It's been an interesting couple of days. It's been a little lonely here lately, but I know school is going to pick up and as long as I keep busy I usually don't get bothered by the loneliness too much. Yesterday my roommate and I went to apply for our student visas. On the way there I think my roommate was worried about being late so she ran to catch the bus we needed (even though another one would probably have come in plenty of time). She ran without me however, and I ended up having to grab the handle on the bus door and jump on after the bus had started driving! I the bus driver looked at me like I was crazy, but at least I made it on. By the way, we were 25 minutes early to the appointment. Although the immigration paperwork takes a while at least now it's done. Friday night was pretty quiet because I hadn't been feeling well Thursday and Friday.

This morning I decided that I needed to get up at a decent time and I thought running would make me feel physically and mentally better. it was a beautiful morning for a run, and i was planning a significant loop, but a loop nonetheless. Unfortunately, the streets here don't exactly go in squares, so you don't always end up where you think you will to say the least. I stumbled upon a park and a little outdoor market, so I stopped to check that out and then kept running in the direction I though my house was. I ended up getting a little lost and then got chased and bitten by a random stray dog in the street. An hour and 15 minutes after I left for the run I finally found my way home and called my director to ask if the bite was anything to worry about. It was a pretty small bite, but it had broken the skin and there was a painful bruise around it. Alfredo, my program director, ended up taking me to the doctor where they gave me antibiotics I have to take for seven days, and then referred me to a rabies clinic. It turns out that in order to take precautions against rabies you have to get 9 different shots, so I got one shot today, and have to get 8 more over the course of a couple weeks. Needless to say, I had quite a long adventure with Alfredo today in a bit of a sketchy hospital. Everything luckily turned out to be fine, and even though it's going to be a pain to get all the shots I'd rather do that than risk getting rabies!

Other than that, it's been a pretty quiet weekend that has passed by rather quickly. I hope everyone is soaking up the last weeks of Summer!