el 4 de julio

Happy 4th of July!! I think this was my coldest 4th and one of the few that didnt include me in a swimsuit dominating  the apple pie eating contest. Is that gross? No just kidding, the last time I participated in apple pie festivities was in 5th grade I think at Oak Hills Country Club. None the less, I still dominated every time and it was just a piece, not a whole pie. Reigning champ. The thing was, when you won, they gave you an apple pie as your reward... I just stuffed my faceat a rapid pace with apple pie for 2 minutes , now I have it up my nose, in my eyelashes and in my hair.. do I want another whole apple pie? No, not really. I never understood that. 

Our 4th of July consisted of  letting the beast (Winnie) loose at the park which was nice because it was actually warm outside and the sky was bright blue.  Thennn he ran into the lake and came out covered in mud. So park day came to a hault. haha.  Poor little guy. 

 

Bryan started school on Wednesday, but now the government is shutting down everything for 2 weeks because of Swine Flu. So he's on vacation again. Buenos Aires isnt going to be a ghost town if thats what youre thinking, but theyre shutting down places like universities, some night clubs,  museums and stuff like that.. hoping to prevent the spread of it, which seems impossible because everyone takes public transit and that gets pretty pretty snug during rush hour. Someone told me they're only going to fill up places  30%, like movie theatres and restaurants. Theres going to be someone there to tell you where to sit, like you sit here and then the 2 seats next to you will be empty and then another person in the 4th. Crazy right? Its like finals at UT all over again. How much everyone is freaking out about swine flu here is kind of weird to me. I was talking to a cab driver and he told me all he keeps thinking about is swine flu and how hes so worried. haha really.. its just the flu pretty much. Right? Little kids and old people should worry, not regular people. 

Ok so back to the 4th, after the park we went to an asado (an argentine bbq) of one of the girls Bryan goes to school with because she had a friend in town. It was so cool and sooo good. She had a huge rooftop terrace and a big grill where this  guy with a serious mustache pretty much set up shop and cooked for the whole party. The best meat Ive had since Ive been here. Really good. We ate and  drank until 4am which isnt very late compared to argentine going out standards, but I suck and was dragging by 4:30.  Not accustomed yet.