This year.....

This has been a very difficult year (I would say, the most difficult year of my life), however, it has been great.

I’ve had many problems in home, so, I’ve worked really hard all these month to save money and buy a house with my boyfriend. The good part of this, is we found a department that we are buying, but the process is too long and we’ll have it in January of the next year, so meanwhile, we’re going to rent it (until we sign the deed of ownership) and we are moving in two more weeks… I’m really happy and excited for it!!

Also, I’ve had setbacks here in the University for the schedule of my job, because most of the teachers and so the authorities don’t consider (and there is some teachers who don’t care) that somebody needs to work just in the same schedule that we have classes, and it’s difficult fit together both things without harm one of them, that’s why the last semester I failed in one course.

But, not everything is so bad, in July was the first time a traveled to another country, I went to Guatemala to make a Forensic course in the FAFG, that has been the most beautiful trip I ever had, because I met wonderful people, we all belong to different countries and I was the only latin girl in the group, they all are my friends now, and I usually talk with my Guatemalan friends (people from the foundation).

This trip is a big achievement for me, because I learned to much about Forensic Anthropology in the field I like, violation to human rights, and because it was a challenge, for the language (english) I didn’t know speak English, and every else students only spoke it, except one of them. Can get our department, finally, is other achievement.

I just hope this year I can finish all the courses, because this is my last year on the career, and I don’t want to be taking more courses next year!!

The money

The money, a human invention, that I personally think it has been the worse one. I can’t say I don’t like the money, because it would be the biggest lie, what I don’t like is we give it more relevance than other things really important to survive. An example, when we have some electric equipment like a tv and we need to fix it because it’s not working well, we do it even if we don’t have money, we find the way, but, if we are sick and we don’t have money, we just don’t visit to the doctor. So, all this society is working hard, just to have more money, because the publicity is telling us: you need something! It doesn’t matter what, we always need to buy something.

I think the money is important, because in this kind of economic system, we need it to can eating, have a house, study, get clothes, etc. But I try not make my life around the money, because everything I said before, and because just for money we (actually the businessmen) are destroying our nature, our entire planet, and in a couple of decades we will not have forests, rivers, etc.

My family is poor, and I have to work to help in home and to finance everything I need here in the university, and I think that’s why I don’t spend so much money, and I’m really organized with it, I have an excel file like an accountancy book, so, I have the record of how many money I can spending in a month. The only things I spend my money is for the University (food, transport, books, etc.), once at month I buy food in the supermarket for all the family, I pay the “dojo” where I train martial arts, and just sometimes I go to some restaurant with my friends. As I said, we don’t have so much money, and I don’t have something I can to pawn, so if I would need it, I can’t have some money in that way.

Well, I’m not millionaire, but now I have some savings invested in the bank, in something called “fondos mutuos” it’s like invest in shares but with less risk, I don’t have so much profit, but it’s better than have the money “under the mattress” enough for me. If I would be a millionaire, I would invest my money in shares, and I’ll contract a specialist to manage that, because I’m an ignorant in economic topics.