Sugar Packet

Aside from Winter Vacation, I've been here for six months. Aside from Spring Break, there are three-and-a-half more to go. Carlee recently reminded me of a time we'd gone to Rausch for dinner (and especially their hot chocolate), and though I'd thought it was a couple of months ago it was actually in September. 


I also found a sugar packet from August. That sounds normal, right? Think of those tea boxes from Jewel that have sayings on them. Well, this time they were individually wrapped, cane sugar packets. I'd enjoyed seeing them at a hotel during our orientation weekend at Villa de Leyva, and even hung onto the one that I liked the most. 

Te quiero por lo que eres, y lo que soy cuando estoy contigo. 

I love you for who you are and what I am when I am with you.

I remember being glad that high school level Spanish was enough for that one! Anyway, I kept if for the romantic message, of course. However I've recently realized it applies more casually to friendship as well.


This weekend was a lot of fun. After a Friday afternoon nap, Guillo and I hung out with our friend Chris (who I'd met during my visit last June.) We watched the NHL network and "Forgetting Sarah Marshall." Simple. Fun. Good. As a side note, the Blackhawks now have 74 points and are suddenly back in the playoff hunt as the fifth seed in the Western Conference.


Guillo took us to a friend's party on Saturday, where I actually ended up talking with a beautiful Chilean girl who'd only been in town for a month and started her own import/export business here. Even with music in the background, we were able to get by in maybe 95% Spanish. I only understood about a third of what she said, but it was rewarding to look at my watch and see four hours had passed by!