Another week in Santiago

Hey all,
So yes, another week has passed in Santiago, still rainy and icky here but some friends told me the weather is supposed to be really nice starting this week,yes! I had a good week, mainly spending school days going to class, doing some school work, doing a bit of cooking, etc. Thursday I had my first essay due, 3-4 pages for my class about gender roles in Spain...it turned out okay, but took up much of Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday night was fun, Fattin and Katie had another potluck dinner at there place, so I brought mom's famous artichoke dip, which was a hit as always. We had a late, long dinner, and spent a lot of time just hanging around talking in there apartment. One of their roommates had recently moved out, so his former room was the party/hangout room, and a good 15 people were probably there. Like I said it was really fun, and the Kenyon girls and I headed home together late that night. Friday I slept in and spent the day lazily, while also working some more on travel plans. Since none of my friends here have internet in their homes like I do, a lot of the planning has kind of fallen to me, which I don't mind but can be quite time consuming! In any case, I'm really excited about traveling; Laura invited me along to Greece, where we will stay with our mutual friend Anna Kephart (from Kenyon, I know her from my brief stint in rugby as well as Ice Hockey). It should be really great, in late April. Friday night Sam and I went to a concert in Santiago; it was this rock/pop/punk Spanish band I had seen some advertisements for around the city, and it ended up being a really fun show. A lot of people showed up, and the band seemed to have some pretty hard core fans. The opener was fun too, another Spanish band, who also did a fun cover of "Come Together" by the Beatles, which was nice as I could actually understand what they were saying! haha. Saturday I spent the morning hanging at home getting some work done, messing around on the internet, etc., and then Sam and I met up and went to a great cafe not far from our house to try and do some more travel planning (we want to go to Italy for a week for our break, which is going to involve quite a bit of planning). We stayed there for a while before heading back to her place, as Laura invited us back for dinner with her and Florette. We helped with cooking and hung out talking for a while, and had a really yummy dinner; it's so nice having someone who knows how to cook :). After dinner we watched "Mean Girls", which Laura had brought to Spain, and then went out to do a bit of bar hopping. It was nice, we checked out a few places in the old zone that we hand't explored yet, Sam and Florette heading home a bit earlier than me and Laura. The two of us headed home around 3, when most Spaniards are still getting warmed up, I don't know how they do it! Today, I woke up really late, and spent the day finally getting around to the homework I'd been procrastinating on. Wednesday I have my first exam, in my "Transatlantic Spanish cultures" class, so I've started studying for that one, it shouldn't be too hard-just lots of memorization of facts and such. So yes, a somewhat lazy weekend in Santiago, but a good one. I figured I would make the most of this weekend to just kind of relax, as the next month or so is going to be crazy packed of traveling...hopefully it wont be too overwhelming! Alright, gotta get back to studying, I woke up way too late today and need to make up for it! Will try to post more often, I've been slacking lately, but love you all and miss you,
Brit