Goodness me. Asides from the whole madness of coronavirus, what a time of it I’ve been having lately! Life has been incredibly hectic & not in an entirely good way..! Well no, I joke, it’s good but chaotic and at times somewhat overwhelming. Since getting back to Argentina three weeks ago, there have been two very big changes (and now everything with coronavirus that I will talk about in another blog post) that have both happened right on top of each other. One of them I can’t really go into yet (I’m such a tease I know, I’m sorry) so will fill you in on it when I can but….
…the other, is that I have a place to live! (Not that I’m living there right now though because we’re all in quarantine lol). A space, all of my own, where I can just chill out and be. Living in a foreign country is hard. You’re on the go all the time and no-one else can ever quite understand the things that could be a challenge for you as they don’t know your home culture and your lifestyle back home. For that reason, I am so so happy to have a comfortable, safe bubble where I can just chill, be and have a break from the world.
I really love my apartment! It’s perfect for me, not too big, not too small and is a really good location. The people that I’m renting it from are really really lovely and also live at the same address. They’ve been so great with getting the place up and running and sorting out the few problems that I had. The few times I’ve seen the mum lately (before we got to full on quarantine) she asked me every time, how are you doing? How do you feel with coronavirus, are you okay? Are your family at home okay?? Which has been really sweet. It’s really nice because they’re always around! Plus they have a large number of dogs that seem to be attached to them (honestly, the number of dogs they have seem to multiply every time I see them!) which is a definite win.
Kitting it out has also been super fun!! I am so so sooo greatful for Noly’s family who have bought me/leant me basically everything that I have in the apartment to make it homely and to get me started. And I’m also very greatful for various members of my fam and friends back home who sent me off with some money to put towards flat things too, I can assure you it’s being well spent and I’m really thinking about what I need to get with it, not just buying any old thing!
I now have most of my basic necessities and over the coming months will hopefully be able to gradually get other bits to finish it all off. It’s funny, I never really used to get people who got excited about buying bits for their house. Now, if I go to a supermarket or a shop, I can’t resist having a little peek down the home aisle. You will probably find me there, deliberating, umming and ahhing over whether to buy a teatowel or which cleaning detergent to get.. In fact, I went food shopping last week and was so excited to buy said cleaning detergent..! I’m actually quite excited to clean… it just feels so grown up and adult. I’m sure being excited about cleaning won’t last () but I’m finding so much joy in little things, it’s super fun! I also have a serious “nesting” urge- at 1am a few weeks ago I found myself online shopping, looking at things like toasters and sofas which have never excited me before, but now positively thrill me! The very last incredibly mundane thing which I am absolutely buzzing about, is that I should (theoretically) be getting wifi at some point in the future when the world calms down. That’s surely got to be the peak of adulthood right? I think the most exciting thing about that, will be when I have people round and they ask me for the wifi password. I absolutely cannot wait for that hahaha.
So there you have it! That’s 1/2 of my big pieces of news 🙂 I’m just genuinely so amazed at how everything’s turned out. Though there are some things in life that are overwhelming and scary (change is always terrifying), both getting my apartment and the other thing are huuuuuge answers to prayer. For that reason I’ve named this post after a Bible verse in Jeremiah. Many times for me, I’ve been unclear of the way forward. In fact, over my whole life I’ve never really had a plan or an idea of what’s next, but things have always worked out and God’s always shown me the next little step at the point when I needed it. Getting an apartment in a good area in a good price genuinely seemed like such an impossible feat and literally, within just over a week of returning to Arg we had found it and a week later I finished moving in! For me, this just points completely and utterly to God’s perfect timing and perfect plan. It also amazes me, because if I’d have had to be doing all this flat stuff last year, in May when I got here, I would have really struggled with it, particularly with Spanish at expressing what I wanted and what I thought. Being with Noly’s Granny last year was a good introduction into living semi-independently in Argentina, as I wasn’t thrown completely into the deep end and didn’t have to do everything myself i.e. cleaning, washing etc. Similar with being at Camelot last year- a very good and fitting first step into everything here.
The other thing that is really a bit nuts is all this with the coronavirus. If I had booked my flight for a couple of weeks later, I wouldn’t have been allowed back into the country for who knows how long. Whilst maybe it doesn’t sound like it would be a big thing if I had had to have stayed at home for a while, it would have been because my life is between the two places. And I wouldnt have had a job at home or anything in the meanwhile and life would have just been all a bit complicated!
Before coronavirus stuff stepped up here it was just so weird weird hearing things from my family and friends back home about the virus and what was going on at home, all the panic buying and conversations about it etc, as it hadn’t really got v serious in Arg up until lately. To begin with it hadn’t really been on my mind at all which is crazy considering how things are now! Anyways, enough of coronavirus for the moment! I honestly don’t lnow what we used to talk about before coronavirus struck haha. Will do a quick post about what’s happening here one of these days, but I’m well, safe and not on my own so no need to be worrying about me!
Anyways, everyone stay safe and sensible. Big love to you all at home xx
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