December 16th 2010

Hello world that i havent written to in over a month haha. i have a legitament excuse, i didnt have a computer that worked well enough to write the blog, it freezes up half way through and i have to re write my novel haha, so there you have it. but now i HAVE MY OWN COMPUTER thank you mother and father, so i can write more, not that i will haha, because well its boring, but i do it for you all because i love you all :)

ok, so i will be changing my house on the 23 of december, two days before christmas, yes i know right? haha, because i was originally going to san martin de los andes with my family i am in now, but there is a rotary rule that says i have been in this house for over 3 months so i have to change, or else my time in the other houses will be screwed up haha. so the only reason i still havent changed is because my next host family is in Urugauy and today my mom leaves for san martin, so i am in buenos aires with julia for a week :) she works from 7am til 4pm, so i sleep like all day haha then today we will see what we will do, i think we will just kinda take it easy til the weekend so she isnt exhausted due to her annoying sister haha.

i totally finished school like a champion :) its more so because some of my teachers either get that my grade isnt the same and they gave me higher credit because they are just happy i dont sleep in school, or because the classes are easier haha, i got a ten in phyolosophy, english (haha), labratory, and biology and history, a nine in physics (awesome cuz i know nothing about physics haha), math, an eight in geography, langauge arts, and a seven in chemsitry because she hates me haha. so i would say i did pretty well considering i just need all sevens to get credit :)wooo. and now ( sucks to be all of you in school back home) i am on summer break again :)

so i have been asked how christmas works and if we even celebrate it here, so i will explain it here to the best of my ability. on christmas eve, everyone gets together with their families, and eats a huge dinner, usually its asado but i think in my house they are making a turkey for me :) we all eat together, then at midnight we say cheers give hugs and kisses then we eat like cakes and pastries and things. then everyone goes out to party, i will be returning to my town chivilcoy (because my next house is 20 kms away in the country) with my next host sister who is 21. for christmas and new years the parties are even better, because we stay out longer, usually we return home around 7am, but for christmas and new years we party til 10am, is what i have been told haha i dont know if i will last that long. anyways, so for christmas lots of people just buy santa hats and wear them at the clubs and things. santa exsits but he isnt like our santa backhome, because a.) they dont really have chimneys here they arent that common ha, and b.) its a different culture. here presents arent that popular,like you maybe get one from each person in your fmaily, maybe, so you may recieve like 5 presents if that. because here it is more about celebrating with family and then partying haha. but most of the celebrating actually goes on the day before (christmas eve and new years eve) and then the actual day i dont really know what we do, i think sleep or go to a quinta or something. oh and for your information i dont know if you know what a quinta is, but it is like a summer homem that everyone has, it has a pool, with a huge yard that has lots of grass and thigns, and then the "house" contains like a fridge, a bathroom, a place to cook, and things like that, because if you sleep there you sleep outside or being matresses and sleep on the floor inside, because they are more to spend the day, they are super awesome haha.

needless to say i am getting fat here, because i prefer to eat good food as opposed to sticks and berries like back home haha, and i dont work out because i would rather not be the only girl my age that works out reguraly haha, but my friend i met from canada here my first name (nick) is moving here to chivilcoy in janurary and so we are going to start going to the gym, and since i will be living in the country my plan is to tan a lot and try to start running, my dad gave me some advice on how to train to be able to run, because i definelty wasnt doing that right haha, and my next house has a pool so thats cool. i mean its a bummer cuz its so far away from my friends during summer but its gorgeous and the poeple are super nice, so i jus twont see my friends as much, i will still come back to chivilcoy i jsut wont be 2 blocks from the center of town anymore, but my 3rd host family is very close to the center as well, i will be moving there after the trip to the north in feburary. and then staying there the rest of my time, its like 10 blocks from my school and my next host brother is a friend of mine named pedro haha who happens to be best friends with a lot of my girl friends so it works out. so that is pretty much my life in the last month.

please people
ask me questions
therwise i have no idea what to write because i forget you guys have no idea what it is like here and i am used to it now so normal for me may be adnormal for you all, haha so please ask me questions, here or on email, also there are always new pictures on picasa :)

lvoe you all miss you all
aubrey