Where in the world!?!?!?

Hello all,
Writing again not the day after, but two days after Halloween. The Day after was spent in bed. Sleeping. From about 2PM to 7 I slept, then got up and ate at 7, then went back to bed until about 9 this mornng (with some minor interruptions by my cat at around 2 and 7 AM). But, por fin, here I am alive and well and about to share my first (and hopefully not last) Chilean Halloween experience. The night was pretty long, so I´ll do a timeline of the night- thoughts and events. And when I say "timeline" I mean a VERY rough estimate of what time I think it was (as looking at a clock has become a rare occurance down here...). So all of the"times" are like within a half-hour to hour of what time it Could have been... So, here we go!
9ish:Went trick-or-treating (or, Dulces o travesuras) with my adorable little niece who was here visiting along with my Chilean aunt and uncle. She was dressed in a cape and had little light-up devil horns. Very linda.
10ish: Came home and played dress-up. For my costume, as Carmen Sandiego, I wore...A black trenchcoat with a brown belt, a red hat and some boooots that my host mom let me borrow. And underneath, I wore my strapless black and white dress (that I wore for a fashion show last November) and some shorts with some fishnets. I meshed it all together with some RED lipstick, and Became Carmen. The plan was to go meet up with Amelie and Jeannie at a party in Valpo, and then maybe go to two other parties that I knew of. Well, that was the PLAN at least. But 2 out of 3 isn´t too bad...
10:30 ish: Went to either catch the metro (if it was still running) or take a bus to Valpo which is where I would then take a colectivo to the party where Amelie and Jeannie were. So, went to the metro and it was running, but wouldn´t be at my stop for another 12 minutes! So, I thought for a second, then decided on taking the bus instead. So, took the bus, got off in Valpo, and began the (eventually unsuccessful) search for the colectivo.
11ish: After having wandered a bit around Valpo, and calling Amelie to Make SURE I was waiting in the right place, I still hadn´t found the right colevtivo. I am positive I was in the right place, but after asking several drivers if the knew where the street Ollino (?) was and getting contorted replies, I decided I may just spring for a taxi.
1130ish: Trying not to get in a bad mood about STILL waiting for a colectivo, I did decide to just spend the money on a taxi instead. So I began to walk up (again) to the place where most of the taxis go to see if I could get one that wouldn´t rip me off. On my way, I saw one taxi and for some reason that was more like instinct, I decided not to flag it down. It just didn´t feel right. So, I walked a little more and literally Ran Into my friends Pancho, and Margot (Margot is Pancho´s host sister). It was so great, because I was planning on going to the smae party they were going to later. So, I decded that it was not vale la pena to try and navigate my way up and around Valpo, when I could go to the place I was planning on going to anyway. So, I called Amelie and told her my plan, and went with them.
12ish: Went to the bar in-between Viña and Valpo called Bar Amsterdam, and partied-down with most of my friends from CIEE (my program) and some new and old Chilean friends as well. My Carmen costume was a total hit, and every time I told someone (both from the US and Chile) who I was, they were Thrilled! It was sooo much fun, and people loved it. We stayed there for most of the night, and I had told my Chilean friend Rodrigo that I would be there, and we agreed to meet up.
2ish (?): this is where time gets a little fuzzy... But, at some point we though we were going to leave and go somewhere else, so a bundle of us got ready and went outside to go to the "Theatre" (which was somewhere, and had a cover charge..) but, not all of us were really into that idea, so we decided to stay at Amsterdam instead. But, it was getting a little fome, and because I knew of this other party, we decided to go there instead. It was in Viña close to where we all lived, so it seemed like a good thing to do. After waiting and waiting for a micro, we finally got one that took us to Viña. "Va a calle Ecuador?" "sisisi, venga" ok, so it went to Calle Ecuador (or so we thought). And, nope- it turned about 3 blocks to erly, so we got off and huffed a bit about how the driver lied to us... oh well... So we walked (3am now???) to where the party was. On the way, the two girls (Callie and Maddie) who Connor and I were with decided to go home. So Connor and I contunued walking and ended up running into the party! They had abandoned their house, and were walking to this bar called Journal, which we freequently visit. So, I decided to go with them (what would Carmen do!?) and Connor decided to go home.
330ish (or was it more like 4? They were closing the bar, so maybe more like 4...): Rodrigo called, and was outside, and they wouldn´t let him in (or anybody-again, the bar was closing...) So I went out and met him, got him in (thanks to my friend Sebastian who works at the door!), but ended up only staying for a bit.
430ish: met up with Rodrigo´s friends (I guess they were waiting or something???) and decided to drive around and look for something and maybe stop at the ocean on the way. Turns out, I had what we were looking for at my house, and was able to grab it AND change my clothes as well. (as awesome as the high-heeled boots were, 5am was a little too early for them to be out...). So, with some new ropa, I was ready for the next adventure as Celine.
530ish(???): Well, I thought we were going to go to the beach and enjoy ourselves, but we ended up going to get fast-food instead (eew). Since I did not have any desire to do that, Rodrigo and I waited in the car and talked about life. Finally his friends came back, and we decided to go to Reñaca and chill at his friends house.
6ish (the sun was beginning to rise, so..... 630? maybe???): hung out at a lookout, and I was very pleased by the hilly architecture of Reñaca. It was very pretty. At some point I went to relieve myself and discovered just how much I love the fauna here! There were the prettiest purple and yellow flowers on the hillside, and they looked so lovely in the dawn light.
7ish: Went to Rodrigo´s friend´s house, and by using a (surprisingly sharp tipped) straw, and the end of a match stick, I introduced how to transform an apple into smoke.
730or-so: Finally got to rest my head in a real bed! Que bueeeno. But, was woken up early by- who knew- cartoons! how silly... But, I somehow managed to sleep in until about 12 30, then managed to de-suction myself out of bed, and take a micro home (my host brother was getting Confirmed at church at 4 that day). My head was throbbing, though and by the time I got home (at about 2) All I could do was sleep. And that is what I did. I SLEPT. Forever. And it was so nice...
And now, here I am, alive and well, and with fond memories of a fun holiday in Chile. I don´t think there were too many pictures taken of me in my outfit, but maybe Carmen didn´t want to have anyone know where she REALLY was. (Then they would find her! oh no!) So, I´ve got some memories and laughs... And now it is November! Happy November everyone! :)
chau chau! (more on the "thoughts" of the night later...)