Cell Phones.

My cell phone stopped working about a week and a half ago. On one hand, I like having a cell phone. It keeps me more in the loop. On the other hand, sometimes I feel a little too easily accessible. I mean what if I want to take a nap? People can be so offended when you turn of your phone, as though it is a personal insult- like you just don't care if they call you or not. Really, all you want is some nice midday uninterrupted sleep. Also, I was receiving mutiple text messages each day from Movistar (the cell phone co.) about specials and deals. I once recieved 7 messages from Movistar in one day. I started feeling like the only reason I had a cell phone was to get crap messages from that crap company. v v obnoxious. If I get a cell phone again, I will def not be using Movistar. The desperation is really unattractive.

3 teachers have already left the school. Strange that I haven't yet been at the school 2 years, and I am the teacher who has been here 4th longest (and the others are married to Mexicans). That being said, I think my time here is about up. I mean really, the cell phone I bought when I first moved here just wore out. It's almost 2 years old. Time to moooove on.

***Note:From the photo, it may actually appear that the phone did not just "wear out" as aforementioned. It looks as though it may have been damaged. The reason being that when I realized it was dead and not to be brought back to life...I took the opportunity to throw the phone against the cement wall of my bedroom. Not out of anger, just felt like doing it. Therapy.

Mac n' Cheese

So for some reason, Mexico likes to sell certain foods, and then decide to stop. For example, the awesome tomato soup that I was addicted to for a while. Now I had to go back to the Campbell's and it is crap. More recently, however, they stopped selling Kraft Macaroni and Cheese. What did Kraft ever do to you, Mexico? What the heck, this is the one thing from the states that makes me feel better after a bad day (or a loooong night). BUT alas! I have discovered a new and IMPROVED mac n' cheese! It's made with REAL CHEDDAR CHEESE...in powder form....? They better not stop selling this one......and yes, it IS a great value.

Ay niños….

So I have some pretty funny (and strange students). Recently, the students had a vocablary quiz. It was a fill in the blank quiz with a word bank, including words like "guess, estimate, increase, decrease etc". One of the questions was 1) Sometimes I ______________when I don't know the answer on a test.


obviously the answer would be "guess". But one of my students wrote- "cheat". It wasn't even a vocabulary word! It wasn't in the word bank! But hey, at least he's honest. And he spelled it right. I mean, I was impressed he knew the word "cheat".

Most of my students just say "Miiiiiiiss he are doing tramp" (Trampas being cheating). Although I must say, I do find it interesting that he wrote cheat but obviously was not cheating at that moment since no one else in the class wrote cheat......strange. Not a v. good cheater. Of course he got a point for that question. Too bad that was one of the only. Again, not a very good cheater.


This picture is my favorite food chain drawn by a student. So awesome. Could be in a disney movie. Just look at that squirrel! Artistic genius...eat that dreamworks. Booya.

Aw hells yeah them papparazzi be tryin to get at me....

That's right....I am now a small town celebridad. That's me and Marlies at a party. There were like 20 people in someone's backyard. Clearly a newsworthy event. Clearly. If you want my autograph, best stand in line. I'm about as famous as this other girl in the newspaper who made the news because she eats corn. I hope I don't start to get a big head. It don't matter how many rocks that I got.

¡Viva México!

September 16th: Mexican Independence Day. Went to El Chico ( an awesome mountain town in the center of El Chico National Park about 30 minutes from Pachuca) and celebrated with friends. Hung out in a bar right up the street from the church and "El Grito" (The cry of independence that happens on September 15th). El Grito is when the mayor of the town reads a long list of places and people....basically Mexican historical figures and after each all the people shout, "VIVA!" I love it. Way more patriotic than watching a bunch of fireworks (no offense...I do love the 4th of July, but a picnic and fireworks is just not as exciting as it could be!).They also have a huge wooden "castillo" that has tons of fireworks on it and you see Miguel Hidalgo's face light up in fire at the end and a huge flaming disk shoots off the top into the crowd. There are also men carrying wooden bulls that are shooting fireworks off of them running around and mauling anyone who gets in their way. Great times, great friends, great tequila (and rojas) YUM!

Visitors?

So I haven't written in a while....mainly because nothing exciting has happened. Except that my grad school classes started...which is another reason I haven't written-I don't have a lot of time! BUT I was thinking that maybe something exciting would happen if someone came to visit me. Think about it. You could come for my birthday (October 30th). Or for Thanksgiving (We can go on a turkey hunt since they aren't common here). Think about it. Please. If you came to visit, then I wouldn 't have to spend allll my free time watching this video on youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDlNy0cIw4A

Lately.

School started last Monday. Haven't had much time for posting because of it. My students are cute, but a lot of work. I knew that my class would be difficult when one of my students wouldn't stop singing opera within the first hour of class. My karma since I used a similar method to torment my mom as a kid. Another of my students, I have been warned, has an almost unhealthy obsession with animals. Apparently last year he put a baby bird in his backpack because he wanted to keep it. Unfortunately he was taking a lot of books home that day as well and it was smooshed. We went to the library and he found a book about animals. He showed me a picture of dolphins and then said to me, with a crazy look in his eyes, "Miss...I love the animals with all my heart." Cute, but also a bit scary. I'm teaching about ecosystems. We are going to make a terrarium and sing there was an old lady who swallowed a fly (food chains!). Any more ideas would be greatly appreciated.

The other day I was reading in my living room when I kept hearing an annoying scratching sound. I assumed it was my neighbors outside on the balcony beneath my window but the sound just wouldn't stop! Finally I looked out my window and there was a little bird...not a baby but not fully grown...trying to get in. It stood on the window ledge and kept flying up against the glass for about a half hour. I thought maybe it was kind of trapped because it was very very windy that night and quite cold. So I got a bowl and caught it and brought it inside. Then I sat it outside on the roof...but it kept flying up against my glass door. It just really wanted to get into my house. Finally I turned off the light and it kind of looked at me, I may have imagined it but it seemed annoyed...and flew away into the night. Weird.