HOLA!  I uploaded pics of my family- CHECK THEM OUT!  I love them :)  Last weekend my family took a trip to a small town called Maria Susana about 2.5 hours away from Rosario.  My dad´s mom and brother and god children and many distant relatives of mine live there.  It was cute and nice but way too quiet for me :)  My family and I bonded more though!   I love my life here!

Every morning my mom comes into my room and says ¨"Buenos Dias Emi!"  Y yo fall back to sleep a little but eventually roll out of bed and put on one of my limited outfits :)  I stumble to the kitchen and waiting for me on the table is milk and crackers and a jar of DULCE DE LECHE!  Dulce de Leche is my favorite thing in the whole wooooorld!  I slather Dulce de Leche all over my cracker and stuff chocolate cereal into my mouth while watching TV and not understanding anything that it says :)  I check the clock and then sprint to the bathroom to brush my teeth and get ready.  At 9:35 I leave for the bus stop with my mom and wait for bus 136 or 137.  I swipe my bus card and get ready for a tiring day at the nursing home.  When I get there the other AFSers are waiting inside and we usually go straight to a back room and sew becheras para los abuelos.  We then serve them lunch and clean, while sneaking tons and tons of bread from the big bag in the kitchen. :)  After we serve the abuelos we all set our table and eat, feeling relieved to be able to talk in ingles. We talk and talk and talk about our families, plans for the next week, and we even have heated debates about politics.  When Shelby and Scott start arguing, theres no way to stop them :)  But we all love eachother so it doesn´t really matter.  We also talk about how GORGEOUS eachother´s host brothers are :)  One man usually comes out baacking like a chicken because he thinks he is one, and one woman constantly yells at the top of her lungs.  It´s all still fun though. :)  As soon as it is 4 we dash out and usually hang at Rachel´s house for a while because she lives really close to the nursing home.  After we hang I leave for the bus and take it home.  My mom is waiting for me at the stop when I get back and we walk home together.  I meet Jo and Juanchi at the door and we chill the rest of the night.  At about 10:30 we eat dinner.  It is usally some delicious combination of different meats and I eat it all. :) At about 1 we usually get agroup together to go to a discotec.  FUN FUN FUN but I´m usually sooo tired!  We dance and party all night and it´s always so much fun with my AFSers :)  Then Juanchi and I get home and pass out in our beds from exhaustion. :)  GOTTA LOVE ARGENTINA! :)

Wow.   I love everything about ARGENTINA!  Especially when my family and I go walking through the city at night.  The vibrant colors and streat lights everywhere, and everyone is hustling and bustling- i LOVE the city energy.  I can´t believe I have to leave this place that I have fallen in love with!

So I have been CRAZY busy it seems as I look back on the last couple of days.  Last weekend I spent the night at Rachels and then went to work, which was kind of boring and sad sad sad.  I don´t enjoy work but it gives me something to do.  Juan and Josefina have school and exams so today, for example, I did very little.  I woke up about 1 and sat around until about 5 when we went to a big celebration/festival for Newell´s Old Boys, a soccer team that Juanchi LOVES.  We all got ice cream after that, so that was fun. :)  It was Scott, his 2 brothers, Stephanie, her little sister, and Juanchi and I.  I love all the AFS people here and always have the best time hanging out with their host siblings and them.  Wow my grammar has become way worse. :)  At the celebration there were a bunch of people basically jumping around and singing spanish songs/chants about the team.  Sounds boring but there was SO much excitements and energy everywhere.  There were fireworks and cannons and flags.  The passion is RIDICULOUS but i LOVE it. :)

Last night, Juanchi, Shelby, her 2 GORGEOUS brothers :), Rachel, her sister, and Stephanie and her little sister all went to a Reggae concert.  Even though every single other person there was smoking and I could feel my lungs turning black :) it was so fun!  The music was amazing and it didn´t get old.  Juanchi is the cutest thing because he has the STRONGEST passion for music!  He would just close his eyes and throw his hands in the air and rock back and forth.  I loved it and took many pictures and videos. :)  My camera has room for like one more picture jajaa. 

Josefina and I had a sleepover the other night.  She is seriously the sweetest cutest thing ever :)  We stayed up and died laughing and sang to Hannah Montana and the Jonas Brothers. :)  I love it!  The food is really good here and I´m trying everything, even if it doesn´t look very good.  I have fallen in love with dulce de leche and pan ( bread). :)  Thats all I eat for lunch every day, and literally 12 pieces. :) jaja The meat is great too!  I help mom cook dinner sometimes too.  This weekend we are taking a family trip to visit my grandparents and many distant relatives. :)  That should be fun.