Spending Time with My Boyfriend

My boyfriend Carlos and I had fun this weekend. On Friday night, we went to the theater to see the American movie The Dark Knight Rises. The movie was in Spanish subtitles, but my boyfriend loves comics ever since he was a little kid. He loves Batman and Superman, and sometimes wears a Batman tie to work. The movie was very good and adventurous. We watched it at the Monumental on Lavalle 780. Carlos bought the tickets, popcorn, and drinks. He is really a sweetheart.

On Saturday, we spent time with Carlos’s grandmother. Carlos’s grandmother has been sick for a month. She has respiratory problems and is on a breathing machine. I helped her take a bath and dress for the day, while Carlos helped clean up her house. I also made her some sandwiches for lunch and mixed a quart of lemonade for her to drink. We were not the only one at Carlos’s grandmother’s house in the outskirts of Buenos Aires. His cousins were also there: Alejandra, Tomas, Belinda, and Javier. Belinda is engaged and supposed to get married next weekend to Pedro Romero. Pedro is a top advisor for the President of Argentina. He works at the Casa de Rosada (“The Pink Palace”) downtown.

Last year was a very close election year. Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner won in 2011 with 45% of the vote. Over ten candidates ran last year to be the President of Argentina. Pedro was very busy last year, trying to get people registered to vote and advocating for people to vote for her to be elected to a second term. Cristina is the first female President of Argentina.