My time here is dwindling down to nearly nothing...I can't believe that I have been here for two months already. I feel very sad about leaving. I've made my bucket list with the last couple things that I want to do before I head home. My flight leaves next Saturday at 9 p.m. I will probably be freezing and very depressed the whole way home...I guess I better make the most of it while I'm here.

On Tuesday, Aidi and I went searching for this burger place after school, but it was closed. We went window shopping and tried on boots at a few stores...the thing here is like colored tie-up military style boots. I really like these red ones, but no one has my size. But its fun to check out all the shoe shops and see what kinds of goodies they have. :)

As you already know, last Wednesday we went to the Evita museum. This time we had an even better tour guide who was very thorough in his explanations of Evita. I really enjoyed what he had to say and I was very interested in the things he had to say. The girl we had last time left a few things out, so its a good thing I snuck into the second trip, huh? I took more pictures of Evita's dresses and things...she had excellent fashion, and she was tiny, too.

I know that I used to be pretty hard on Evita because I figured that she slept her way to the top and she used her social works programs as a way to ensure her spot at the top, but being here has shown me that there is a lot to Evita. I'm not the only one with mixed feelings...a lot of people around here love her for some things but blame her for others. I've really learned to respect her, because no matter how she came to be the first lady, she was a strong, powerful, confident woman. She paved the way for women in politics...she won women the right to vote here in Argentina, and she herself had a very strong role in Argentinian politics during her time as first lady...not only was this a first for Argentina, but for the whole world. She was so respected that she went to Europe after World War II to meet the pope and provide assistance to rebuilding countries after the war...this was a first. She has done a lot of amazing things, and as a woman I have a lot of respect for the fact that she started as an illegitimate daughter in the country to one of the most powerful woman in the world during her time. Being here has made me wonder what would have happened if Evita had lived longer...maybe Argentina wouldn't have had so many hardships. Hard to tell.

Afterwards, Aidi and I went window shopping, again. This time for clothes...which is fun, but I basically want just about everything I see in the window. Hahahaha. I know I've said this before, but I just love their boots, sweaters, scarves, and coats. We don't dress nearly as cool as the people here.

On Thursday, I got to eat a real, authentic U.S. style cheeseburger. Aidi and I skipped out on dinner with our families to go to this place called The Office. It was opened by a man from California and its American style burgers...and I loved it. We had these delicious cheese fries with bacon on them and of course, a cheeseburger. So good. After that, we were invited to a house party. A kid in my class lives in an apartment with two other boys, and they were having people over. It was actually really fun. It's funny because he technically lives in a home stay, but his señora kind of makes a business out of hosting international students, so she lives on the first floor with the girls, and the boys live alone on the sixth floor. They go down to her apartment for breakfast and dinner. I guess she heard some of us and she came up to see what the heck was going on...the whole thing was pretty comical. Some kids were hiding in the closet, and she like used her spidey senses and opened the door and was like, "What are you doing in the closet?" and they laughed and she laughed. She really didn't care that the boys were having a party...she just said turn the lights off when you guys all leave. Haha.

Earlier on Thursday, we went to my new favorite place in Buenos Aires, The Tea Connection. Their tea is SO good. They come in the cutest little pots and they have all kinds of flavors. I love it. I also worked on my project for my class...a girl in my class, Tina and I chose to do Cristina Kirchner.

Friday marked the day of my presentation about Cristina Kirchner...I was kind of nervous because my teacher likes her and I didn't want to offend him or anything. I guess we did alright...Tina did history and presidency and I did her like social life and new campaign. I talked a lot about her fashion, the magazines she has been in, her plastic surgery, and things like that. My teacher didn't like that part...although I find her clothes and makeup fascinating. He told me that people here don't really care about that...so I guess I fucked it up. I feel kind of bad that he didn't like it because I was really excited to talk about it and everything and I love him and his class and I feel like now he hates me. But I guess I will get over it.

After school Aidi, Tina, and a new friend Jessica headed over to the movies to see Harry Potter!!!! I cried, I laughed...it was amazing. I have to see it again when I get home...it was so good. I just love Harry Potter. :)

Friday night we went to some kid's apartment. It was actually really lame...it was supposed to be a "house party" but there was NO ONE there. Sooooo it was weird. And they made fun of how I speak Spanish, because they are from Colombia and I speak Spanish the Argentinian way. So, I just kept my mouth shut the rest of the night so as not to deal with it. A lot of people are very critical of the castellano dialect...but I think its cool. I love the way they speak here.

This is all I have time for right now because dinner is in like 15 minutes and I'm going to be late, but I will try to update again soon!!!