Chile: Strike

My relaxed life is now even more relaxed. The strike officially began June 8th and there is no estimate as to when classes will resume. My sports class is my only class that is continuing because we do not have to be at the university for the class (students block the entrance all day and all night so that classes cannot take place). We have it at the sports fields across the street from my house because our swimming unit is complete. This means that I have two classes a week. I emailed the director of the exchange program at UW and she said I may have to finish off my classes with UW professors. This makes me slightly nervous, because I hate to say it, but we haven't exactly done a whole lot of learning in any of my classes. A total of one test, one presentation, and two essays is basically all that I have done throughout this entire semester, and I guarantee that I will have approximately 10 times this much work if I finish the four weeks I am missing with UW professors. It is going to be a harsh adjustment coming back to college... My nightly average of nine hours of sleep each night is going to rapidly decline. I am doing my best to do all of the work that I can in order to get final grades here rather than when I get back :)

Due to the strike, our anniversary lunch did not take place, so the no-bake cookies and peanut butter & jelly sandwiches did not represent the food of the U.S.A.

I have been spending a lot of time with Ale and her family... lots of baking :) I also went to Lulu's house in Calama for the weekend. It is about a three hour bus ride north of Antofagasta. It was a very nice weekend and fun to meet all of my Chilean relatives!