So. Monica cancelled classes
at El Sol today. We also didn’t have to go to UNIFE today, so today was
practically a free day. Awesome. Today was definitely a day to just stay in and
enjoy myself. Last Friday, I went surfing. This Friday, I went for a nice
stroll along Larcomar because since being here, I’ve never actually had the
time to explore myself. I ended up at the park and hung around there to enjoy
the ocean waves waving back at me. The waves were serenading.
I caught up with a few friends
at one of our favorite burger joints in Peru – Papacho’s. After such an
enticing meal, we all felt the need to walk it off and pass out so we decided a
movie at Larcomar would be ideal. However, we didn’t end up seeing a movie due
to some of us needing to do some errands so we spent our afternoon exploring
Larcomar. We ended up at a bookstore at which I soothingly read to my friends a
child’s storybook in Spanish. As I continued to flip through the pages and read
idyllically, one by one they would fall asleep. I felt like papa bear and they
were my cubs. They were adorable and it was cute. My cubs looked at peace and I
let them lay to rest until it was time to go.
We were all tired. So tired,
in fact, that we hailed over a cab just to go to my apartment to sleep in my
room. OK. Let me start off by saying that my friend Lexi is a straight savage.
I don’t know what’d I do without her. The cab driver initially asked for 25
soles to go literally one block over. (Freaking absurd! Not us for taking a cab
one block of course.) The nerve of this guy to charge what should be less than
a 5 soles ride five times that amount. That’s how much soles some people spend
to drive to Pachacamac, which is almost an hour outside Lima. He should be
lucky to get 5 honestly. But this isn’t where Lexi comes in. No. We actually
bargained for 5 soles, and we hop in the cab and arrive at my place. Where Lexi
comes in is when the cab driver repeatedly asks us for 25 soles as if we hadn’t
had this talk before. Of course, I stiffen up and was like “Ew. No.” Also my
Spanish is usually rendered useless when I’m in a stage of fright. So the cab
driver started bickering at me for 25 soles, and Lexi swooped in like my
superman and saved the day. She told that driver off, dropped 5 soles in his
hands, and told us all to walk away. Crap. She’s tough as nails, but I love it.
We get to my door and I’m juggling my keys in my hands out of nervousness. The
driver is still there looking at us. Then Lexi went from tough as nails to soft
as spaghetti, frantically yelling at me to hurry up and open the damn door.
Goddamn, Lexi. I’m halfway to pissing my pants. Let me find my keys!
Phew! I found my keys and we
scurry in. We get to my room and we lay out passing out until Lexi began having
an allergic reaction to my cat, so the crew left earlier than expected. Well, I
could use a nice nap, and that’s exactly what I did. Later that night, I would
invite a few friends over for a nice social gathering – with alcohol. Of
course, no social gathering is complete without a little bit of Pisco. We would
spend the night chatting and laughing until it was time to go to Ayahuasca –
one of the biggest bars in Barranco. It was an electrifying night with friends,
and it was also a very special night because we were also celebrating the
birthday of one of my good friends Kathleen.
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