August 1, 2009 - Still In Miami...

Unfortunately, the night that I was supposed to fly to Chile, I got sick and could not fly. To make a long story short I had to go to the ER in the Hialeah part of Miami which was quite an experience. Nobody in the hospital (maybe a total 3 employees were fluent... maybe) spoke english and I had to have 2 IVs and several and had to be tested for several other things. My flight was rescheduled for Monday night so now I am scheduled to arrive on Tuesday morning. Until then I will be sitting in a hotel room watching movies haha. After sitting here for three days I left for this first time today. Belkys, an AFS employee, took me to a grocery store to get Campbell's Tomato Soup to go, plain Cheerios, and saltine crackers. At least Belkys has done an awesome job taking care of me and AFS has been great about rescheduling my arrival dates and times. While sitting in my hotel room today I figured out how to use Skype and I actually purchased a calling plan: I will be able to call anywhere from Chile (landlines and mobile phones) for only $12.00 per month. I will try to update my blog sometime within the next week.