Mi lunes comenz贸 a las 3 am. La raz贸n: Poder sacar un turno para la legalizaci贸n de unos papeles de mi mam谩 y pueda reunirse con mi hermano en Uruguay, pues hace m谩s de 5 a帽os no se ven.
La oficina abri贸 a las 8:30 am y yo ten铆a el n煤mero 135 en la cola (fila), que era enormee!! Habian m谩s de 400 personas con el mismo objetivo. Cuando empez贸 a amanecer, el sol comenz贸 a golpear severamente, y apenas hab铆a lugar donde refugiarse o sentarse. 隆Qu茅 Horror!
Por suerte, por levantarme sumamente temprano o que se yo... logr茅 un turno. Pues ayer se iban a entregar todas las citas para Agosto, o sea que si no clasificaba, ya quedar铆amos hasta septiembre para comenzar los tr谩mites. Supongo que m谩s de la mitad de las personas que estaban all铆 se quedaron sin poder tener su cita para el tr谩mite.
Sal铆 de all铆 bajo un sol abrasador sobre las 10:30 am, con ganas de ba帽arme en la ducha, beber muuucha agua fr铆a y tirarme a dormir.
My Monday started at 3 am. The reason: To be able to get an appointment for the legalization of some papers for my mom so she can join my brother in Uruguay, since they have not seen each other for more than 5 years.
The office opened at 8:30 am and I was number 135 in the queue, which was enormous! There were more than 400 people with the same goal. As the sun began to rise, the sun began to beat down severely, and there was hardly any place to shelter or sit. What a horror!
Luckily, by getting up extremely early or whatever... I managed to get a shift. Well, yesterday all the appointments for August were due, so if I didn't qualify, we would be left until September to start the paperwork. I guess that more than half of the people who were there were not able to get their appointments.
I left there under a burning sun around 10:30 am, wanting to take a shower, drink lots of cold water and sleep.
Pero, de dormir nadita 馃槃!!! Unos amigos y yo, hicimos un plan para reunirnos y as铆 despedir a otra amiga que va a recomenzar su vida en otro pa铆s ma帽ana, as铆 que quer铆amos poder pasar un rato con ella, pues sabemos que generalmente pasan algunos a帽os antes que podamos vernos de nuevo, m谩s cuando hay que hacer tr谩mites legales para obtener residencias y situaciones as铆.
Ni cortos ni perezosos quedamos en vernos en los alrededores de 1.陋 y 70, Playa. En un grupo de Bares que se han establecido en esa zona costera.
For yesterday, some friends and I made a plan to get together to say goodbye to another friend who is going to restart her life in another country tomorrow, so we wanted to be able to spend some time with her as we know that it usually takes a few years before we can see each other again, especially when there are legal procedures to be done to obtain residencies and situations like that.
So we arranged to meet in the area around 1st and 70th, Playa. In a group of bars that have been established in that coastal area.
Los primeros que llegamos fuimos Ale y yo...apenas pudimos esperar y comenzamos a disfrutar 茅l rato con una cerveza y yo con un daiquir铆 馃嵏. Mi c贸ctel sab铆a a gloria bendita! 馃槏
Bromeamos porque el tama帽o de la copa no era peque帽o, pero aquel brebaje merec铆a al menos una jarra.
Si tengo que comentar que es caro! Uff! qu茅 caro est谩 todo en mi pa铆s!..la inflaci贸n que estamos viviendo es absolutamente agobiante, por lo que deb铆amos andar suavecito con el tema de la pedidera de tragos. M谩s a煤n cuando el resto del grupo ni hab铆a llegado.
Durante la espera nos bebimos un par de cervezas y ordenamos un mojito. En esta caso el mojito era para Ale, pero yo lo prob茅 y estaba igualmente divino. Adem谩s el volumen del vaso era m谩s aceptable para podes disfrutar un poco m谩s del trago.
