Hello, stress.

I. AM. STRESSED. I have had a hard time getting everything organized for this research paper but I think it is finally starting to come along. I forced myself to start today and I actually wrote a little bit of my introduction and background information...Now my plan is to write until I can no longer form sentences and go to bed...

My parentes threw a dinner party at the house on Friday which was fabulous...We started out with cheese and fiambres (cold-cuts) and drinks. For the main course, my Mom made her famous "pastel del choclo," (looks like a solfeé but with corn, cheese, minced up veggies, and then it's baked). Basically, really incredible. After the main course, we had dessert, which consisted of two kinds of cake. We were not done...My parents then brought out champagne and lemon ice cream and mixed them together into a drink for everyone. I have no idea how I didn't throw up from eating all that, but needless to day, it was delicious! It was a fun night, but by the time everyone left, it was almost one in the morning so I went to bed.

On Saturday, I researched some more articles for my paper, caught up on some laundry, and later, I went swing dancing with my friend, Sam. After swing dancing, people started to tango and we watched them for awhile. It is really fun to watch good tango dancers, they are incredible and it always amazes me that they don't trip on their 4 inch heels and break their ankle. I think that would happen to me even if I didn't wear heels...They make it look so effortless, too but it is so HARD! Afterward, we met up with some more SIT kids at a bar near by and hung out for a few hours.

I read some more on Sunday and later, I went to my friend Freddie's place because her host sister and brother's girlfriend had an opening for their clothing line PLUS amazing cake. The girls come up with their own designs and get them screen printed onto shirts. They were pretty cool but I didn't fall in love with anything I found. It was a unique experience; their sizing is really small and seriously, some of the tops can only fit a person that has no hips and/or has never gone through puberty. And then there was amazing cake. Weird contrast, right?

I will be working on my paper all week and some of us have planned to do one or two fun things each day as a break so we won't go crazy. Writing and staring at a computer screen, let alone in Spanish for an entire day can make anyone want to jump off a cliff....

So, my plans for this week besides this paper:
-Visit the Museum of Fine Arts (Museo de las bellas artes)
-Visit the Bicentennial Museum
-Go to a park and read
-Meet up with Rachel on Wednesday!!!!
-Cook again for my family
-Shop
-Eat at Matildas, my favorite cafe in San Telmo (they make fresh sandwiches and have awesome baked goods. I think I like it so much because it reminds me of a coffee shop in the U.S...)

Buenas noches.