Friday, July 25, 2008

Excitement and fear

Excitement: I am going to Mexico in two days!

Fear: I am going to get lost in the Houston airport. Also, I just found out you pretty much can't flush toilet paper in Mexico. That's how it was in Nicaragua, which was fine--for a week--but I was not expecting this. Ohhhh I am so culturally insensitive.

This is what things look like around here...





adventures in packing







my elementary school-tastic chain counting down the days (the picture's a little old)








the homeless-chic laptop case my mom made




All I have left here is a few small errands, a very American lunch with some of my favorite people in the world, watching that Ellen DeGeneres standup DVD with Little Marie, and some lovely family time. Yay!

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Oh my gatos!

So this is the beginning of my blog for my time in Mexico! I'm pretty excited about having started it, namely because (a) I get to cross something off my to-do list and (b) I'm amped about the challenge to faithfully document things. Right now I don't have anything interesting to talk about, but that should change within a week and a half... Thanks for stopping by!