Opening a bank account..... and other big news for the week

I received my first paycheck on the 10th of this month, which meant it was time to open my bank account and we were able to get around to it this week. Fortunately the banks in the malls are open until 9 at night, so Cesar was able to accompany me and help out with translation after work. Tuesday night we went to the bank to open my account and waited in line for about an hour and a half, only to find out that the school had made an error in the letter I was to present to the bank in order to open the account (they left out a couple of numbers from my passport). Soooo, we were told we could come back the next day and bypass the line. Well, that was the plan for Wednesday evening, but the power was out throughout the city until about 9 that night, so it didn't happen then. Last night, Thursday, we were finally able to make it to the bank, open my account, and deposit my checks. After 3 attempts to fill out my deposit slip, we finally did it right. The first time around I filled everything out just right, but slipped up when I heard setenta (70) and accidentally wrote sesenta (60). So we had to start all over again and the the person working at the bank gave it a try - he messed up too so Cesar filled out the form and I finally made the deposit. I celebrated by going to the grocery store..... bread, muenster cheese, milk, eggs, apples, avocado, watermelon, crackers, frozen strawberries to make juice, bubble gum, and this may surprise you..... dulce de leche flavored ice cream = 149.30 BsF., or about US $70. I will enjoy every bit of it! Also some big news..... I took a taxi on my own for the first time yesterday, managing to get where I wanted and conversing (in Spanish of course) with the taxi driver the whole way there. Other than that, there's no school today, so I have the day off - yay!