¿por qué PARQUéS ?

Let me fill you in on a little game called, Parqués: It's basically Colombia's version of Sorry with crazier more intense rules and you have to be on your A-game at all times or else your soldiers go to jail and you get eaten like PacMan.

When Felipe, called and asked us to come play a fun Colombian game with him Maria and Carlos 8:30 Saturday night before we went out, me and Bryan said were thinking ok sure- a little boardgame to pass time until we go out- we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into...

Long story short: You try to get your 4 soldiers around the path to heaven without someone else's soldier coming up behind you and eating you. 6 hours later all my soldiers went to heaven and I dominated the game! Yes! I never win anything! (As you can tell from my celebration) In the end, it was a really fun game :) not just because I won.

and the winner is...

Me & Maria

Felipe

Carlos

Bryan

Sol :(

Needless to say, we never made it out Saturday night :)

On Saturday I bought my first pair of Argentine boots! woo! And also the red Christmas sweater Im sporting in the pictures. It was so nice to get some new winter wear :) All the girls down here wear leather boots over their pants.. all of them. So I went to a boots store wearing my UGGs and the boot man looked at them, (which I'll admit- are a step up from my lime green ones) and he was like, "what are those? boots? not for going out in right?" haha, umm, so what are you supposed to say to the nice leather boot store man.. except, "umm these are my snow shoes..?" So, he felt sorry for me and gave me a deal on some cool comfy leather boots that fit my funky wide flat feet (thanks pappy). Since you walk so much here, its really important to get some good ones. I'm actually wearing them right now with pijama pants so I can break them in by tomorrow :)

I started reading a book to help me with spanish. Im not a reader, I just get so distracted and never end up finishing. The last book I finished was The Catcher & The Rye, except I didnt read the last 10 pages by choice because I knew he was going to die and I didnt want him to. Anyway, this book is called "Fin de Semana en El Paraíso" (Weekend in Paradise).

I asked the bookstore guy for an "easy-read" and he picks up Confessions of a Shopaholic. I was like, no no- an easy read like easy grammar. Then he picks up Brown Bear, Brown Bear.. haha noo maybe something with chapters would be good. So, he gives me this one. I start reading it, pass page 15, proud of myself that I pretty much understand it all except a vocab word here and there. Its holding my attention, the cover is colorful, off to a good start... until I turn it over and read : "Suggested Age: 11 years old" haha nice. I mean, I don't know why I'm surprised- they have sections where the pet dog Bruno talks, but whatever.

*oh, and Aunt Sasu, if you're reading this, I changed the settings and made it easier to leave comments :)