I made it! barely!

Buenos Aires!
Getting here was pretty rough actually... the 9 1/2 hour flight turned into an 11 1/2 hour flight. Once everyone was boarded in Dallas the captian comes on the overcom and says that the engine or something is broken and that they were going to try and fix it. Well captain... that would probably be a good idea before we fly over water! 45 min pass and then he comes on again and says that yes the part was broken but that they had another part that was on its way from the hanger. So after it was all said and done with installing it and doing a test run, we had been sitting in our seats, not moving, for 2 hours. PLUS the air conditioning wouldn´t work (they had to open the emergency exits so we could breathe!) PLUS i just knew as soon as i sat down that the heavy person i saw waiting in the terminal was going to sit by (on) me... and i was right. I´m generally not one to be clastrophobic but i honestly could not sit in my seat without being touched by his arm or leg. It was a long flight.
Another notch down the board was recieved when i fould out that since i am an American, i had to pay Argentina $131 bucks for visiting their country. Thanks uncie Sam (jess - say with a SH) BUT... my bags arrived and i saw my name in big letters on a sign, right where i was supposed to see it! In my renewed first impression of BA (buenos aires) i thoguht immediatly of my dad because the traffic was SO crazy and there was no rhyme or reason to anything that people did (a simmilar experience we had when my family decided to rent a car in Chile).
Today i am tired, so i am taking everything in with a grain of salt. The place that i am staying in looks NOTHING like the pictures online. and... i got assigned to the bottom bunk in a room that is 10x10 - next the busy road. It wouldn´t be so bad... but Argentians use theirs horns every other minute. So.... i´ll see how it goes and then ask to switch if i need to.
On a funny note - while i was busy getting lost trying to find this one office - i saw at least ten people within 4 blocks who were sleeping on mattrisses under varius trees and bushes in a park/plaza. Where the heck did they get those mattresses? Maybe i should be carrying one around too... just in case i need a snoozer. (like now).
Tomorrow i have my orrientation at the hospital and we will talk about what i want to do and what i dont want to do. I´m definitely not afraid to tell them exactly what i want to do because afterall i did decide to PAY to volunteer.
PS - today was not a good day if you happen to be a sweaty girl - i need to buy more shorts.
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