The first ones to arrive were Ale and me...we could hardly wait and we started to enjoy him with a beer and me with a daiquiri 馃嵏. My cocktail tasted like holy glory!馃槏
We joked because the size of the glass was not small, but that drink deserved at least a large jug.馃槅
I have to comment that it is so expensive! Uff! how expensive everything is in my country!...the inflation we are living is absolutely overwhelming so we had to go easy on the drinks ordering. Even more so when the rest of the group had not even arrived.
During the wait we drank a couple of beers and ordered a mojito. In this case the mojito was for Ale, but I tried it and it was equally divine. Also the volume of the glass was more acceptable so you could enjoy the drink a little more.
Ah铆 en ese bar estuvimos un rato hasta que llegaron los amigos y mi esposo que sal铆a del trabajo y se nos uni贸. 隆El sol estaba bajando, pero a煤n se sent铆a bien fuerte y daba hacia la zona en la que hasta el momento est谩bamos sentados, as铆 que decidimos movernos hacia otro de los bares que adem谩s ten铆a oferta de pizza!
We stayed there for a while until our friends arrived and my husband, who was leaving work, joined us. The sun was going down but it was still very strong and it was facing the area where we were sitting so we decided to move to another bar that also had pizza!
Ac谩 en este nuevo Bar, ten铆a mejores precios, (uff alivio para nuestro bolsillo) y m谩s ofertas... enseguida ordenamos. Yo otro mojito, deliciosooooo, fr铆o..refrescante..con su hielito y su hierbabuena 馃い y los dem谩s una jarra de cerveza.
Here in this new Bar, they had better prices, (uff relief for our pocket) and more offers... we ordered right away. I ordered another mojito, delicious, cold, refreshing, with ice and mint 馃い, and the rest of us ordered a pitcher of beer 馃嵒
Ah铆 compartimos el resto de la noche. Hablamos, re铆mos much铆simo. Hubo algo de baile y un mont贸n de frases absurdas a causa de alguito de alcohol en vena.
Conversamos sobre la partida de nuestra amiga, algunas inquietudes, le deseamos muchas buenas cosas, que seguramente tendr谩 porque ella es una gran persona y logra hacer amigos hasta debajo de una piedra.
There we shared the rest of the night. We talked, laughed a lot. There was some dancing and a lot of absurd phrases because of a little bit of alcohol in the vein.
We talked about the departure of our friend, some concerns, we wished her many good things, which she will surely have because she is a great person and manages to make friends even under a stone.
El tiempo paso rapid铆simo entre tanta y tanta risa. La pasamos genial y Lily estaba encantada con haber tenido la oportunidad de tener esta despedida con sus amigos y colegas de trabajo.
Sabemos que no podremos hacer esto nuevamente con su compa帽铆a en mucho tiempo y aunque nos deja esa tristeza, tambi茅n nos sentimos felices de que est谩 luchando por un porvenir m谩s prospero y otras situaciones que en nuestro pa铆s no puede resolver.
En mi caso espec铆fico me alegra mucho la oportunidad de haberle creado este recuerdo a Lily y para todos nosotros.
Que esta situaci贸n, que es medio triste tambi茅n pueda estar rodeada de risas y felicidad, es un paso fundamental para que ella tome todo el impulso necesario para lo que vendr谩.
Fue un d铆a, que fue de cero a 100 en unas horas, comenz贸 en la oscuridad de la noche y as铆 mismo termin贸 pero lleno de m煤sica, risas y amigos.
Time went by very quickly with so many laughs. We had a great time and Lily was thrilled to have had the opportunity to enjoy this goodbye with her friends and work colleagues.
We know that we won't be able to do this again with her company for a long time and although it leaves us with that sadness, we are also happy that she is fighting for a more prosperous future and other situations that in our country cannot be solved.
In my specific case I am very happy for the opportunity to have created this memory for Lily and for all of us.
That this sad situation can also be surrounded by laughter and happiness is a fundamental step for her to take all the necessary motivation for what is to come.
It was a day, which went from zero to 100 in a few hours started in the dark of the night and ended in the same way but full of music, laughter and friends.