Tonight I finally gave Maryte the gifts- "B is for Beaver," an ABC book about Oregon; and some marionberry truffles- that I brought from the U.S. For some reason, I have chosen Oregon as my state of origin, and thus as a part of my identity. After living in both Oregon and Washington I consider them both home, each with their unique personalities. Here in South America, I think Oregon is easier to explain; there's no D.C. confusion, and Oregon gets all the good names in history: Oregon trail, Oregon territory... Maybe also there's an element of college Janice in Oregon and pre-college Janice in Washington.
Oh! Oh! It's trembling a little!
I'm taking this econ class that I signed up for without really knowing the course description. Today we defined supply and demand and opportunity cost. I keep wavering between thinking it will be the easiest econ class I've taken and thinking it may be the hardest. The difficulty is the language barrier. Like GDP? They call it PIB. And my professor kept talking today about "escasez." It would have helped to know that it meant shortage/scarcity. Maybe I just need to suck it up and bring out my dictionary during class.
So the best part of today: Kacie and I bought tickets for Argentina today. Next week is what they call "semana novata," basically a week of activities for freshman, and most of my classes are cancelled. Our flight is this Friday and we come back into Santiago next Friday, so we have an entire week in Argentina and a few nights in Chile's capitol. The rest of our group is going down south to Punta Arenas to try and catch Patagonia before winter sets in, but Kacie and I looked at the weather forecast and decided to skip the rain. We have mountains in the PNW, but there's only one Buenos Aires.
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