Patience is the greatest provider.

Well, well, well... I have been without classes for about 4 weeks now. With all of this free time you would have thought that I would have written everyday in my blog. I still do not know what to think about the strike. At first, I was interested in the process and thought it was great that the students stand up for their rights. Now I am a little nervous, not knowing if or when classes will start back up again. I leave the 22nd of July and I do not think that classes will be finished by then. So what happens with me? Would´t we all like to know that? All the Michigan students were sent an e-mail asking when we are leaving. I sent an e-mail back asking what happens to my graduation date...still no response.

In one of the e-mails we were told that our professors are going to evaluate us on what we have done so far..hahaha. We had about 7 real weeks of classes, so far. I am not sure if that is enough to give me a grade or if there is something more that I will have to do to get a final grade. I am sure everything will all work out, but it still worries me.

With a surprise 4 week vacation I should have done a lot of traveling, but I did no such thing. I kept thinking that classes were going to start up any time, so I did not want to travel too far. My brother, Matt, came to visit for 2 weeks. I did some traveling with him. We went to Argentina for 5 days. Bariloche and El Bolson, Argentina (if you want to look up the locations of the cities we visited..haha) I guess it was a good thing there was a student strike going on, because Matt and I had time to travel.

I am thinking about doing a bit more traveling in the next week or so, because rumor has it that the strike is going to last for at least one more week if not more. They have been saying that it is "indefinite", so it could last the rest of the time that I am here. Oh, and side note: the teachers have also gone on strike at the university. (Not to mention a number of Universities in Chile are on strike, students and professors alike).

I will update you all soon! I am excited to see what else develops.
Chao chicos!!
Sarah