Sunday, August 31, 2008

My very first day of school

Hey fam,
I have a minute so I thought I'd write you a quick update. Okay, who am I kidding, I have an amazing amount of free time and I'm always looking for someone to share my sorrows and joys with. Lucky you. 
I had my first day of class on Friday and it went a lot better than KK's first day. My first class was Family Violence. I got to school a little early so I wandered around campus and found Jessica working at the security desk. We chatted it up and she told me how to get to the M building, where my first class was. I felt like an idiot because I've been going to MCTC for a year already, for PSEO, and I don't even know where the M building is! I also felt like an idiot because she called me an idiot. I was reading "How to make the most out of college" in Seventeen or CosmoGirl or something like that the other day, and one of the tips was "Find the cutest guy in class and sit next to him." So I wandered around my classroom inspecting men and found the best potential life partner and sat down next to him. We had a nice chat but my teacher kind of ruined the mood by putting pictures of child molesters up on the projector. 
After class I had some time so I went to talk to Jessica again. I asked her what kind of services she could offer me at her desk, and she said "Well what do you need?" I said, "One friend making booth, please." And she said "Not even Jesus could help you with that." She then handed me a rape whistle and sent me on my way to ADEV. 
ADEV is a class devoted to getting the most out of college. They teach you how to study and choose a career and all that fun stuff. My professor walked in with this huge smile on his face, slammed his books down, and said "Congratulations. 7 out of the 25 of you have showed up." (More people ended up coming later, the room was kind of hard to find). He then said, "They told me to teach this class 2 weeks ago. I don't know what I'm doing. I don't have assignments for you. If you don't want to do something, tell me." We spent the rest of the class talking about Teeth. I'm not going to tell you what Teeth is. It is a movie. Look it up. After class I figured I'd give Jessica one more try, so I went to talk to her again. We went out to lunch and had a nice time. 
After I got home from school KK and I met up with Alfie at the fair. We ate a lot of food and complained a lot, it was a good time.
This weekend we are getting the whole gang (well two separate gangs but both of them mine) and driving up to see Alex at college! He's going to St. John's so it's only about an hour and a half away.  We're gonna hang out, see the campus and dorms, and go to a club that night. It should be fun! I'll write more later!
Love, EmEm

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Emily has harassed me enough into doing a blog post. Although I am not happy doing it, I would like to take this opportunity to say up front, if my blog is not up to par with Emily's, I'm going to blame it on the fact it's two in the morning and I, like Emily, still suffer from jetlag.

I'm also hungry...

Well, I guess I could start with a day in the life of awkward, anti-social, quiet KK at her second day of MCTC!

