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!