Getting into the VIP section at a boliche = successful last night in BsAs

Razorback in Boca!

Such mixed feelings today. In exactly a week I will be waking up in my own bed for the first time in a month.  I'm excited to be home in my queen size bed and having my puppy with me.  At the same time I'm sad.  A month wasn't nearly long enough to experience everything. 
I'm nervous. I would've never thought I'd be concerned for having culture shock coming home. Life here is so different though.  Pasta for dinner multiple nights a week (I love pasta), empanadas and choripan, delicious steak lunches on weekends, little meat otherwise (actually makes me feel good), crowded streets, the only traffic that effects my morning is a crowded subte now, no work (not looking forward to returning at all), and actually learning Spanish (5 hours a day in Spanish class is a huge help)!

I leave one week from tomorrow. I don't even want to think about it honestly.

It's pouring in Buenos Aires today and usually I would grumble walking home in the rain but it's different here. The city takes on a whole new look. Everything is clean and pure. Everyone is in a hurry, no window shoppers, no one in the parks, nada. Not for me though. I slowed down while all others sped up. I noticed stores I hadn't seen before, I let others pass me instead of passing them, I took my time.

I thought by now I would be ready to go home but it's quite the opposite, I'm almost dreading it.

I had expected to blog almost daily but what I didn't expect was to be so busy. I also expected to be homesick the whole time (I'm a homebody what else can I say) but so far only twice and neither has lasted for very long.

Argentina is gorgeous and amazing. I don't know the language nearly as well as I had thought I did before coming here but that hasn't stopped me from much.

Friday a girl here with a different program asked me if I could go back and change anything (program, location, time, ...) would I? My response was fast and simple: No. I am in love with Buenos Aires and I feel like I'm one of the few I have talked to (all others being in different programs) who does not regret her program choice. SOL is great, everything is planned well and I feel like we have twice as many cultural activities as other programs.

I'm officially halfway through my time studying abroad and have realized I have but one concern... Am I staying long enough?

Yerba Mate fields... lots of tea!

In the last 24 hours I have experienced a whirlwind of emotions. I cried on a plane (not a sob but some tears), I had 2 delayed flights, I thought for sure I was lost in an airport, I realized how little Spanish I actually know, and more. I also took a huge step in regards to going out of my comfort zone, I ate delicious pizza from a restuarant in Recoleta, and I am about to check off day one as an overall success. Yes, my anxiety is through the roof and yes I feel like an old geezer ready for bed at 8pm (6pm for those back home) but I'm here. A year ago I would have never bet money on me actually following through.   I can already tell 4 weeks are going to fly by too quickly!

No pictures yet but it's just day one, trust me they will come tomorrow!