Settling in . . . still

I know this is a rather self-indulgent blog, or at least it has been lately, because I have been using all of my energy just trying to exist in BA, trying to figure out how can I be sufficiently happy enough to get through another day and not come home. I like having funny stories to share, but so far nothing funny has been happening. The only funny stories are the ones I´ve been thinking about from past experiences. It´s really great to have a whole bag of these to look back on when things look grim. And amidst all of my self-absorption, with my anxiety and panic over whether or not I´m going to find organic produce or will all of the (extreme like I´ve never experienced it before) pollution cause me to look like Cosmo Kramer after he turned his apartment into a smoking lounge, the entire world is falling apart.

Craziness!

Yesterday the Argentinian government announced that they would be turning private pensions public and the country is in a panic. What this all means I don´t quite know. Since I´ve been here, I´ve wondered if this was perhaps not the best time to tap into my savings and travel a foreign land. It´s completely impractical, I realize this. That puts all the more pressure on me to make something out of my experience.

Anyway, I´ve moved to a nicer area where I can actually walk to the parks in an hour and it´s a very nice walk the whole way, with museums, nice neighborhoods, and a giant metal flower that opens and closes relative to day and night. I can see trees from my bedroom window and it is quiet at night. I also can watch the news on TV and become completely glued to CNN in fascination. (I´ve never found the news to be this addictive since 9-11.) I have my own tiny kitchen and a bathtub. It feels like utter extravagance in comparison to my last accomodations and I am very thankful that I had that barebones experience in a less than ideal neighborhood (where I was getting horrible bug bites every night as well) because it makes me appreciate my new place so much! Something that I can´t quite figure out, however, is why a swarm of flies gather above my bed and attack each other. They come back to the same place every day and thankfully leave at night.

So, what´s next.... I am looking into some other Spanish classes for I missed the sign-up on Monday (was returning from Uruguay) and decided I didn´t want to sign up for something that would be everyday anyway. Tomorrow night I´m going to a Paraguayan harp concert with Maria and her family and friends. That should be really interesting. More to come.

I will try putting some pictures on here soon. I´m having to come to a locutorio (phone and internet place) because I still can´t get the internet on my computer, even with a cable. We´ll see if I can do pictures on their computers.

Hope all is well! Thanks for reading.