Three days since it happened. My worst nightmare: someone at home being in trouble, and me not being there to help. I thought about being in this situation earlier this semester and how dreadful it would...

My mom is sending me a package in a couple days with things that I wish I had brought (luckily it's my birthday so I have a good excuse for getting this package sent to me despite all the complications...

It wouldn't be the last time that my mom would "save" me in anything. Although I am just a host daughter, I am still part of the family, and therefore it is very important that she helps me in most everything...

Let me tell you all the things I've done for the past three weeks: I have started classes. I turned in my first assignment (and had it returned with the professor saying I write well. I would like...

August 4, 2011 Physically, the campus of the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo is a very depressing place, a world away from Whitman College's lush, manicured grounds. The buildings are hideous and run-down,...

I got all my bags, no problems there. Only one of my liquids exploded: my mom packed some honey packets and one got squished, so there is honey all over my tote. Got stared at by all the Argentine folk,...

I am leaving the country in two weeks.  Two weeks.  The thing is, I haven't realized it yet. I know that when I realize that an event is imminent, I'll start to worry immensely; I'm not. I feel like...