A Day in the Life

CAUTION before proceeding: don't judge me. Here in South America, I have taken laziness to new levels, but it's not because I want to, it's because that's just life here.

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"I woke up, rolled out of bed, dragged a comb across my head..." - The Beatles

Not exactly, actually.

9:00: The cell phone alarm rings. It's a Spanish song called Por Amor a Vos or something like that. It's incredibly annoying. Anyway, I press snooze until 10:00 at which point, I straight up disactivate all alarms because I don't want to get up and I don't have to. (By the way, there are 5 alarms: 9:00, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30, 11:30).

11:30: Norma, my host mother, knocks on my door to wake me up. I look at my watch and feel incredibly embarrassed. I take a shower.

12:00: Make instant coffee godliness.

12:15: Eat lunch with the family. Milanesa is a popular meal...what we would call a breaded chicken cutlet. Instead of chicken though, they usually have beef.

12:45: Lunch ends and the family disperses. I go to my room and listen to music or read.

1:15: Go to school, a two-block walk. School is basically: try to pay attention and understand...but eventually just read all day. Except for three twenty minute breaks in the middle of the day when I'm social.

7:00: Return home.

7:15: Sometimes I have various activities to go to...Emilio's English class, a Rotary meeting, an Interact meeting, etc. These meetings bore me to tears because I don't understand anything. At the last Rotary meeting, the district governor spoke for over an hour. I have absolutely no idea what he was talking about. Sitting there quietly and feigning attention was incredibly difficult. I don't do "quiet" well.

8:15: Return home.

9:00: Eat dinner

9:30: Spend time with the host family.

10:00: Go online. Chat with mis amigos estadounidenses (thats the Spanish word for what we say as "American." Remember, they're American, too).

12:00: Attempt to sleep. Watch TV for a little while...generally random American and British shows on this channel called ISAT...I strongly suggest "Little Britain." It's one of the funniest shows I've ever seen. And I don't even understand most of the jokes because it's about England.

Somewhere between 1 and 2: Fall asleep.

True life: If I ever become a famous songwriter, my "day in the life" is going to be SO much more boring than Lennon's.