1st hour- English 1110- Your basic college English class. Nothing too out of the ordinary happened there. My English teacher seems like the strict but nice sort of lady. Plus she's not too tough on the eyes if you know what I mean. Anywho, I should rewind to roughly 8:28 a.m., 32 minutes before my first hour, when my panties were still in a bundle because I had no clue where my science class was. Well, the girl at front desk I happened to know from Southwest (Jessica D.) and she let me linger around the counter for a half hour which was nice. I fetched Snapple for her from the cafeteria. I'm her slave now until this Friday.
Anyways, fast forward to second hour!!! (I thought I should write in exclamations like Emily always does... maybe it'll make me seem extra sweet too).
2nd Hour- Environmental Science 4934- Well, I saw Robert Muller. Turns out we have second hour together. I used to go to elementary school with him. He definitely did not recognize me but in my state of loneliness I considered reintroducing myself until it was then I realized he was looking back at me! Well, this moment of euphoria only lasted a few seconds because I realized he was glaring at me. Almost as if he was saying "Please stop smiling like that at me, people are beginning to stare and I can't remember your name." So I retreated back to the corner. Probably for the best, he's kind of fugly now. And come to think of it, the squinting could be the result of his supreme highness at the time. Actual class, not much happened. My teacher's going to let me call him Rob (O.K. and he's letting the rest of the class call him Rob too... but that's beside the point) and he has shoulder length hair with a beard. So I figured if Robert M. and I can't be best friends than who better to replace him with than my science teacher with the same name! Most memorable moment was some girl kept breathing funny throughout the last half of the class and it was incredibly distracting. So it's all I'm really able to remember about the class.
3rd Hour- Something with success and college in the title 2954- Finally! I found my ghetto class. My teacher let us all know off the bat that it took her nine years to get her four year degree. And she was one of the only ones in her family of seven to go to college. On top of that, her sister ran away from home when she was sixteen, did lots of drugs, didn't feel like having rules for her kids because she didn't like rules, and her daughter got pregnant at 15. Then her sister's granddaughter is currently pregnant with her second child at age 17. I was of course over joyed by this news because I love babies and have been looking for baby sitting jobs since Theo and Raina could look after themselves. So, I slipped her a piece of paper with my name and number. Slightly kidding... It should be an easy A though. But this is the class with my munchkin man. Story of the munchkin man. He's a man that looks like a munchkin with a super round beer belly, too blue eyes, bald head and a short stature. He can't be taller than 5'3''. His little feet would dangle off the ground. It was kind of funny. Anyways, we were numbered off into groups and of course, he's in my group. Our first task was to find things we all had in common. Well, after I threw out a few of my hobbies like writing, drawing, needlework, collecting rocks from my lawn, crying for the heck of it and playing traditional celtic tunes on the accordian and finding no one shared my love for any of these things, another girl thought she'd throw out a few ideas. She asked if we all liked to party. (I do like parties but these are not your average Disney themed parties she was talking about). Everyone said yes, and I didn't want to bring the group any more embarrassment then I already had, so I said I liked to party as well. When I said this, munchkin said "Oh yeeeaaaahh, that's good... that's good". I was a little creeped out so I just avoided eye contact (Which was hard because he was sitting six inches away from me and every time I looked at him I wanted to tickle him. You'd understand if you saw him). Then the next question was "So we all must be eighteen" and munchkin immediately says "No" so the girl asks him how old he is. We wait a good ten or fifteen seconds as he dazes into space then responds with "24". It was at that moment munchkin man lost all of his tickle appeal. I bolted out of there and to went to Subway. Everything went fine until I realized I had no one to eat with. Yeah, yeah, big deal, I have friends. I swear. But again, I made Jessica let me eat at the counter of the front desk. Though she made me eat over the garbage bin a few feet away when a bunch of lettuce fell out of my sandwich onto the floor. *sigh*
Last Class- I no longer remember the name of any classes. Something to do with education?- I actually like this class too. Nothing too unusual happened. Sat in the corner... literally. Same old, same old.

Bus ride home, I eavesdropped on three kids around the age of eleven sitting in front of me. I even laughed sometimes at the things they said. They noticed every time, so at the end of the day, the biggest creeper was me.

I now hope Emily will never ask me to write another blog after this treacherously long post.

Monday, August 25, 2008

We're back?!

Hey everyone,
(And by everyONE I mean the one person who is still reading this). We're back. We've gotten some requests to keep the blog going and since we are desperate people pleasers that's what were going to do! I (EmEm) just got back from a family reunion. That was a lot of fun and I met/reunited with 3 new... I think they are second cousins?? Help me out here KK! Well anywho their names are Rose, Brianna and Kaylie.  Rose is toddling around and I wish KK would have been there because she walks JUST like I did for a good portion of the time on our trip. Heeeeeyyy again Mom. Well anyways, KK starts classes at MCTC today. Mine don't start until Friday. KK told me I wasn't allowed to blog about the intimate details of her life but let me just say that so far we have managed to agree on which campus hotties are deserving of our love, attention and endless amounts of free time. I guess that's it for now... I have a couple of goodbye parties to go to tonight because the last of my high school friends moving more than an hour away are going off to college. I just took a nap (its jetlag) and now I have to go beautify!! I'll get KK to update soon about her first days of college.
Love, EmEm

Friday, August 15, 2008

Home!

That last lovely post was by KK. It's me again, EmEm. We are home safe and sound and I think I've finally caught up on all my sleep. The trip was AMAZING. It turned out to be so much more than I even dreamt it would. I have never discovered so many things about myself so quickly. We're planning to go back winter '09-'10, but who knows if we'll have another adventure before then! KK has a cousin studying abroad in Africa and wants to go visit him next summer, so I might just pack myself into her suitcase. Now I have to go order Chinese food... I'm trying to stay cultured!! ;) To the famfam, I can't wait to see you next week! And to everyone else... see you next adventure :). 
Love, EmEm

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

...

and we're home.

