Update on Mexico

I am having a great time in Gto. I love my job and I have free Spanish classes at the University. My schedule Mon.-Thurs. can be rough but I'm getting used to it. I have Spanish classes from 11am-1pm. , one conversation and one grammar class. Then I have a 2 hour break and teach English from 3-8:15pm. It's a long day, but it's not bad. On Friday I only have to go to the two classes...I already missed last Friday's classes...mental health day. It only sucks when I have to go to Cupulas Uno to take care of the dogs. This situation is really starting to get to Nicole and I. We only have two more weeks left but now that we both work it is getting to be really annoying! When we orginally agreed to stay at Cupulas, we thought, free rent yeeeeaaah! Then we realized that it's the suburbs and a 20 minute cab ride to work. We quickly found a apartment in the city and have been living between the two places for the past month, although, Katie was here for a week and a half in the middle and she took care of the dogs. I become a different person when I go from Cupulas to my new place. I love living in walking distance to everything. I finally set up my bedroom and we are starting to collect things for the kitchen. The apartment is bright, airy, and most importantly clean. I cannot wait to sleep there every night, tonight I am at Cupulas...alone. I will never take another taxi in Gto. again after this dog thing is over. They suck and traffic is terrible because of construction right now. They say it's going to be 3 months before they are done.

Okay, maybe I will continue to take cabs to the Sunday BBQ's at the Fusilado Bar. It 's one of my favorite things to do in Gto. Every Sunday the guys that own a bar just outside of the city have a huge all you can eat BBQ for only 60 pesos...yeah about 5 bucks for the best BBQ ever. My Dad would be in heaven! Salad, mashed potatoes, hamburgers, hotdogs wrapped in bacon, stuffed chicken and soooooooooooo much more. I don't eat meat often but at the BBQ I am a total carnivore.

The Mexico Run Down

Things I like about Mexico:

• It is so easy to make people laugh here. When I am teaching and I tell a joke, I want to say to my students, "Whoa I'm not that funny." It's like the total opposite from when I moved to SD and thought, "Hey no one here thinks I'm funny."
  
• There is never a dull moment. There is ALWAYS something to do, someone to hang out with, and an invitation to a party.
  
• The mountains are gorgeous and fun to climb.
  
• I can fit into my old jeans because I walk everywhere and most of the food I eat used to be living in someone's backyard.
  
• You can get almost any where in a 3 dollar cab ride.
  
• Everyone wears wacky jeans! I can't get enough, although, I'm sure that I will not start to wear jeans with rhinestones.
  
• There is a bagel place that knows what I want the minute I get in the door. They have the best turkey sandwich I have ever had!

• Beers at my favorite bar are only $1.50.

• Almost every store has it's specialty, some sell clothes, make keys, sell sunglasses, scarves, bags, jewlerly, there is even a store that just sells the clickers for you car keys...seriously a whole store full of 'em.
  

Things I don't like about Mexico:

• There is not unspoken 'go to the right rule here'. It's hop off the sidewalk or risk getting run into.

• A lot of people do not have sense of personal space, especially when you are waiting line. This would just kill my sister! It makes Nicole furious.

• Any kind of paperwork takes fooooooreeeeeveeeeer!!!!!!

• It is really hard to find some things here...like a good blanket, high thread count sheets, or those exfoliating gloves for the shower.
  
• Why are my finger nails always dirty?

• The hot water in my shower goes from real hot to luke warm in about 5 minutes. (Not always...sometimes I get a full on hot one...sometimes)

• I miss the delicate cycle on my washer and dryer. It's great to have my laundry done for me, but it's really hard on my clothes.