movie + warm + food = happy jenny!

I sit here all alone in the apartment, watching New in Town (with Renee Zellweger) for probably the fourth time this week. Oh, I am so content! Today was the big day - we decided to splurge and pay big bucks for tickets to the big futbol game - something AA's always wanted to do since he loves the game so much. We arranged tickets with our school, and somebody was to pick us up at 4:30pm for the game starting at 6:10pm. It's an organized thing - with other students and a local guide. Apparently the games can get somewhat violent and rowdy, so it's smart not to bring ANYTHING with you and to be with a local. Today's the day!!

Let's back up and start at the beginning. We wake up this morning and it's a miserable day - cold (in the upper 40's/lower 50's), raining, and windy. The day doesn't start off awesome - we have procrastinated in finding a church to attend, so I wake up early (OK, 9:45 is not THAT early, but if it requires an alarm clock then it's early for us). I get on the net and start surfing. It's pretty difficult to find a church that one you don't know the name of, two you don't know the location of, and three you speak very little of the language. So I'm googling generic searches like "iglesias buenos aires". A list of about 25 comes up, lists the name of the church, address, and some have a phone number. It's a good start. So I start going down the list and looking for a street that I recognize. If I find one, then I google map it to find out if it's within walking distance. If it passes that test then I call the number and try to communicate and ask what time the church starts (usually 11). OK, sounds much easier than it actually is. Bottom line - I find ONE church (out of the 25) that I'm pretty sure is somewhat close and I'm pretty sure it starts at noon. It was hard to hear and understand the guy on the phone because AA was "helping" from the other room, correcting my spanish, as the guy was telling me the times. Anyways, as soon as I get off the phone the internet crashes before I write down the name or exact location of church. This is how the morning starts. Anyways, we leave, somewhat late, and walk in the pouring down rain about 11 blocks to the church. Good news - I had my story right and it was a real church that started at noon. This church was very different from any other church we have been to yet. First of all, most noticably, it was packed! The other churches never had even 20 people, and this one had about 200 - people standing all along the back due to the pews being full. Service was fine - once again we understand next to nothing. I did get extremely excited to understand my first SENTENCE in church: "We need to be reading the word of God daily" - go me!!!! Anyways, church ends and we walk across town in the freezing and pouring rain to check out an apartment we might possibly rent starting Wed., as our lease ends the end of this month. We arrive at 1:30 and wake up the owner (must have been a late night!), but the place won't work cause she has a cat and I'm allergic. So we walk back, again in the pouring rain, to our apartment...home sweet home!!!

YES, I think to myself. I can not wait to get to the futbol game and sit outside for hours in the freezing cold rain and be packed really tightly into the jammed packed and violent stadium and watch my favorite - a soccer game, yippee!! After debating for about 2 - 3 seconds, I made the executive decision to stay home and let AA enjoy the game solo, no female nagging and whining to slow him down. So now, here I am. I am so happy to be sitting in my warm, cozy, and comfy apartment all by myself. AA I'm sure is having a great time at the game, and I'm sad for him that the weather didn't cooperate with his dreams of finally attending a futbol game in South America. But I'm totally OK with missing out. I'm sipping on some coke zero, just finished eating some pizza, and this movie gets better every time!
J