Tina's wanderings around the world

I am going to take a quick break from what has been called "Part 1" of a romantic movie type blogging to do a little bit of a rant. Along with the influx of boy amazingness I have experienced lately (you know, the ever adored Marcus, Melvin my husband, Carlos the protective Colombian, and a new addition, Brandon the partner in dessert crime), I have seen an increase in boys that deserve some swift kicks in the knees. The frustration has slowly been growing over the last week since facing the world once again as a gal in a relationship that happens to be away from the other half of that relationship for an extended period of time. Unfortunately as it still happens, I am lacking in the feminine friendships here in BA (though Melvin does kind of count since he can give me girl-like appreciation of new fashion purchases) which means that I often find myself surrounded by boys. Which is strange, because I don't have many guy friends in the states! Anyway, there always comes t...

Well hello again, people. : ) It has taken me quite some time to get word out to you that I’m alive, but rest assured that all is well in the world of Tina. Quite well and wonderful, in fact, and there are quite a number of things to talk about! Now where to begin… The last time I gave any kind of update, I was in Buenos Aires biding my time while waiting for the interview process to bring me to my next interview. In the meantime, I was doing a whole lot of nothing. Attempting to find cafes with wi-fi close to my hostel; gorging on banana licuados (if you have a blender, bananas and milk, I suggest you combine the three with maybe a little bit of sugar and then you can join me in my latest food obsession); reading; watching a lot of movies and spending lots of time with the boys at Bait (my BA hostel). Then came yet another few weeks’ trip up to Brazil to spend Carnaval in Rio with Jon and Kari. I decided to hit up Iguazu Falls on the way to Rio and hit two birds with one stone—see the...