Lautaro Life

What can I say?

Things here are the same as they were. Really enjoying just living here at the moment. Working, going to capoeira, seeing friends, chatting with Ruty. It's all very pleasant.

It's getting colder here. It rained for most of the week. Getting up in the morning is getting harder as it feels like the cold is trying to bite my arm off when I go to turn off my alarm.

Lulu is remaining as cute as ever. After a week of cleaning up pee and poo Ruty has put her foot down. Lulu is now learning to go to the toilet outside. It is much nicer in the kitchen now. We've found the easiest way to have an annoyance-free breakfast, is to pick up Lulu and hold her on a lap while we eat.

Lulu helped us hang up the washing

We had Wednesday off school and it was very nice to be lying in bed at 8 o'clock and listen to the rain outside, rather than be walking in it.

This evening Ruty and Sergio told us that they're really happy with us. Sergio said how he calls Ruty twice a day when he's away during the week. He said once a day he asks how we are. So sweet. This led to a conversation about the differences between people here and people at home. People are so much warmer here. I don't know how long it will take me to get accustomed to not giving people cheek kisses when saying hello.

As much as life is enjoyable right now, it does feel a bit like it's winding down. Less than four months left. It's strange. I think I'll be ready to come home because it's hard not forming permanent bonds with people and things. Knowing that I'm leaving makes things harder. I'm also really missing cooking. I can make the occasional pudding but not having a proper oven makes that harder. Plus I really want to make some main dishes and stuff but I think Ruth might be a little offended if I tried. She might think I don't like her cooking or something. So yeh I'll be happy to get home but sad to leave. Everyone's so lovely here.

We went to the park this afternoon