10 Reasons

To avoid homesickness, it is necessary for me to find joy in random things here in Chile. These are the top reasons why yesterday was awesome, in no particular order.

1. It was sunny and clear blue skies after a cloudy morning.
2. My PCR gel had the positive results that I wanted. booya.
3. We played volleyball for hours after being in lab all day--the perfect way to release some pent up energy. Teams of three. Jorge, Tiffany and I were unstoppable.
4. I found out that I have tickets to an orchestra down here, next Monday. It is the regional orchestra that is traveling to Italy next week and starting an international tour in Europe, so I anticipate a great concert.
5. I was supposed to identify 30 frogs post-mortem (something that is actually really hard because they look so similar). My professor checked my work, like a pop-quiz, but literally. And...I got them ALL correct!
6. The professor at the pension, where we live, gave me a ride to school after lunch break, so I saved a whopping $170 Chilean pesos on a bus ride (about 32 cents).
7. Sebastian agreed to let me attend English class with him next week.
8. Lunch was followed by pepinomelon, a Chilean fruit that is just like an apple/pear, but I like it because it is exotic and new.
9. My shower was the perfect temperature, not the series of scorching-hot and then suddenly ice-cold that it typically is.
10. My friend, Cami Richey (she is awesome), entered the MTC.