Estoy....Sudando....Mucho....

It's sooooo hot today!

OK....lol. Today is the 2 month anniversary of the death of my host mom's mom. So I have to get back and don't have much time to write. I feel bad. She's really sad today. We've talked some about it....she talks about her Mom a lot, but it's hard )=.

Anyhew....today is all good and happy and jolly haha. I got a package today, a postcard yesterday, and a postcard the day before yesterday. I feel so loved! haha

Tonight there is a futbal game entre Mexico and Honduras. Viva Mexico!

Ok...I wanted to check in. Much love to all!

EL VIENTO Y LA LLUVIA Y UN TRERREMOTO

DUDE!

So last night the skies opened up.....actually the rain started at the end of our salsa class. We definitely regressed in years as we began dancing in the rain, sliding (like you would in a slipinslide) across the tile, and stomping in the puddles. And the boys had races doing the moonwalk. Seriously haha.

Anyway, after finishing my drawing for our class's current project while watching Tarzan in espanol with my friend Erin. (fun (= ...) I went to bed and the skies opened! It rained SOSOSOSO hard! I thought water would start pouring through my window! I was reading at the time....I finished "The Hour I First Believed" by Wally Lamb and it's really good.....and at midnight there was an earthquake! I totally felt it! The internet says it was like a 5.2. Exciting huh?

Anyway....gotta go but I love you all ! (=

No title...

So no internet....3 days more....my host mom called this time. I'm sorry. I'm upset and angry. Its dumb....everytime I get so excited and everytime it no functiona! erg....

I'm leaving Friday afternoon for a week in Mexico city. YAY! I'm really excited about that at least (=. Although that means I won't be able to even use the internet.

Crying solves nothing right? I can still use the school's internet for like a half hour of free time everyday. So I won't be out of touch.

Gotta go salsa....talk to you tomorrow.

(smile...smile....smile....smile)

When in Mexico....

Lo Siento a todos. So um....I don't know what to say except....I'm in Mexico? I'm sorry...the Internet still doesn't work. It is supposed to on Monday. Actually....when I called Thurs it was supposed to work on Friday. When I called Friday it was supposed to work and Saturday. And when I called Saturday they said Monday! Ay! But its GONNA WORK! I swear! So I'm sorry my blogs have laxed. Let me update you all.....(=

Thursday night I went to La Candela with my salsa class. 10pm=bar empty except for 20 gringos. 11 pm=bar empty except for 20 gringos and several older couples making out in the corners. (Have I mentioned how much PDA there is here???) 12pm=Party! I didn't drink, but the dancing was awesome. Mexican men know how to dance and it doens't really matter if you suck cause you just spin all over the place! I wore my new Oaxacan authentic dress (kind of out of place) and was promptly told that I looked like, "una latina pina!" I wasn't exactly flattered to be called a pineapple lol.

Friday was fairly normal. We went to a market and I bought 5 movies for 100 pesos=less than 10 dollars. Sweet! Then we watched The Proposal in Spanish. I especially loved the arms stretching out of nowhere, the sounds of people eating popcorn, and the laughs during the funny parts haha. But it was a cute movie (=.

Saturday we had an excursion....we went to Mitla to see some more ruinas that were cool but much less extensive than those at Monte Alban. We went into a tomb! Then we went to an artisan market were I succeeded in not buying anything (I'm trying to save my money til closer to the end), but let me tell you....it was painful. We then had lunch (thank you PLU) at an awesome restaurant where we were served a multiple course "comida" that started with shots of Mezcal all around. Seriously! But I couldn't handle it lol. The sip made my eyes burn! That stuff is intense! Then we visited Teotitlan de Valle, famous for their handmade wool tapestries. It was amazing to learn about the process and see the tapestries and the works in progress.....some of them can take up to 6 MONTHS!!!! to complete. And evrything is by hand....from the woolmaking to the dying of the wool to just....everything! It's incredible! Absolutely incredible. Then we went to see a giant, really really old tree....El Arbol Tule.

Finally....last night we went to a bar where there were some intense celebraciones going on...we watched the game between Mexico and Costa Rica. We won 3 to 0. WOOOOOO!!!!!! Mexico is in the World Cup! Talk about insane spirit. I even participated in a chant. Mexico! Mexico! Mexico! And today everyone is wearing red, green, and white. I love unity!

I hope that everything is going well at home. I heard its raining )=. Pobrecitos!!!! hahaha. We did have a thunderstorm and downpour last night. But it wasn't cold at all! I know lots of people started school this week. Good luck and I hope that it's going well!

I miss you....love peace and smiles to all!

Yo Quiero Bailar....

SALSA!

HOlA mis amigos. This message is going to be short, because I need to return to my house and attempt to set up my Internet!

But I just had to tell you....tonight our class is going a bar called La Candela where admission is free on Thursdays. Entonces.....vamos a ir y bailar and I'm excited! Other people have already done the whole "go out and dance" thing, but this will be my first time. And because our teacher knows about it, she postponed our HW to Monday. Ah...the good life lol.

Hasta luego.....I love you (=

EXCITING NEWS!!!!!

An internet modem for Wifi in my house here costs me $22.something a month....300 pesos. So I'm doing it!

By Thursday I will have Internet! Boo yah! Bring on the messages...here's my starter off question thingy.....

Do you think worms and grasshoppers count as red meat?

What a Monday!

Ok....I have two stories to tell you all lol....

1) I don't know if I will be living tomorrow to write. You should probably wait nervously by your computers......because I've been attacked by a dangerous beast!

Except....it wasn't exactly an "attack" per se. And well....I dunno if you could use the description..."beast." Ok.....so I'm totally overexaggerating lol.

What actually happened is that um...my family here has a illegal parrot. Its name is Roberto and its green and it talks all the time! (which I made add scares the crap out of me lol). I was being really stupid yesterday and I was trying to play with it through its cage, so it wrapped it's talon thing around my finger and reached his beak through and bit me! So yes....I have been bitten by a parrot. How cool/pathetic is that!?! haha

Don't worry though....I doused my finger in hand sanitizer and put on a couple band aids. Esta bien.

2) Then......my host mom invited me to go with her to her friends house and I didn't have homework so I though....why the heck not! O.M.G. It was sooooo funny. There were three women in their 50s drinking mezcal and smoking and gossiping about everyone in Oaxaca and their children. Seriously! And they spoke so fast that I probably only took in about a third of what they were saying!

Here's comes the good part....once they were done gossiping we went upstairs (where this woman has 2 illegal parrots and an illegal toucan lol) and they began talking about how much they looooooove food and their favorite recipes and stores. We ate cookies dipped in coffee and then chocolate and then I found out that here they have dessert before dinner, so after that we had quesidillas with spices and quesilla (oaxacan cheese) and this salsa that they keep saying was sooooo soooo rich and delicious. It was! And really hot. They said it was made of gusanitos and it wasn't until I had finished my final bite that they told me what that was. I thought....oh a type of veggie right? Nope. It's a type of worm. This woman made salsa with 150 LIVING worms by sticking them in a blender with other ingredients and....well.....you get the picture. I almost cried of shock! I can't believe I ate worms!

Then.....still recovering....I turn around in my chair while getting up and am face-to-face with a really fat, dead, STUFFED CAT! Apparantly it was this woman's favorite pet so now they keep it in their dining room.

Oh. My. Gosh.

All I can say......WHAT a Monday.