gotta love early dismissals from school (miercoles, 8 septiembre)

So it turns out that all week long school ends at 3 instead of 4:30, and all extracurriculars (including choir and jazz band) are cancelled this week due to Fiestas Patrias, which isn´t until September 18!! Yesterday I walked down to the bus station to get my ticket to Arica on Thursday night, when I will start my trip to Perú. I bought some fresh juice and went to the mall of Zofri to buy a backpack for my Perú trip. The one I have is on its last legs, and not much fits in it. Plus, I have the feeling that I´ll need a bigger bag to fit all my things into in order to go back to the States in December. I´ve bought some things in Chile and have worried about it fitting into my suitcase and school-sized backpack. After finding a good deal on my backpack I went back home before going on a long, two and a half hour long run. The rest of the night I just lounged around the House doing nothing in particular. Somehow, I´ve been lacking motivation and plan on making things for my class or being productive and studying Spanish, but then I get distracted by something else. I went to bed early, feeling tired but good after my run.

Today I had a meeting with other English teachers at 8:30. Wednesdays are supposed to be my ´late´day. My first class isn´t until 10:15 on Wednesdays, so I wasn´t too thrilled about getting up early. When I arrived at school, the meeting was kind of pointless and just a repetition of things people had already told me. After school I walked down to La Cioccolata to visit my host mom. I ordered maracuyá Alegre (maracuya juice with orange juice) and sat inside where I drew for a while. Then I walked back to school for their Cultural Night, where students were putting on a performance of traditional Chilean music and dancing. It was pretty interesting but dragged on after a while. I went home and started packing for my trip to Perú.

I need to get going now and continue working on my Spanish homework...

written by

Sara Florecita on September 8, 2010 from Iquique, Chile

from the travel blog: año de dos inviernos (Chile 2010)

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