I'm currently in the midst of midterms. I don't have any actual exams, but instead projects and essays to do. I think I'd prefer to take an exam. None of this reading a 400-page ethnography and then answering questions comparing it to another one of 180 pages. No thank you. Side note about reading the 400 page ethnography, library books can only be checked out for a period of 4 days. How am I supposed to get all the reading done in such a short amount of time? I suppose I could renew the book, but wait, during midterms you aren't allowed to renew books. Strange? I think so. So I've just got to plan out when I check out books and when I'll actually have time to read them. I think I've got it figured out. But it's still a bit frustrating. I also recently found out that I have 3 major projects/essays due within two days of each other - two on Tuesday and one on Wednesday. It's a bit stressful and overwhelming, but I'm just trying to take it a little bit at a time, because honestly that's all I can handle.
So I guess since it's midterms that means that the semester is halfway over. What? When did that happen? I haven't yet decided how I feel about it because thoughts are pretty mixed. But I think I've come to the conclusion that I want to go home but I'm not ready to leave Peru. (I'm not so sure that I'll be ready come December, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.) Yup. That's how it is. So I just try not to think about it. I've got to be here now.
I started attending a church here in Lima about 5 or 6 weeks ago. I go each sunday with my friend Anna from CIEE. It's a Christian Missions Alliance church. I really enjoy it although we haven't met anyone and aren't involved in any way. I just don't have the time to make a commitment to something else, but Sunday morning worship is necessary. We've decided that we really like sitting in the balcony - one of the reasons being that it provides a better view of the cute drummer. Gosh, that sounded so girly and high-schoolish. Oh well. I promise thats not the only reason we go each Sunday.
Alright...what else can I share? I leave to go to Buenos Aires in 19 days!!! I am so incredibly excited!!! I LOVE traveling and haven't been out of Lima yet this semester. I'll be going with Amelia and our program director Melvin. Since Amelia and I are here for our second semester we've already been on the program trips to Cusco and Lunahuaná so we get to take the money from those trips to go on another trip. We chose Buenos Aires!!!!
Oh, here's a good story. So on Monday I was asked if Sam and I would be able to do something "special" for the meeting that CBU was leading on Thursday night. All of the CBUs from different universities in Lima get together once a month and they rotate which university is in charge. This month was "our" turn. And we were asked to help out. Which is great! It made me feel good to be included. But at first we were a bit unsure. It seems a little bit like throw the gringas up on stage and watch them be funny. Amelia decided that we are not circus freaks, as much as it may seem like it at times. Once we established that that is not what it was about, Sam and I decided to participate. All we were told was that they wanted our "special" act to be funny. Alright. So we thought a bit and decided to do that skit where one person has their hands behind their back and the other person stands behind them and puts their arms through and acts as their hands. We didn't tell them what we were going to do but we promised that it would be funny. They all seemed very curious and a bit unsure, but I guess they trusted us or something. Also the day of the meeting (Thursday) we were eating lunch and one of the guys asked me to help him lead worship, aka singing with him. Well I wouldn't say that I've got a great voice and I've never really sang in front of anyone, but I wanted to help him out and he seemed a bit desperate. So I agreed. It turned out alright. And our little skit went well. There were probably about 50 peruvians in the room and two little americans. We were so worried that they wouldn't think it was funny, but they laughed. And we got positive feedback throughout the night. I made a peanutbutter and jelly sandwich and ate it. Which meant that there was PB&J everywhere. And drinking out of the water bottle proved to be quite the challenge. But like I said, it was successful. And our friends are still friends with us so all is good.
So I suppose I should wrap it up, go eat something and do some more homework. (Who am I kidding? I probably won't do anymore work.) I hope all is well wherever you happen to be. I'll be posting some pictures from my week tomorrow.
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