Christmas

I am so excited to go back home. I want to see all my friends and relatives. This Christmas spirit is involving with my academic performance. I have this feeling of just wanting to go back home and have a one month vacation. Though the semester passed by so fast I had hard courses. Most of my nights involved going to the library maybe till 11:30. Studying in my room is a lot more comfortable, but the noise disturbs me.
Being back home will fill me with good energy again. But, I am not so sure if it's going to be 100% of positive energy. Though I have to see my ex boyfriend, which is not good. I know I am going to see him because Santa Cruz is a very small city. Everyone knows each other and you constantly see the same people over and over again. That's my only concern about this trip, but I know it's going to go on well.
My parents were begging me to stay in Miami for Christmas. I could definitely stay, but I want to be there for New Year's. They bought my tickets for December 9th. I did not choose that day. So, they are just trying to handle it.

Thanksgiving

*Note: I just got my computer back so I am retyping it.
Thanksgiving was a lonely and common day for me. Supposedly, my father was coming on Tuesday. But, later he told me he was coming this Monday. The day of Thanksgiving, I went to a hotel in South Beach, Loews. It was much better than being laid on a dorm's bed. South Beach was calm, which is very unusual. There were just a few people dressed out going to Delano Hotel or to Wall. Even though I was not in my dorm it was still kind of boring. I didn't know that Thanksgiving was such a big holiday in the US. In Bolivia I had this holiday just because I was in an American School, but no one really celebrated it. The only one was a friend of mine who is Jew. My friends here in UM were with their families or many of them went back home. So, my first Thanksgiving in Miami was not so good. Next year I'll travel or just go back home.

Last Night

My roommate is a different person than the one she was on the beginning of the semester. She gets to the room at three in the morning. I have no idea where she goes. I for sure know that she doesn't go out because of her way of dressing. No high heels, no dress, no makeup, etc. She comes backs and turns on all the lights, she talks loud by the phone, and even skypes with who knows who. She doesn't care if she wakes me up. I can tell she knows I am sleeping, but she doesn't even care. She's been getting so tired that she snores the whole night. Anyone in the hall way can hear her. In addition, whenever she cuts her hair, they stay lying the floor for about five days. I had to tell her to please swipe the floor and she even told me she had swiped already. I am so annoyed of living in a dorm. Or maybe I am annoyed from her.

Surprise!

Yesterday at 3:00 pm someone knocks on my door. I wasn't going to open, but she knocked so insistently that I couldn't stand that sound anymore. I usually don't open the door because they are guys just trying to start a conversation with me, but they don't really seem to know how to get a girl's attention. But, that's not the point. I open the door and I see my cousin. I couldn't resist to hug her so tight. I don't know how she got my address, floor number, room number, etc. The thing is that she was there! I was so excited I could barely talk. I let her into my room and we talked for about an hour or so. She couldn't believe how small my room was and even worse how I could handle living in such a small room. "Oh my god! your bathroom is so small, you had one for yourself more than twice the size". She was surprised but it's really not hard because no one is in the bathroom the same time I have to go. We all have different schedules, so that works.
Afterwards, we went to Lincoln Road to have dinner. We got there at around 6:30 pm. Her being here with me made me feel secure and wanting to be in Miami. I totally enjoy Miami, but it's not the same thing when you have a family member, a friend, or your boyfriend here with you. Well, at least that's what I think because I don't like to go out. We ate so much, we talked so much that I was exhausted by 10:00 pm. The worst thing was that I went out with my laptop because I had to finish the personality profile essay. We had to sit in a restaurant that had wi-fi. Whenever she got tired of asking me questions I started erasing the colons and semi-colons I had throughout my essay. So, I was able to work on it pretty good. Besides, she's great at writing essays. Each pause, I added or erased something from it.
Yesterday was a really good day for me! I felt I had someone to be with. I really enjoyed being with her, but unfortunately I won't see her till next week because she's going to Vegas today.

Tequille's Essay

Tequille's essay was incredible well written. His character was interesting and different, which made you want to read keep on reading the essay. His character dual life is what makes the essay more dynamic. Even though she goes to UM by the day, Kecia has a nocturnal life pretty surprising. If I saw her on the streets, I would have no idea she works as a stripper. Besides, she has a  reason for doing it. "The money is fast, I make more than an average women make in one night" and she tells it. It's impressive how her work doesn't disturb her from college. She even goes to class every morning. If I sleep later than 3:00 am, there's no way I can get to class. Well, sometimes I do, but I pay no attention.

Tequille's word choice is what makes it even better. He just puts the right words in there. His description about her dual life is what caughts the attention of the reader. Because I personally would believe a girl coming to UM and being a stripper. Even worse when he says that her GPA is 3.6. His description about her moves are so clear any one can imagine it. But, he doesn't make it sound vulgar. Instead, fine. He made an excellent job describing her, without judging her job. He made it sound as normal and "okay".

Random

This iPhone alarm is really bothering me. I don't know how to change the way it has been automatically set up. I want to it to ring several, not just one time because I think it's a missed call. Today for example, my alarm was set to ring at 6:40 because I like to take a bath, eat, and organize my stuff before going to class. Therefore, I slept till 7:35. Later I grabbed something to eat because I am so hungry since last night. Early dinners also frustrate me. In my country we are used to have dinner at 10:00 pm. Supers do not include food, only meals. For example, ham and cheese sandwich, empanadas, or a toast. Besides, people who don't work (which are the majority of women) are used to take a nap from 2:00-3:30. So, they are not so hungry at around 5:00 because they haven't burned any calories.

Vacation

Time has passed so fast. Thanksgiving is coming and my friends and I have planned to go to the Caribbean. We are a group of 10 girls, but we haven't really decided where in the Caribbean to  go. We were thinking about Punta Cana or the Bahamas. Last week my roommate's friends went to Puerto Rico and they said it was amazing. Since it's a tourist place, there are many things to go. All of us basically want to go to the beach and just chill out. Our parents are not coming to Miami so we really want to travel. Besides, we've heard that everyone goes home and the campus is going to be empty and boring.
For us, going home is kind of far away. For me it's an eight hour flight going back, but arriving to Miami is six hours. Besides, being in the airport three hours before and getting to migration in Bolivia which takes about an hour or more. So it's a total of about 12 hours to get there. There I have half of a day lost. So, it's not worth it. Thankfully, I am going back home on December 12 for about a month. So, I not in a hurry of going back home.
I am kind of nervous about this trip because it's going to be the  first time I travel alone. And I am sure that when my parents know about it, they are not going to be able to sleep properly for three nights. They are going to text me constantly, which sucks. They still think I am 12 years. At the same time I feel so anxious about it because it's going to be fun. I can't wait for it!