So, I leave in 10 days. Normally I'd be mid-panic attack at the mere thought of that, but the gravity of the situation hasn't quite hit me yet... which is both good and I bad, I suppose. I probably should be a little more concerned with packing and re-learning spanish, but for now I'd rather just pretend like I still have all summer at home.
The 12 of us from the University of Delaware going on this trip all got our home stay information yesterday (over a month later than we thought), finally! And, of course, the home that my roommate and I will stay in is the farthest from the university. Oh well, it looks like we're going to be in GREAT shape by the end of this!
Almost all of the students who went on this trip last fall recommended that we purchase the book "¡Che Boludo! A gringo's guide to understand the Argentines." Basically it's a small book completely dedicated to the... colorful... language of the Argentine people. There's a lot of slang used that can leave us Americans confused. For example, a lot of the spanish words we've learned mean completely different things there, and sometimes they can be inappropriate (like 'coger', look it up, I warned you.) The book also has a list of phrases with the literal translations as well as what they actually mean. I think this will be some great plane reading (assuming I'm not completely knocked out.)
I'll try to update this at least once more before I leave when I'm in the packing process... that should be an adventure. But for now, I'll be spending time with my family, dog and friends and pretending that I have more than 10 days of summer left. ¡Adiós por ahora!
- Meagan
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