UPD (Ultimo primer dia)

Ugh. School started today. But it kind of didn't.
Last night we had a party celebrating Ultimo primer dia, which is the last first day. Because I'm in the senior class here now. We went to my classmate Guillermo's house at around 10 Sunday night and danced and partied unitl 6 a.m. WITHOUT SLEEP, when a bus came to bring us to the school. We were crazy!! My classmates were screaming, singing, lighting off fireworks. At 6 am! On the way to the school! When we got there we had a ton of silly string and bubble spray that we were fighting with, and my EVERYTHING got covered! They blew up a bouncy slide thing, I can't think of the word in English. I didn't go on that because they were sliding down in oil and I had a white tank top on. At around 7:30 am the teachers kicked us out. So we took four vehicles (around 40 of us) and drove all around Oviedo blasting music. There's no way to explain how much FUN Paraguayans have with EVERYTHING. After we drove around we went to a classmate's house and my friends and I jumped into her pool with our clothes on.
 I'll try to post a few pictures, but they seriously don't do justice to the party we had!

La bandera

trampoliiine

amigos

the bus ride to school

los vagos

other side of the bandera. see my name?

partying around Oviedo!

But tomorrow I actually have to go to school school. Not party. :'(

It has been an absurdly long amount of time since my last post.. I guess I just haven't had the ambition to write anything on here. Also school is out, so there's not a lot going on.
I'M STILL ALIVE EVERYONE. DON'T PANIC.
Wow, I don't even have photos to post. This is sadness.
In December I went to a few colaciones. The colacion in Paraguay could be compared to an American prom. The main difference is that the graduates receive invitations to give to their families and anybody they want. Also, there is food, soda, and alcohol provided for guests. They usually begin at around 11 or 12 (supposed to start at 9, but that's Paraguayan time). To begin, all of the graduates do a 'grand march' of sorts. It's so beautiful, the decorations and the outfits. It is typical for the girls graduating to wear white dresses. After that, each graduate is introduced one by one with their parents which is really sweet. Finally, the music and the 'party' aspect starts. In my first colacion I didn't get home until 6:30 a.m., which is very normal!! In all, I went to four with my friends (exchangers and non exchangers). I wish the colaciones lasted during the whole year, they're a blast!
I wish I had pictures :'(