A Brain-dump Update: Day 1

FLIGHT:  Almost missed the connection, lost a guitar for a while. It'll show up soon...ish. Loved the vegetarian meals (kudos Mom for planning ahead)! Had an empty seat for a neighbor--meaning actual sleep possible. Three whole hours. Woke up once at 3:40 to peer out my window into a STUNNINGLY stellar sky; really, stellar, because Orion shone brightly, tilted south where I was headed, as if dancing and marking the way to Buenos Aires. Woke up around 6:00 to peer out and see the silent majesty of the (Andes?) mountains, uninterrupted by humanity. Landed, got suitcase, told them where to send my guitar, experienced massive inefficiency in customs lines. Such is the traveling life. :)

APARTMENT: is fantastic. Mom, you were right--I have access to both bedrooms. (I owe you a postcard.) Anyone want to visit? Signed my first lease papers ever. Felt quite unique for my first solo-living experience to be in a foreign, Spanish-speaking country. Put my teas in the kitchen, my suitcase in the bedroom, learned to lock the door and close the shutters.

THE AFTERNOON: Spent with Mr. Z., Mrs. Z., and their three (wonderful) kids. Was greeted as if I were a queen--they call me "Anna de Jesus", "the Jesus Anna", because I sang them/introduced to them my favorite calming Fernando Ortega song for when I have trouble sleeping. :) Colored, was smothered in blankets, drank coffee, talked about life, received glorious hugs left and right.

THE EVENING: Went with Mrs. Z. to Bible study at La Mision (church). Listened, met cool people, felt welcomed, went to dinner. Pizza. Met some of their friends from church. Laughed. Rode the bus and walked down dark, unpopulated streets at night. Reminded self not in Wheaton anymore. :)

THE NOW: Can a person feel daunted? Grammatically, I mean. Exhaustion ain't conducive to real good grammer. ;) Anyhow, that's me--daunted. Love Buenos Aires, don't entirely understand the immigrations process the company has laid out for me for the internship. Worst case, I work a lot more than I planned with the family and the church. Need to relinquish control. Need to have trust. NEED TO SLEEP. Ciao.