Final Week!

I can't believe we've begun our final week here in Arica! Where did the summer go? I'm excited to be home, but it feels like I should be staying here another month or so...

Lucky for me, I am literally all done with my school work. Since I had an extra project to do in place of the normal novel (I need a higher literature credit in order to have it transfer correctly back to UNI), I finished my presentation over that last week, and got my last composition and take home final done yesterday. I literally just go to class this week and call it good :) I'll try and live it up in my final days!

Yesterday, my family had a little barbeque special lunch for my 'sister,' my mom's daughter came home for a holiday week from Santiago. We had chicken, sausage/chorizo, beef, aaand this black meat in the shape of a hot dog. The family insisted we try it (Nolan was here for lunch too), so we obliged hesitantly. A few minutes after we'd finished the mystery 'meat,' that actually tasted pretty good, we worked up the courage to ask what it was exactly. The sole member of my family who knows English, my uncle Hugo, piped in and said BLOOD! Nolan was so startled that he dropped his on the floor under the table. Yep folks, ate cooked cooked cow blood yesterday - blood cooked until it solidified. Didn't eat much the rest of the day let's just say :)

Today has been a beautiful day - sun came out before noon and has warmed up since. I just ran and enjoyed the weather and the city we'll be leaving so soon!