Sticking to my promises of not wasting my days sitting around, I kept myself super busy this week. Starting with Thursday, Marki and I did a little shopping and found ourselves to be very successful... we love dat Jockey Plaza. Later that night I went to the gym to watch the announcement for the next Open workout! We all had a great time cheering each other on. Thursday nights will always have a special place in my heart, and I can't express enough how grateful I am for CrossFit. It's led me to some great people. Later that night, I "learned" how to salsa, and went out with a couple of friends from my gym. The salsa is a very sexy dance, and needless to say I haven't quite mastered it yet. For that matter, I don't think I ever will.
Friday morning, I got lost. I was supposed to meet one of my new Peruvian friends at her house, and all was going to be well. Except there were no Uber's out at the time, leading me to make the trek by walking. It really wasn't too far of a walk, but the whole time I was looking for the wrong house number (imagine that). I stopped and asked a security guard at a neighboring school for help, and we eventually called a cab to meet with another friend of mine. My security guard friend took such good care of me, he made sure I had a good price for the cab, and even sent pictures of my cab to my friend that was waiting for me. He had places to be but he ensured that this lost gringa found her way, and I'm so grateful for that!
Friday night was one of the best nights of my life. A couple weeks ago, a couple of us girls saw billboards for a Skrillex concert in Lima and we flew with that idea. Before this I had never been to an electronic music concert but I now know it's a whole new experience. Although we waited until about 1 am for Skrillex to preform, I will never forget this night. It's like I felt the music in my soul. It was awesome. I can't even explain it. We didn't get home until about 4:30 (not an uncommon thing here), but I'm chalking this night up as a win!
Saturday, after about four hours of sleep, our class went to central Lima to watch a show called Las Brisas del Titicaca. The show was full of all different types of dancing, and as tired as I was I still really enjoyed it. Between each type of dance, they had the band play and people from the crowd flocked to the stage to dance. We got pulled on to dance with a couple of ladies, and although it was blatantly obvious some of us didn't know how to dance, these ladies were having a blast with us!
Sunday I met some friends at an allllllllllll you can eat sushi bar. It was so cool! I tried so many different types of sushi and tried to keep up with the rapid conversation of my Peruvian friends. We ended up hanging out there for about four hours, trying to take advantage of our nonstop sushi service. Later Sunday night, I went to see Kung Fu Panda with my friend Clara. It was a challenge to watch the movie only in Spanish, but I'm glad I did it.
Our class also went to a local school, where the children live in a community that came to Lima from the jungle. A few of the kids knew how to speak Shipibo (a native language of the jungle) and we spent some time reading some stories and playing games. Then, we went outside to play some games and next thing you know the whole school is on recess, flocking to each of the girls to give piggyback rides, spin in circles and play tag. It was so fun to run around with the kids and see the joy on their faces.
The rest of the week was spent going to class, going to the gym, and hanging around. One night I went to Claire's house, where we spent most of the evening chit chatting beside her rooftop pool. We talked about how crazy it was that only a few months ago we were all sitting in a room, awkward, because we didn't know a single thing about each other, and now we're each others support system.
Which brings me to the moral of the story, everything I've done this past week was in good company. It's so so important to fill your time with positive people that support you through and through. I'm so thankful for all of my friends, here and in Nebraska. As they say, you are who you hang out with! So make sure you hang out with super attractive and cool people... ;)
Hasta la proxima, abrazos y besos.
XOXO
Abigail Cristina Gasparin Crunchy Boyer
p.s. that is my new Peruvian name ^ .... Gasparin signifying casper the ghost...
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