i'm a tango dancer now :)

Thursday night was one of the most fun nights yet here in Argentina. I went out with two guys from France and Finland to go take tango lessons. THe French guy goes every week and after last night i am going to become a regular too! The place was behind a kind of 'dirty spoon' bar and although the big ballroom behind it smelled a bit it, was one of those places that the locals go to wrap their legs around each other. (yes... literally!) There were about 10 of us in the beginner class and the teachers were SO amazing! they danced so beautifully together. We learned the walk, a cool 8 step move, a figure 8 twirly thing, and then my favorite move was one where the girl does this cool swish and hook thing with her leg (just try to imagine - :) BY the end of the 2 hours we were doing pretty good actually! The teachers made us switch partners constantly so you feel how different people move. After our two hours we bravely went out to the real dance floor for a bit. It was definitely intimidating dancing next to these amazing dancers. Everyone actually dances with their eyes closed to "feel" the movement - however when i was out on the big dance floor i was alomst too busy watching other people dance than concentrating on what i was doing! I'm already looking forward to next week where i can work on my "flare" and the swish kick thing with the leg :)

On a completly different and random note - i have what i am sure is a very attractive story. The gym that i belong to down here, which is called "megantlon" (suiting for me), has no air conditioning. The other day i decided to go to a spinning class and by the time i got to the gym, which is only 2 blocks away, i was already dripping sweat! I wondering if you start sweating before you work out if it counts?? Anyways, during that 45 min class i dont think i have ever sweated that much in my life! I seriously had a puddle under my bike when i was done because sweat was dripping off my face every 3 - 5 seconds (yes, i timed it). yeah - it was pretty gross. Other people were sweaty too but i think i may have won if there was a contest - maybe it was because i worked the hardest :)
Another day at the gym i decided to go to a yoga class. It was a joke! i couldnt decide if i wanted to laugh or just walk out. I felt like i was in one of those "sit and be fit" shows on PBS! With no exageration at all - the class consisted of rolling your head and wrists and tapping your toe in front and then behind you. Plus we laid down on our mats for the first 15 min and the last 15 min - i almost fell asleep! (yes... the room was hot) So needless to say i will not be taking anymore "yoga" classes at that gym anymore!

Let's see... what else? I take the bus to and from the hospital everyday, and i dont know what it is but it doesnt matter if i walk really fast to the bus stop or if i saunter - the bus always pulls up and leaves 2 seconds before i get to the stop. I used to run and try and catch the driver's attention - but it never works. The next bus #50 usually come within the next 10 minutes - but i just cant believe how often i miss the bus by seconds! Bad luck? i don't know. THe hospital is still going well. It has been more quite the last few days because there are fewer patients and therefore not that much work to do. But regardless if i am doing hospital work or not i still get 5 hours of spanish practice with all the talking to the docs and nurses i'm doing! I don't understand everything that is said but at least i get the jist and am able to follow the conversation. Next Tuesday i am going out to lunch with a a bunch of the nurses - i'm already excited! I'm not sure if i mentioned this or not, but the other day i got to get scrubbed out and watch a surgury! They decided to do a tracheoscopy on a man that is in a coma. They docs even brought over a box for me to stand on so i could see better :) I think i have decided that surgury is just not for me... i LOVE all of the getting to see inside the body stuff, but i just always get too hot and start to feel woozy and i really really hate the smell of the burning tube they use (burning flesh smells makes me feel woozy too). well shall see!
It has been a rainy past few days here. And when it rains... it really rains! all day too! not like the glorious Colorado weather where it changes every 30 minutes. At least there is not a death heat wave anymore - i actually saw on the news the other day that Buenos Aired was in an "ola de calor" - a heat wave, and the nurses said that they could never remember so many hot days in a row.... figures, right!? just when i come! That's ok... because i will just eat a helado (popsicle/ice cream) I reached my 2 week mark! 3 weeks to go and then about 3 to travel - my homecoming is still a ways out - even though it feels like i have been here for much longer!
Chao!