I´m Safe

Ok, I just wanted to write a quick post and say that i´m safe! UDLA is canceling classes until May 6th because of the virus, and I´m wearing a face mask. So, please don´t worry about me. I will be home soon and see you all! Love you!

Spring Break

So, last week was pretty full. Mom, Caitlin, and I went to Mexico City, where I showed them around the places I saw last time, we went to the Museum of Anthropology, and I was quite proud of them for taking the metro with me. We went to see how talavera was made in Puebla, did a LOT of talavera shopping, went to Oaxaca, went to Monte Alban where there are some AMAZING ruins, they tried a lot of different Mexican food, did some more shopping, saw beautiful churches, came back to Puebla, went to Africam (this really unique zoo that´s supposed to be like a safari. you drive through and the animals are just walking around in relative freedom. it was extra cool because a friend, Erin, drove us.. and it´s better in a car than a bus since you are down at the animals´ level.) where we fed kangaroos, walked through some tunnels under a pyramid, and I showed them campus and downtown Cholula.... It was not exactly a week of relaxation, but I had a lot of fun and was so glad that they could visit and experience a tiny piece of Mexico. Mom really liked Oaxaca, because of all the different musicians that are constantly playing in the zocalo (which is the center of town.. like a town square).
After they left, I had a good few days of relaxing and playing games with some gringo friends who were also around. We had a fabulous Easter. It was a Southern potluck type deal.. there was sweet tea, fried chicken, gravy, biscuits, macaroni, and candy for dessert. They helped me work on my Georgian accent.. no joke, I hang out with people from Georgia quite a bit since most of the gringos at Casa are from there, and every now and then someone points out to me that I´m talking like them. It makes me laugh.. I feel like I´m learning to be Mexican and Southern here. Which could be helpgul, because I am seriously considering living in the South, possibly Georgia, in the future. Reasons being: their food is amazing, and now that I´ve gotten used to living someplace where the winter is relatively warm, I don´t know that I can do one or two more winters in Michigan. It´s just wonderful not to deal with snow and coats and scraping my car off in the morning.. not to mention negative digits.
Anyway, Now I am in the process of slightly freaking out as I´m realizing how many final projects I have to work on and how much time they´re going to require. It´s really sad, because I want to just be able to hang out with people and speak in Spanish and absorb as much as I possibly can of Mexico in these last few days... (I´m coming home May 12th for anyone who doesn´t know.) Honestly, I think I´m just going to get the work done and not stress about doing a great job.. I mean, in the long run I´d rather have good memories of my time here than perfect grades. With that said, I have homework to be done. So, have a good week, and I will try to post pictures of Spring Break when I can!

Freedom!

Yay! Spring break is finally here : ) The past couple of weeks have been good... nothing overly exciting has happened. This past week was the last week of school before spring break. It was slightly crazy, especially because I took an unexpected trip to Mexico City in the middle of the week in order to get something notarized at the embassy. However, my friend Dana went with me, and we did a little bit of exploring and a bit of the touristy thing. We went to a really cool castle in Chapultepec park, and I decided that I like that park so much, I might take mom and Caitlin there tomorrow. And that brings me to the exciting part of this update. Since it's spring break, mom and Caitlin are coming to visit. They should be here in a couple of hours.. there were a few complications (Caitlin's plane got detoured), but they held the connecting flight at Houston. So, they're making it safe and sound, thank God. Anyway, they're going to be here until next Saturday. Like I said, we'll probably go to Mexico City for a little while tomorrow, and then from Tuesday until Thursday we're going to Oaxaca. It's going to be soo nice to have a break from classes for a week. Even though one of my professors decided to give us a ton of hwk at the last minute (three movies to watch, two articles to read.. and Freud at that, and papers responding to each). I'm convinced the woman is crazy.. I'm pretty sure she believes Freud's theories. Anyway, I'm just going to enjoy the break, and if I have time, I'll get the hwk done. The only sad thing about Spring Break being here is that means I only have 4 weeks of school left. It's going to be hard to leave everything and everyone here, but I'm not going to dwell on that. So, I hope that you have a good week and a good Easter! I know I will : )