Hooooooooola!

Hello everyone!

I am alive and well! This is going to be a quick blog as I´m at a cafe and being timed and charged...

My new cell phone number is 01152 755 113 7580

Land line: 01152 755 554 6749

Address
AND ESMERALDA NTE EDIF 87 DEPTO 501
U HAB INFONATIVE EL HUJAL IN
40880 JOSE AZUETA, GRO C.R. 40887 MEXICO

Communicate with me!!! We´re thinking about putting internet in at the apartment because we found a pretty good package rate, but it´ll take awhile. Until then, it´ll be sporadic trips to internet cafes, which let me tell you, is quite the change from being able to check your email and facebook 28 times a day!

I got here just fine and managed to help Pako lug my suitcases up the hill (to get to the bottom of the apartment building from the parking lot-- mom, you´re going to love it.. Blanca too .. jaja) and the 5 stories. The apartment is nice, small and blue, but still nice. I have a whole room for shoes and not enough shoes to fill it... how tragic! :)

Pako´s dad was a literal hero and saved a little boy from drowning, but ended up in the hospital as he is 62. He was released with a clean bill of health on Tuesday, but Pako´s sister, Lorena, is not letting him out of her sight until he´s taken all of the meds the docs gave him. So that means Pako and I have been in charge of the hotel for awhile. The mosquitos by the beach are tiny, not at all Minnesota sized, but love me as much as I hate them. I bathe regularly in mosquito repellent.

I have orientation tomorrow at my school, which I am really looking forward to, so that I will finally know a bit more about my job here. I imagine, also, that going to work will make this seem a bit more real to me than it currently does. Right now, I´m still feeling like I´m on vacation.

Saw some big spiders and a centipede that was the size of my dog... That was unpleasant. Otherwise, no big surprises, animal-wise. I know there is SO much more I wanted to say, but I´m running out of time here. I hope to write more soon!

I miss you ALL a lot and feel pretty disconnected. There is internet at my job, so I´ll be able to take my own comp and upload photos and whatnot and be more in touch :) Send me emails (or texts or call me!!) because even though I can´t reply to everything, I love hearing about life back home!

Love! Until next time,
Leyah

Last day in MPLS :/

Hello all!

Today is my last day in Minneapolis and I am doing the regular last minute-y kinda stuff.. you know, going to see a movie, checking out the art car parade, freaking out mentally, you know, the usual.

To all of you that came to my thing (who knows what to call it) at Saffron: THANK YOU! It was so much fun to see you all and I had a great time! I don't plan to host anything else (until the wedding, of course) because I don't like it! You only get to talk to people for 30 seconds and then you have to rush off again! I wish I could have talked to you all for a lot longer, but I really appreciate you coming out to say goodbye!

I'm feeling sort of numb today, can't really say that I feel super excited or sad... more like I can't believe this moment has actually arrived and I'm choosing to deal with it mentally on a different day... like tomorrow... when I have to say goodbye to my parents super early in the morning and lose it... It might hit me then. For the moment, I'm just thinking about getting all of my stuff into my suitcases (I fit all of my JUNK into 2 suitcases, can you believe it?? My mom gives me the option to bring a 3rd and I turn her down... what has happened to me? When did I become so frugal? Gross.) and hoping, crossing my fingers, that it's under the requisite 50 pounds. The nice thing is that you're allowed 2 carry-ons and they have a weight limit of 40 lbs each, only 10 lbs less than a full sized suitcase... who thought that one up airline geniuses?


I'll update as soon as I can breathe in Zihua, which might not be until after I've had orientation at my new school on the 31st of July. Besides, then I will have all sorts of awesome comparisons to make between the US-Mexico school systems. All you future or current teachers can either be super jealous or really feel my pain :)

Love to all y muchos saludos!

Leyah


This is me today ---------------------->

JULY

OMG IT'S THE MONTH OF MY DEPARTURE!

Ok, I have to go to school now.