Another week gone by, including several legendary nights.

Since I last updated, life has been flying before my eyes. It seems like I blink and then a day has gone by. Before I lament the passage of time in a wordy, philosophical passage, I might as well tell you what I´ve been up to.

Last week, I went out more than I have in a while. On Wednesday, I went out with my soccer team to a party that was thrown in honor of all of the teams in the different soccer leagues. The female team from my office ended up winning third place as well as MVP of the League (to Delfina). As a result, we received immense amounts of presents (I took away a plate and some silverware - - relevance to fútbol? Ni idea!) as well as a copa (the trophey) for Third Place. In addition to the awards ceremony, the party was complete with an open bar, endless food (empanadas and a steak station) and several desserts. Pretty sweet stuff.

Thursday was rather unremarkable - work was difficult both substantively and physically (mostly as a result of the previous night´s activities), and I spent the evening preparing for Eric and his friends to arrive in Buenos Aires.

On Friday, the grupo loco arrived, and we spent the day paseando tranquilamente. I took the boys to one of my favorite lunch spots, where we all shared budin de pan casero - think Flan but with better texture. After a small siesta, we ate dinner at the #1 restaurant in Buenos Aires (La Cabrera) where I somehow got us a free bottle of champagne. Despite the intense food coma we were all in from the immense dinner we consumed, the group ventured to the always ridiculous boliche - Kika. Several hours later, around 4 am, we returned to Suipacha, where my apartment is, to sleep until 1pm the following day. Prying ourselves out of bed after the sleep of all sleeps, we visited the Museo de Evita and the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA), where we saw some rather ¨interesting¨ exhibits including several photographs of masochism and sadomasochism. We then had a rather relaxing evening because we needed to rest up for a trip to Colonia, Uruguay the next morning.

As it turned out, Colonia was a disaster. It started to rain cats and dogs (and maybe some elephants) even before we boarded the ferry. Once on the ferry, it rocked back and forth so much that upwards of 30% of the passengers got sick. For me, despite everything, the experience was hilarious. A woman who couldn´t have been more than 4´10´´ sat next to me, and, as soon as the turbulence started, she said that she was going to jump everytime there was a giant wave because, that way, she wouldn´t feel it so much. Five minutes later, she got sick. Yikes! When we arrived in Colonia, the weather was much the same, lots of rain. We saw the city from inside a van because the weather was not nice enough to do a walking tour. So, we spent most of the day in chachkah shops buying tonterias (stupid things). We headed back early and relaxed while watching some How I Met Your Mother. During that time, I found out that I had been selected for Law Review, so we decided to go out to dinner to celebrate. We tried the #10 restaurant, La Pampa Picante, which I will remember more for its ambience than for its food, though the food was also satisfactory. We then headed to Sunday School, an event held at Tazz Bar in Palermo, where people go out on Sunday -- something that is extremely uncommon in this part of the world. After beating Jerry and Brad in pool and staying out until 3 or 4am, we came home, and that was that. The weekend was over.

In any case, I have many more details and stories to share, but, for now, I leave you with a besito. Chau chau.