Las cosas malas y buenas

Bad things

• Having to wake up at 7am to go to the police station in order to get a card which you then have to take with you and...
• Go to the immigration place where you have to stand for over an hour and a half in a sweltering line...
• Only to be told that they messed up and you have to repeat the process all over again the next day.
• Then trying to get back home but getting lost because you don't know how to take the return bus when you came down a one-way street and after walking around and around downtown Santiago in 95 degree weather finally deciding to take a taxi because you have a 4-hour class soon and you still have to do your homework and study for the subjunctive quiz.
• Run-on sentences. 

Good things

• Being able to hail a taxi the very second you finally give up on finding your own way, and talking to friendly drivers.
• It is super cheap to take a taxi. 
• You're not supposed to tip taxi drivers which is a good thing because otherwise I probably would have given him all of my money out of sheer relief of finally reaching home. 
• All the super awesome comments that my friends and family are leaving me...(Not.)
• This incredible song that we learned in Spanish class today. It's sad and happy and vindictive and nostalgic, beautifully spanish and at the same time reminiscent of Russian bard songs. It's called "Ojalá" and is by amazing Cuban artist Silvio Rodriguez. Ojalá basically means "I hope that..." but the song is actually about a heartbroken man and the things he wishes upon his former love. E-mail me or comment if you want the mp3.