desde la cama

Well, what an interesting last few days. So, let´s just say our group checked out the nightlife in Buenos Aires on Thursday night and by lunch on Friday I had a migrane and a fever. When we landed in Mendoza that evening I was approaching delerious, but my host family was very understanding. Anyway, I spent the entire day Saturday sleeping except getting up to eat breakfast and dinner, which took an amazing amount of force. Fortunately, with all the sleep, water, oranges, oatmeal, etc. I´ve been improving so that by yesterday evening I had enough energy to string my guitar and banjo and go for a walk. I´m just about to start orientation now in downtown Mendoza and I just have a nasty cough and drippy nose left over, so I probably didn´t have H1N1, but rather some other bug associated with the change of climate (not to be confused with climate change).
But enough whining. Let me introduce my family. We have Alicia, a 51 year old who is very caring and wonderful (even talked to her cousing to order a huge bag of oats for me- what more could I want?). Her brother, Alfredo, is an electrician and has a workshop across the courtyard from my bedroom (yes they have a courtyard shared with the neighbors with various ferns and citrus trees and all that good stuff, a place where I will be spending a lot of time playing instruments and such). Then there is the cocker spaniel, Camilo, who is completely insatiable. He leaps into you laps and demands love non-stop. But it´s ok because he has big floppy ears and doesn´t bark unless the doorbell rings.
Things are pretty nice. Mendoza is gorgeous even in the wintertime, if a bit littered with bottles and such in the street. You can see the shadow of the mountains from downtown. Well, more later. Hope to have pictures sometime soon.