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Last Night In Argentina

Hey guys,
It's me AGAIN. It's our last night in Argentina. I can't believe how fast the trip went! We are already planning to come back for New Years '09-'10... that's only 1 1/2 years! It will be summer in South America so it'll be nice and hot and there will be no school for Gabi or Rodrigo. We are really going to miss it here. It's so beautiful and peaceful here. There is just such a different feel than in North America. I feel thankful and faithful and trusting here.
Yesterday we went to Recoleta to see the cemetery. The tombs were HUGE and very very old. Evita Peron is buried there and we were able to see her tomb. Her casket wasn't visible though because it is far underground in case someone tries to steal it again! We went to a little street fair after and I bought a necklace and some roasted peanuts. Sorry Eric, I already ate them all!
Today we went to El Autodromo, which is a car race in Buenos Aires. It was SO loud but it was a lot of fun. Rodrigo and his friend Maury had VIP passes so they were very excited about that and they brought us back some ear plugs from the lounge.
All we have left to do tomorrow is pack and maybe do a little shopping. Matias is coming over to say goodbye and then we are off. Please pray for safe travel and easy goodbyes for us. Also please pray tonight for our friend Julia and her family. It's the 3 year anniversary of her death and we were all thinking about her today. She should be 18 now.
Well guys, it's going to be a long flight home! Next time we write it'll be from Minneapolis!
Love, EmEm

Friday, August 8, 2008

Friday night!

Hey guys,
It's me AGAIN. KK has abandoned the blog but I'm back! She has been writing in her journal instead. Sorry it's been so long since we've written, we have been really busy here! It's been a ton of fun. On Monday we went to La Boca to see all of the colorful houses and walk down Caminito. On Tuesday we went to the River Plate soccer stadium which was a lot of fun! ;) Then we went to the Japanese garden. On Wedenesday it was RoRo's mom's birthday and we went to the amusement park but there were SOOOO many people we couldn't get in. We had lunch by the river instead, and KK and I went to a salsa dancing class with Patricia at night. Yesterday was RoRo's birthday so we went out to lunch with his friend Lucas and walked around and lay in the park. We had dinner with the famfam at night. Today we walked to the movie store to rent The Eye which turned out to be the Japanese version, in Chinese, with Spanish subtitles. Surprisingly we understood most of it (the spanish, not the chinese)! Tonight we are celebrating RoRo's birthday by going to the club(s) with some of his friends. We're listening to dance music and getting ready right now. :) It should be a pretty late night so we will probably sleep for a lot of tomorrow and then hopefully go to Recoleta! KK and I have actually been getting along even better than usual *knock on wood!*. Ok well we have to go partypartyparty... don't forget we're 18 and thats the legal age here Mom! Just kidding, KK will be good. ;)
Love, EmEm (KK read and approved)

Sunday, August 3, 2008

It's me again

Hey everyone,
It's me again, since KK refuses to blog. Some of us just don't want to disappoint the fans. Yesterday we had a bbq (Barfy burgers) with some of RoRo's friends and watched them play a soccer match. Me and KK sat under a palm tree in the sun and listened to our iPods. After the game we took the bus to the mall and saw La Momia (The Mummy) with some of his friends. "It sucks" -KK. I really liked it though! Today we slept in and had Sunday asado with the famfam. We had salami, sausages and steak. Argentinean asado! "It's delicious!" -KK. Then we drove with his parents to San Telmo where they had a huge antique fair! We bought a few things "But nothing for you!"-RoRo Then we went to a little coffee shop with his parents where I had a panqueque with dulce de leche and KK had flan. Tomorrow we are going to La Boca!! We are having so much fun here and we never want to leave!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *hint hint*
Love, EmEm (with RoRo and KK)

Friday, August 1, 2008

Its EmEm (the better one)

Hey guys,
Sorry we haven't really updated in awhile. My birthday was yesterday and we had a lot of fun! We went to the zoo with some of RoRo's friends and his friend Gerbil (Matias) bought me a little stuffed animal for a present :). We saw a TON of really cool animals like sharks, hippos, stingrays and bats. The aquarium was the best part. After the zoo (it took most of the day because by bus it's about 2 hours each way) we stopped home. Then Rod, KK and I went out to dinner at this restaurant by his house. It has really good but inexpensive food and I ordered my first legal drink in south america (hi mom) but they didn't even card us so it wasn't as exciting. After that we came home and had an ice cream cake that RoRo's mom bought. I even got birthday kisses from the FAM! Today we slept in and had lunch with Rodrigo's mom and brothers. Then we took the bus to downtown Moron and went shopping. I got some new pants and KK got a bunch of stuff. We went to a coffee shop and had facturas which are delicious!! Then we took the bus home and here we are! I'm not sure what the plan is for tonight but I know we are going to try to go tangoing soon and tomorrow we are having asado at one of Rod's friend's houses. I'll write more later! Besos!
Love, EmEm

Friday

Added more pictures.