ctes: pretty well. things are kind of uneventful right now because i'm on break until august, but it's nice to have a free schedule. i get to decide what i want to do and when i want to do it.
luis: haha not at all. going there made me realize just how important it was to have decent internet, respectable housing, clean water, constitutional rights (the police presence there was rather intimidating, especially after the metro bombings), etc. and grocery stores that don't refuse to sell you some of their merchandise. the one perk: our hostel was so bad that my room cost a mere $110 per month. now that's something.
when i was previewing this i realized that i listed internet before all those other things, which is probably going to raise eyebrows but actually fits my set of priorities, so i'm leaving it that way.