September 1, 2018: This little girl kept calling me "Molly" and I was like wuuuut??

Today I ate the best sandwich I've ever eaten, watched a little girl semi-torture Manuel and Manuelita (our turtles), and felt really stressed. Interesting mix, eh.

I feasted for breakfast today. One of the supermercados permanently closed yesterday so Laura bought a ton of stuff since there was a massive sale. It closed because of the insane inflation here... so sad :(

I then worked out and headed to a cafe to do some homework and be amongst humans. I ordered the best sandwich I've ever eaten. It was brie cheese, arugula, cherry tomatoes, avocado, and olive oil. I also poured sugar on it cuz I thought the sugar was salt, so there's that. Wasn't a bad addition though honestly. Swipe through pics below to see... but maybe don't if you're on an empty stomach!

It was definitely healthy for me to get out of the house and be around people, even if I'm not super close to them. Plus Julie was there. The cafe was so cute. I kind of see now why people go and spend hours there. I was originally against this cuz it means I need to buy something, but realistically the inflation is so absurd that I never need to spend more than $5.00 and considering I can stay in the cafe as long as I like, it's a pretty good trade-off. I guess I'll try to do that more often.

When I came home, we had guests over. The son of the deceased partner of my host mom came over and brought his two adorable daughters. One is 12 and one is 3 (and a half) years old. Their names are Sofia and Ambar. Ambar loves nothing more than attention... I learned that within 5 seconds of seeing her lol. She was playing with the turtles and actually dropped them a few times which made my cry inside honestly. Sofia kept saying, "No son juguetes" (they're not toys) but I do not think Ambar understood that lol. She later got yelled at for flipping Manuelita on her back ahahhaha. I asked Ambar what the turtles' names were, just to hear her cute little voice, and she could not pronounce Manuelita at all. She said "Maluenita" and I thought close enough... close enough. Please enjoy this series of photos of her picking of Manuelita and placing her next to Manuel. She kept telling me that Manuel was Manuelita's dad but that simply is not the case. I let her think it was true though.

The interesting thing about this little gal is that she kept calling me "Molly" and everyone kept saying, "No Ambar, her name is Julia" and she kept saying, "No it's Molly." The audacity... I tried correcting her and telling her "mi nombre es July" and she said "Culy" and I said "July" and she said "July... y Culy." Basically she makes the rules around here.

I then went up to my room to read and that's what I've been doing for the past few hours. Andrea reached out to me and I am so excited she is finally in Buenos Aires!!! Can't wait to hang out with her.

Anyway, I mentioned that I was very stressed today and that is because I received 2 new options of places I can live. That was obviously exciting and brought me a little bit of joy, but also means it's time to really start this process of figuring out where I want to live. It's hard to know I might be leaving Laura behind after having such a pleasant night with her and her family friends. We even talked about making plans for me to go to their house and that would be such a great way to see new parts of Argentina. One of the housing options is great because it's with a couple and it's so close to all my classes that I could walk to them and it's in a safer, more lively neighborhood. The only problem is that it is SO far away from all my friends... I'm going to visit it tomorrow and I guess I can't really form any fair opinions until then. The second options is in an AMAZING location. It's so close to my friends and it's in a barrio with an amazing nightlife and just so much to offer. Definitely safer too. But that house also just has one woman living in it and I was hoping to maybe live with a couple or a family. I hope to visit soon and make a better judgment after that. That house is about the same distance from my classes as I am now. Regardless of where I move (if I move) there will be new adjustments to make and new things to learn but I hope it's worth it. If any of you have insight on either of these 2 options, or recommendations for other things I should consider, let me know!

I think that what I ultimately want is to move but to keep a good relationship with Laura. I want to stay in touch with her and visit her because I think we get along great, but don't necessarily live well together. So maybe this is something I will bring up to her.

I'm going to keep reading and maybe make some late night pasta. OH BY THE WAY, I did end up writing that article for class last night. Hope you're impressed. Send me any advice you have please :) Bon voyage.

Song Recommendation of the Day: "Snap Out Of It" by Arctic Monkeys