Lizzie

Happy Belated Holidays!
So, I'm done with that job I was working at and am now unemployed. I'm hoping that changes soon, although I did sell my car for $3600 so even if I can't find a job before June I will have enough money to pay rent until then. One of my friends from Buenos Aires came to visit me so that distracted me from thinking about not having a job. She came on Christmas Eve and left today. I had a fun time showing her around the island and Boston.

We went to the Sam Adam's Brewery two days ago. The beer tasting was longer than the tour, which is the way it should be in my opinion. For a $2 donation to some charity, you get to taste three beers (the boston lager, one of their seasonal beers which was their winter lager this time, and a "special" beer that can't be bought in stores and that changes all the time) and keep the tasting glass. I will definitely go back with anyone that comes to visit me.

New Years was pretty fun although VERY cold and snowy. My friend and I went to a club with my housemates and danced the night away. It was fun, but not really worth the high price we paid for the ticket. One of my housemates had purposely bought extra tickets in case we decided to invite more people. He ended up having 4 extra and scalping them because there were desperate people who needed tickets last minute. We used the profit for our drinks, so at least we didn't have to buy drinks at all.

Through the Peace Corps I have a free subscription to Rosetta Stone to start learning Swahili, so maybe every post I'll put a random word in Swahili. I haven't started yet, so I'll wait until next time.

I hope everyone's doing well! I'll see some of you in February!