Saturday August 25, 2007 I'm finally acting like a student

Saturday August 25, 2007 Shortest entry so far: I told you I came here to study!

Saturday was supposed to be my day of pure studying and I was hoping to get all my work done. By the time I woke up and got moving, I realized I was going to need a lot more than Saturday to finish. Everything is super slow: reading, writing, etc. So I finished about 1/3 of my work by Saturday evening.
To take a break, at 7:30 Calli, Christian and I went to the Chile Symphonic Orchestra. The concert was amazing and only cost $3 US$. After the concert I went home and worked more. Olga and I had an once and while we were talking she asked me if I was a crier. At first I didn’t really understand, and then I realized that she noticed that I hadn’t cried since I’ve been here and that she meant a crier in any occasion (like the Citranos!). I told her that I used to cry all the time but when I went to college I stopped and that they only time I cry is when I am at home. She immediately understood and began psychoanalyzing me. She told me it was a defense mechanism, that she knows I feel the emotions (i.e. the stress of this week), and that if I want to cry I should etc…. I was quite impressed because she hit the nail on the head! I reassured her that if I felt the urge to cry I would.

Overall, it was nice to have a relaxing night. (And it’s nice to have a day without much to write about.) Of course, I still didn’t go to bed till after 3 am. I’ve realized that my clock is just pushed back about 2 hours, so waking up at 10:30 isn’t really that bad!