…in other words Yo me llama Devon (My name is Devon). But yes, they pronounce it like it is shown above!
Well yesterday and today were jam packed! Yesterday was almost the best day ever… almost. I started my job and it is going to be very cool. The office I work for handles all the press for Buenos Aires Fashion Week (BAFWEEK) and the event is in February and I therefore get to attend! I am so excited!!! The day-to-day stuff though is pretty typical PR work. Although, most of what I have done is translate press releases from Spanish to English to be sent to the US. The office itself is actually in a one bedroom apartment. I figured this out when I went to the bathroom and there was a tub and shower and everything. The bedroom is the meeting room and living room them main office. It is small but cozy and the people are really nice.
What is also great about it is that it is on the other side of town from where I am staying right now, which means I GET TO MOVE!! Graciela, the lady I live with now, is a bit nutty (stories to come hopefully tomorrow after I unpack in my new place) and her place is not as clean as I would like. And as I said, its super far from my office. I will now be just a few blocks from my office and will even be closer to where all the friends I have made live.
So yesterday after my first day of work, I went and met a friend for a Happy Hour at a great little place before heading over to El Alamo to watch the National Championship. I carried my UT shirt with my in my purse all day! Everyone here laughed at me when I explained how important this game was to me! But hey, I HAVE PRIDE!
I went over to El Alamo two hours early and it was already JAM PACKED! They had an upstairs but I was told they were not showing the game up there. Well as luck would have it a group of MBA students from RICE (many former Longhorns) had convinced them to show it up there and reserved the room. They let me and couple of people I met come in, but were being very rude about keeping most people out. I think I just got lucky enough to be there early when not many people were there. Either way, I was just glad to be in a room full of fans!
The game was disappointing but I am proud as hell of my Longhorns! They fought hard! With Colt out of the game it was not a fair fight, and they still managed to make it a close game at the end! And I am excited to see what Gilbert will bring to the table in the coming years! I still wear my burnt orange with pride!!!
1 week down, 11 to go!
A ROOM FULL OF LONGHORN PRIDE!!!!
