new adventures

My south american adventures are over but that does not mean in any way that my adventures are done.  I am now back home in my tiny little hometown of Redwood valley and having plenty of adventures.  They are different, no more small stuff like how do I ask to centro... now they are much harder questions I am asking myself.  Yes it does sound quite deep but I think that comes with turning 28 this year and going through the saturn return (or whatever it is).  I am going to keep my title because indeed life is an adventure, and I am going to keep putting my thoughts on life's curve balls and odd things it like to through in my daily routine.


The question of the week is:  Am I unhappy? and do I need to change job, location, and home to make myself happier? Does changing so much actually improve things or just make them all a lot harder to deal with?? I feel like this is something that I do quite often.  Instead of changing one small think I turn my whole life upside down because I think it might look better that way.  I am once again at the same cross roads.  I am frustrated with my daily life and feel the desperate need to find happiness.

I can already tell what my question for tomorrow is going to be.  What is happiness? and who is truly happy?  I bet many people think I am one of those people. 

Here is a picture from the house that I am watching.  I must say that I have truly enjoyed being back in northern california for the spring and the beginning of summer.  It is such an amazingly beautiful place! I just need to figure out if this is where I am suppose to be.

Qué hizo?

It has been a while since I wrote which is probably a good thing because I have noticed that the months I post a lot were the least happy for me. I am happy.

I have had a wonderful two months in my new apartment and I can't believe how fast that time went! Spring has arrived and I have moved on from Buenos Aires. I now live with a family in cordoba and am a nanny! Yes I can't believe it either...

I arrived last week to Cordoba and have been amazed at just how much I miss Buenos Aires. I will try to begin posting a little more regularly and tell you about how the city finally won my hear after 5 months and of course about my new life in Cordoba.

Last week in BsAs

Next week will be the last week here in buenos aires!!! I have been here about 5 months. Throughout these months I have had good and bad moments but it has really been in the last two months that I have began to really enjoy this city. I have decided that this is not my city... I have not fallen in love with it and it has not fallen in love with me. With this said I will miss it for it's energy and all that makes it the passionate city of Buenos Aires. I will miss my apartment and my wonderful roommates. As well I am going to miss knowing where things are and how to get places.

I know that I made the right choice to move to Córdoba and become a nanny, because even though I will miss these things I don't feel like I am leaving anything I can't live without. I am excited to live in a more quiet city with hills! And to have a stable job I can count on.

Now that I have so little time left here I need to figure out what I need to do here before I leave. Also I can appriciate it more because I only have a little bit of time left to enjoy it.

I will keep you updated as I begin my next journey :)

How do I know spring is near?

Dare I say it... I think we are almost done with winter. I have survived :) As a whole I really can't complain about the winter here, most of the time it is sunny and even though it can feel very cold it never freezes. All the same I am very excited about the beginning of spring and have began seeing some signs of it. First of all the days are getting longer, when I work at 6:30 there is still some light, yay! Second there are baby leaves on a few trees. Next it is going to start to be warmer but that hasn't happened yet. Similar to NorCal we do have a few of those perfect 75 degree days in winter but having just been through my second winter in a row I am ready for some more heat.

Food and friends

I have been enjoying my two favorite things in life lately. Since I have moved into my new apartment I have had the luck to move in with a lovely girl, Malú. Malú is from Peru and has become my friend from the first moment. Through her I have also met a group of wonderful ladies all of which love to hangout and eat... We have had a couple dinner parties where we are having a theme or country as the focus.

The first was 'mexican' which ended up being a intestesing mixture of fresh salsa, roasted veggies, a salty hummus on top of a quesadilla. It was then eatten in the French way with a fork and knife. Definently not Mexican food but very good.

Our second dinner get together we had a French theme and Helene of Paris made excelent crepes. For the first course we had savory crepes of ham and cheese and later finished with crepes filled with homemade apple sauce and Dulce de leche.... Mmmmm.

Martes agosto 9

I have discovered the power of being proactive about ones happiness. I have decided that thing haven't been going quite how I wanted them to go here so I need to change some key parts of my daily existance to change my frame of mind. I already feel good about my change of apartment and now I am begining to explore the other job opportunities here that may better fit me. I am focusing mainly on au pair jobs and have had one interview with a family yesterday. Here I would like to make note of the apartment I went to for my interview. It was clean crisp and all windows had one of the most absolutly beautiful view of the city and its magical roof tops. We will see if I get the job but I still feel a sense of power because I can activly change my life and I don't feel stuck.

I am also enrolling in a language school here and will soon begin an intensive course which is much needed in my Spanish skills. Can I tell you a little about the system here... To enroll in this class I had to first go and wait in a long line in the cold for a while and then they gave me a number and told me to come back the next day. I then came back the following day with my number to wait some more until they called us to talk a test to see our level. After we turned in the test they gave us a new piece of paper and told us to come back the following Thursday. I then went back the following Thursday with my piece of paper hoping his would be the moment they would write down my name somewhere so I would feel legit but no. Instead they looked at the test and wrote a new date a time for me to go back to the school for who knows what. I still don't know when the class is or if I am actually enrolled yet. The funny part is that I have talked to a few people from here and to them this sounds completely normal. It drives me a little crazy but at least I'm trying jajaja!

Simple pleasures

Today I moved into my new apartment. It is a big step for me because I left my familure neighborhood and familure buses for a new part of town. Now that I have moved and am sitting on my big bed with a REAL mattress I am surprised by how long I lived in my other room. I can now make noise when I'm home! and can cook with whatever I want! Simple pleasure such as cooking with onion and garlic I can now fully appriciate. I have been here about 1 hour but I already feel very good about my change even if I am no longer next to my beloved parks.

Now it's time to get to know a new neighborhood and all the tricks of the public transportation.