first person to actually have money taken. Luckily, she wasn't hurt at all and they only took her wallet of cash, but still. We were told that the odds of it happening to one of us were really high, and I guess that proved to be true.

It is really hot here still, even though it is supposed to be the rainy season. Because of the lack of rain, we have been living without lights for different blocks of time during the past few weeks, and now they announced that if it doesn't start raining soon, they will be rationing water. So if it doesn't rain, we won't be able to do laundry or take sufficient showers, not to mention that this is all happening in the dark. Awesome.

Other than that, I dont think I have any news. I pray that there is lights tomorrow because I am to be baking cookies...but I think thats all. We have one more hour of Spanish for the day and then I am free to go home and read Harry Potter. Which makes me happy. If I don't get a chance to post tomorrow (which I think I will, but there is never a guarantee with the electrical situation) then Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!