adjusting

adjusting to life here wasn't nearly as hard as it was in brazil. i guess because maybe i haven't felt singled-out or alone here (i do live with 6 people, after all, ha ha). by tuesday though, this number will decrease to 3, and i'm wondering if the reality will set in then. i don't have a family here as i did in brazil, despite its differences from my own in the u.s. and when i'm faced with only having a few people here, all of whom are from different countries, what will it be like then?

i had my first (and hopefully last) visit to the doctor yesterday. my insurance company found him for me and helped make the appointment (and then paid for it, yay!) which was good. my friend javi went with me to an address that we knew was in a nice neighborhood, but didn't know exactly where it was. after taking the metro and then the bus, we start walking toward the address and quickly realize that it wasn't for an office building but for an apartment! a guy in his 50's or so wearing a doctor coat opens the door and lets us in to a huge apartment, very nicely decorated, and with an office in the back. wow. the doctor was very nice - i think he was german. he spoke perfect english in a british accent and books about germany covered the back wall of his office. he asked me a lot of questions about my symptoms before he started to check anything out, then did some basic looking up my nose and in my ears stuff, ha ha :) i guess the weirdest part about the whole thing was that it wasn't a typical office. it wasn't sketchy, exactly, but i don't know - i was glad javi was there.

so now i have some (very expensive) meds to help me get better, which takes me out of commission to enjoy the colombian night and my own u.s. night festivities this weekend :( at least i can eat the peanut butter sandwiches and goldfish i brought from home, ha ha :) monday is the first official day of my term, finally arrived after being here for a month. has it been that long/short? in some ways it feels much longer and in others much shorter. i missing everyone at home a lot, especially since i've been sick :( i'm excited about work though, so we'll see. also crossing my fingers that juan gets the traineeship he interviewed for this week - i really really really hope so :D