I know, I've failed at blogging these past few months. I've had tons to say, lots of pictures to show, yet no motivation to actually sit down and write. Recently however, some of my cousins have departed to far off lands such as Hawaii and Bhutan and I absolutely LOVE seeing pictures of their lives there and reading their daily updates....so it has re-inspired me to try this blogging thing again, because well, there might be some of you still hanging around who are interested in what the hell I've been up to in Mexico these past few months....because despite what the blog has portrayed, I've actually been partaking in some pretty cool things, so I’ll try to be better about telling you all about it.
Here is a quick update of my past few months (and then some pictures to boot):
Jonny and I went to an ex-pat, potluck Thanksgiving. It consisted of 40 people and tons of food. Someone's food made me sick and I woke up at 5am throwing up.
Once the puke subsided I took a 30 minute flight to the beach (it is either a 30 minute flight or a 6.5 hour bus ride of hell). My friends were there, as was a 3 day weekend. Life was good. I read, ate seafood, worked on my tan and giggled with girlfriends. I also helped to release 150 baby sea turtles into the sea. I wrote a report about sea turtles in 4th grade, and have always wanted to see the babies swim out to sea. Those little guys sure are cute – I can now check that off the bucket list.
Jonny also left that weekend to go to Belize for two weeks for work. It was my first time being home alone in Mexico. I didn't like it. I don't do well home alone. I make the dog sleep with me, stay up way too late, eat crap for food and read a lot. The reading part wasn't so bad, the rest of it was.
We held a Christmas party at a Oaxacan Children's home. It was super fun and really exhausting. 40 kids under the age of 8 is a lot of play time and a lot of work. That same day, I held an evening Christmas party for my staff - it was fancy, delicious and fun and made everyone real jolly. The importance of celebrating Christmas and having a big ol' party for it when you don't live in the United States and aren't around your families should never be underestimated.
I flew home to Duluth for Christmas and my time there flew right by. I saw some family and friends, but not nearly for long enough. Christmas was sweet, as was my family, and before I knew it, I was packing my bags to leave again.
I then flew out to NYC to celebrate New Year’s with the Roman clan. Jonny is half Puerto Rican, so our celebration consisted of this amazing Latin party of drumming and music and lots and lots of dancing. It was so much fun. While I was there, I got really sick with the flu, which put a little damper on things. Why is it that whenever you want to get out of work you never get sick, but when you are vacation that is when your body decides it is time to give it a rest?
We came back to Oaxaca on the 2nd and have been here ever since. We went to a huge baptism for our friend’s baby – which by the way, had a party afterwards that would challenge any wedding reception in the US (and this was for their 1 year old son! Holy smokes).
One of my lifelong friends and his girlfriend came to visit and stayed with us for a week. It was really fun having guests and it was so nice to spend time with him and just catch up. We took them to the mountains and went caving, it was fun and nice to get out of the city.
Both Jonny and I are overwhelmed with work, but have vacation coming our way in April when we head to Fiji for two weeks.
Other than that, we are just hanging and are excited to just be here for a while and not travel so much. Feel free to come and visit. And as long as Camille and Iman keep updating their blogs, I’ll feel more inclined to update mine as well. So Camille and Iman….you have a big responsibility now. Keep going with your updates…and then maybe you will get to hear from me once and awhile as well
