Bueeehhhh.... I´m done with my traveling weekends and back to normally packed weekends. This weekend was a blast leaving Friday night around 9 to meet up with people and load the buses to leave BA by 11:30 and arrive in Bahía Blanca around 7:30 for the first game starting at "8:00" which obviously started later than that. Saturday we had three games, Sunday we had two, and Monday we had 3 (would have been 4 if we would have gone to the final). Because of the way the bracket was set up our team happened to play the most games because we lost a few the first rounds, then one against the same teams later. Anyway, 8 games of Ultimate. Needless to say painful, painful days. The last day I was playing like a cripple, it hurt to walk at all and steps up to our beds was quite the journey. So the last day I was in constant pain having pulled my calves, and couldn´t use my full gate because of tight hamstrings. Meaning my play style felt really awful. Anyway, MY TEAM GOT THIRD out of eight teams. At the tourney there were several teams from Buenos Aires, but also teams from, Cordoba, La Plata, and even one from Montevideo, Uruguay (international tournament)! This week I returned to promptly have to finish my application for my spring semester which I have decided will be in Quito, Ecuador! The decision was based upon many things. The biggest one is feeling ready to change programs. I really liked and appreciated my program here, but I think its the type of program that works better for independent semesters and I feel like I am ready for a new location as well. Buenos Aires is a great place, but I´m also eager to get to know different places and explore. Why not make even more great connections all over south america. I have friends here which I will likely see again in the future, be it in the US, Buenos Aires, or other parts of South America. Everything feels like it is leaving that relaxed time I was getting used to here in Buenos Aires and this are speeding up. Always too many options of things to do during my free time and even what I think is an empty weekend seems to be running from thing to thing without a break. Not to mention the increased workload of classes as mid-terms and tests are beginning to be juggled and talk of final papers is in the air. But, once finals are over, I will have lots of free time in december to travel, relax, and just hangout with friends, until my family arrives (everyone except liz and Jordan) for Christmas and new years. But it is all in place. Looking out over the weeks ahead is a bit daunting to think about but, its all manageable (I think). If you haven´t already there are quite a few pictures from the tourney this weekend as well as a general album called Buenos Aires that is a collaboration album of several friends and things we have seen and enjoyed while in Buenos Aires. Suerte, hasta la proxima!