Payday

Today, our paychecks for June arrived in the region. They were delayed a little over week because a lot of the staff in Santiago were sick from swine flu. Late paychecks are definitely annoying but because I fortunately have savings so it really didn't impact me.

My host mom has been making an authentic chilean food called picarones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picarones) lately, in part because its cold out and its a traditional winter dish. Picarones are little squashed unqlazed donuts that you dip into some kind of hot sugar. They are pretty tasty and definitely keep your stomach warm.