October is here!

Hello Readers!

My apologies for my lack of posting this past week or so, let me tell you that I have good reasons for this!

This has been the craziest, most hectic and overwhelming week of my entire existence....well potentially. I think being in a foreign country just magnifies everything and makes it seem much more dramatic. We have a new apartment! Turns out paying 300$ EACH per month for a small apartment in Cochabamba is wayyyyy to expensive, and luckily we've befriended some locals who were able to let us know this. It was not an easy process, but at the risk of offending anyone, I won't get into it. Basically just the fact that as foreigners, people think it's easy to take advantage of you in a sense.

Our new apartment is fantastic! It has two FULL bedrooms, with wardrobes built in, a beautiful living/dining area completely furnished, a laundry area, and a nice kitchen with new appliances! The area is great too, as we are close to downtown and tons of different coffee shops, restaurants and bars for those days when a nice cold one is a necessity. I almost had a nervous breakdown however when I found out our apartment didn't have a steady internet connection! I like to push myself academically so I decided taking 3 online courses was a great idea, turns out not so much....but I am getting them done! Life is definitely getting better here, and I feel like I'm slowly adjusting. I definitely don't think I ever in a million years would have chosen to come to Bolivia, but I'm still very grateful for the experience this will bring me and all of the lessons I am learning here.

I am going to try to be more steady with my blogging, work is getting a bit more intense and we have presentations to do and will be interviewing locals at different markets this month, so I will keep you guys in the know about those experiences! Thanks for reading :)