Just some stuff

Well, I haven’t been keeping up the blog as well as I have in the past so I thought I should post an update on us…

We are in a very happy spot right now. Paul’s classes are beginning to wind up for the semester, which gives him a little free time to work on his “real” stuff. He still gets up at the crack of dawn, but I keep my earplugs in and usually don’t hear him. I can’t complain too much because he can make a mean spaghetti here, which is a great comfort food when you get tired of tortillas!

An internet place just opened within walking distance to our apartment, so we no longer have to take a bus to check our emails, which is great. We also found an internet café – really a café, with coffee, that has wireless so our computers are breathing a sigh of relief as we update our software and such! We also learned how to call the US super cheap (as some of you know!) at this café after spending Lord knows how much to call parents.

I counted my tea bags (yes, I am totally for real) to see how many I had left. I have enough tea bags to get me to December 21, which is extremely lucky because my first shipment of tea will be arriving with the Worleys on December 20. Phew, that was close!

I am writing to you at this moment wearing socks AND a long-sleeved t-shirt. Now, it is not cold here (I mean really, we have all the windows open and the fan going) but it is definitely much cooler today than it has been, well, since we got here! Yesterday was beautiful too, (I don’t think I sweated yesterday) so we went out to dinner to a place that Paul has been wanting to try. The restaurant used to be a ways from our house but they recently moved two blocks from us. We went and sat outside in the chilly breeze and ate excellent tacos al pastor, some garlic bread (complimentary), and an order of guacamole and two beers. After tip, the bill was $13.00. I think we’ll be going back!

We are going on Thursday to a town called Huncmá, where a friend of ours teaches English. He is from Mérida but has studied in the U.S. We are trying to convince him to apply to Comp Lit at UNC. Hopefully he will and will get in!

Today, Monday, Nov. 20 is Mexican Revolution Day (we finally figured it out) we while you are all getting ready for Thanksgiving, we are relaxing and eating tacos. We do, however, have classes the rest of the week so think of us when you’re napping to football on the tele after having gorged yourself on yummy turkey and pumpkin pie… oh Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday…

ok, I’m off to enjoy the “cold!” Burrrrrr!!