Kinda Sorta Like Back in the Day
Yesterday I felt like I was revisiting the ol' college lifestyle of parties and party aftermath. Here's what happened: I hadn't gone clubbing or partying in awhile and I kind of had a craving to do so. As it turned out, one of Alejandro's groups of friends (he has a few different social circles) was having a shindig at this one guy's house (his name is El Cuervo, don't ask me why and I still have no idea what his real name is) as a belated birthday party and because he's visiting from the states. I had never met this particular group of friends and Alejandro hadn't seen them in months, so we decided to check out the scene. The get-together was at El Cuervo's family's (ridiculously large) house in Puembo, a valley right outside of Quito where many of the wealthier crowd choose to live. Anyway, the gathering turned out to be much more of a shindig than a raging party--people were barbecueing, listening to music, playing ping pong, chatting, and having cocktails. My portion of the bbq consisted of bread, which I happily ate until it disappeared and then I was stuck because there was absolutely no food in the house and I chose not to be desperate and eat mayonnaise with a spoon, although for a second I considered it, but I bet that was the vodka tonic doing the thinking for me.
Anyhoo, after meeting and catching up with people, playing ping pong (or rather, trying to improve my sadly obvious lack of skills), singing and telling jokes, a bunch of us decided to hit the pool and jacuzzi. The water was excellent and I think there were about 5 or 6 of us crammed in the jacuzzi at one point. Although crowded, we were having so much fun that we stayed in there for a couple hours, which doctors may or may not recommend, but so what? No offense, doctors (you know who you are). Between all the joking around, general silliness and lots and lots of laughing, it was great for me to get to know some of Alejandro's friends better. We were having so much fun that we finally rolled out of there around 3:45 am and got back to the house at 4:15 or so. Needless to say, yesterday was one of those lazy days where I woke up with my make-up still on (my eyes felt like the Itchy and Scratchy Show after that smart move), stayed in my pajamas until 5 pm, took various naps throughout the course of the day, and accomplished very little but felt good about everything in the end. Oh, and I took an hour-long walk, so I did actually manage to get my butt out of the house, a feat requiring a great deal of motivation indeed.
Now it's time for me to head off to work at the elementary school, get started on the new week, and accomplish the many things that slipped through the gigantic cracks of this weekend!
Anyhoo, after meeting and catching up with people, playing ping pong (or rather, trying to improve my sadly obvious lack of skills), singing and telling jokes, a bunch of us decided to hit the pool and jacuzzi. The water was excellent and I think there were about 5 or 6 of us crammed in the jacuzzi at one point. Although crowded, we were having so much fun that we stayed in there for a couple hours, which doctors may or may not recommend, but so what? No offense, doctors (you know who you are). Between all the joking around, general silliness and lots and lots of laughing, it was great for me to get to know some of Alejandro's friends better. We were having so much fun that we finally rolled out of there around 3:45 am and got back to the house at 4:15 or so. Needless to say, yesterday was one of those lazy days where I woke up with my make-up still on (my eyes felt like the Itchy and Scratchy Show after that smart move), stayed in my pajamas until 5 pm, took various naps throughout the course of the day, and accomplished very little but felt good about everything in the end. Oh, and I took an hour-long walk, so I did actually manage to get my butt out of the house, a feat requiring a great deal of motivation indeed.
Now it's time for me to head off to work at the elementary school, get started on the new week, and accomplish the many things that slipped through the gigantic cracks of this weekend!
