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Story of my life

Sorry I haven't updated for about 10 years. Life has been really really crazy. I'm taking 18 credits worth of classes this semester (and they're all pretty boring classes) along with my online class (that I was supposed to finish this summer) and I"m helping Ryan with his online spanish class. So what, 24 credits? That's healthy. I'm learning how to manage my time better though,a nd work on studying. Ah. Just a little different from life in Argentina. And let me say, I miss it SO SO SO much. Michelle (one of my best friends down there) is back for this semester and living with my host family. I wanna be there.

I'm back on the bike and pretty excited about it. I joined the Tough Girls team (www.toughgirlcycling.com). This is a 'dirt' team, focusing on Cyclocross and Mountain biking. I'll be getting a new, super sick, mountain bike, YAY!! I had my first road race this weekend, a time trial. It sucked. I know TTs are supposed to hurt, and it did, but it was very humbling and I realized how out of shape I am and how 10 months off the bike really affected my cycling potential. I'm coming back. Maybe not for road season, but I'm coming back. Bryan hooked me up with a sweet deal at Full Cycle, so I'll be getting a new road bike too! SWEET.

And finally, I'm going BACK to Costa Rica for spring break! YAY! 16 days and counting. I'll be with Ryan :), Laura (a friend from HS who's in a lot of my classes), Kellie, Sessa (who are both CR Veterans) and Lynne! SO MUCH FUN! I have a lot of crap to do with school before then, but it'll be a great reward.

I'm just trying to get through school, and get to summer. Let's see if I can get a job?! Who knows.

besos a todos.

Family visit

So my parents and sister came and that was SO much fun. I worked really hard planning their trip for them, finding hotels (or lack there of) booking airfare, booking tours, etc. It all ended up amazing. We went to Bariloche, in Patagonia. It was beautiful, we stayed in a beatiful hotel on the lake, with the mountains in every direction. Ah. It was so nice having fresh air, and no sounds of busses and horns. We went on a beautiful hike, then a really nice boat tour. We walked around the town for a while (which was one of the most touristy towns ever...) They are known for their chocolate, and on the last day in town, we went into like 5 chocolate shops, and they all let you sample their chocolate. Needless to say, we were all on a HUGE sugar buzz the entire flight home.

In Buenos Aires there was some drama with the apartment that I had found for our family to stay in. The fam ended up staying in a really sweet hotel overlooking Plaza San Martin. BEAUTIFUL! We went shopping, went to an amazing tango show, saw all the touristy sights like Boca and Palermo and Recoleta and we had amazing amazing amazing food. Yeah. That´s what its all about here.

Overall it was great to see my family, and spend lots of time with them, it's been too long.

I'm coming home early, on Dec 17, so I'm excited to see snow again, and be cold etc. Should be amazing. Next post will be my beach adventures (I just got home!!)

Patagonia with my Family!!

So my family is in town and it's sooo good to see them! We're in Patagonia, in Bariloche, for the majority of the week. It is beautiful. We walked around town yesterday, and went hiking today. Tomorrow we're going on a boat tour :) It is so so beautiful here!! These are pictures taken from the balcony of our hotel, rough life, I know.

YAY! No mullet for me!

Sorry for the lame photobooth picture, my camera is being retarded.

After freaking out, and downloading pictures, and talking to numerous friends, I did it. My hair is shorter and healthier, and I HAVE BANGS! Well kind of, it's more of that side sweep thing, but I like it. It's the first time I've ever done something like that. I was scared shitless, but Michelle was there to hold my hand. It's a good thing Marcus knew what he was doing :)

How do you say "I don't want a mullet" in Spanish?

I'm getting my haircut tomorrow. It's long overdue. I'm just super scared that they're going to ruin it! All the girls here have nasty haircuts, mullets, whatever. I'm bringing pictures.

Wish me luck.

Catching up...

Sorry. It has been a while (relatively.)

I love you girls!!!

Last Friday night I had an empanada and wine party. I invited all my girlfriends over, and they all brought wine and their favorite empanadas (the typical food here). We had so so so much fun! My good friend Kate came over earlier in the day and we baked. We made a yummy challah bread, a chocolate bread, and hamantashen. Yum! So there were like 10 girls here, and everyone brought wine... so 10 girls + 13 bottles of wine (plus Annie's sangria) = one DRUNK Sarah. I called it an early night. Lame.

My foot kind of got better. Well. Good enough for me to run in the race on Sunday. It was probably a really stupid thing for me to do, cause it still hurt a little bit. Well I jogged 10k, in less than an hour. NOT TOO SHABBY. It was a lot of fun and there were 25,000 people running with me. Pretty sweet. Here, you have to wear the shirts that they give you for the event. This shirt is an amazing celeste blue color (the blue in the Argentine flag). It was so cool to see a huge street, FILLED with blue shirts. I had a lot of fun.


I spent over 1/2 the day Monday in the immigration office AGAIN to get my SECOND student visa. It was ridiculous. The rest of my day was spent running around the city trying to finalize stuff for my parents.

Mom and dad came in on Tuesday. Their plane was supposed to come in at 7 am. This meant that I was going to get picked up at 5:45 in order to meet them at the airport. Well their flight was delayed 3 hours (which I found out the night before, thanks to cell phones and AIM.) I met them at the airport on a super rainy day. We ended up walking around Recoleta, having a good steak lunch, then having an awesome Merienda (late afternoon snack/tea) with my host family. It was really cute.

We went out to Cumana (my FAVORITE Argentine food restaurant) for dinner, and shared some small dishes, and 2 bottles of wine. We were all a little tipsy, which was fun. Yesterday I joined them for breakfast at their hotel, then we took the subway, and walked around Palermo. It's a completely different aspect to the city, it actually shows how real Argentines live, rather than the rich snobs in Recoleta. They left for Mendoza last night.

Christine comes in Monday morning EARLY. I"M SO EXCITED TO SEE HER! I feel like I never see my sister anymore. Anyway, I'll pick her up at the airport, then we'll get bussed to the domestic airport, and fly to Bariloche, Patagonia. This is in the Lake district of Patagonia, and it's supposed to be BEAUTIFUL. I'm imagining like Tahoe. It's in the mountains, with huge, beautiful, blue lakes everywhere. I'm stoked. We'll hike, and boat and everything. YAY!

No big running races this weekend :( Just a 10 page paper for my cine class. 37 days til I'm home though! I am not ready to leave, but I'm ready to be back home. If that makes any sense at all.