The Last Few Days, Including New Year's

Yesterday some of my family members and I got up and left at 6 A.M. to go visit the pyramids of Teotihuacan. There are several but the main ones are called la pyramide del sol (the highest one) y le pyramide de la luna (the second highest). We climbed la pyramide del sol first. Personally, I thought it would have been bigger but I was satisfied that it was at least bigger than the one we visited last year. The picture on the right is of la pyramide del sol. We stayed there for about three or four hours. We got home at around 5 P.M. and I didn't do much for about three hours.

At about 8 P.M. my brother, aunt, and I decided to play a spiced up game of 'Guess Who.' Basically the rule was that the loser has to do a dare. Let's just say we decided to keep it in the kitchen. Some of the dares were as follows:

-eat a raw egg

-eat a spoon of onions

-eat a spoon of mayonnaise

-have a spoon of salt sit on your tongue for one minute

-eat a spoonfull of an unknown concoction (which was later told to be fruit loops, orange juice, milk, and hot sauce all mixed together)

-eat a spoon of vegatable oil, salt, sugar, onion, tomatoes, and coffee

Fortuantly, I was reigning champ and only had two dares. Because I don't drink soft drinks, I had to drink a small bottle of coke and I had to eat a spoon of vegetable oil, coffee, and ketchup.

The next day, Sunday, I did absolutly nothing until the afternoon. So I just hung out with my brother all day. At night we went to church and afterwards my cousins, aunt, brother, dad, and I went to National Treasure: Book of Secrets. But this time we saw the movie in English! I actually liked the movie and I really want to see the sequel. We got home at around 12:30 A.M., I watched t.v. for a while and eventually fell asleep.

The next day, Monday, was of course New Year's Eve. During the day I hung around at home, went to el centro (downtown), where I bought a new purse and wallet, and bought fireworks for that night. Now the night was definatly eventful. All of our family got together to make dinner. We ate at about 11 P.M. and I was tired so I took a nap. My brother woke me up at midnight and all of our family gave hugs to each other, like Christmas. We then all went out and lit the fireworks and broke pinatas with everyone in the neighborhood. After that, our family gathered at the dinner table to with my uncle a happy birthday and part his cakes. My brother and I were bored as hell so we started makeing things out of toothpicks and cut up radishes. I don't know how it began but we started to have a radish fight, yes a radish fight, and everyone started to join in. Eventually, we started throwing everything on the dinner table and had a huge food fight. Salsa, onions, radishes, cilantro, soda, and anything else that was in reach was thrown. By the time we were done I had salsa all in my hair and on my back. I took a shower but my back was buring like mad because of the salsa. But, I must say that that was probably the best New Year's I have ever had. After my shower I watched t.v. with my brother and then went to my room and watched A Walk to Remember until 5:30 A.M.. I don't think I can ever get sick of that movie.

I woke up at 10:38 this morning so I only got about five hours of sleep. Surprisingly I'm not tired. I packed all of my clothes and anything else a have to take home with me. Today is my last day here and I wish it wasn't. But I am glad to be going home to see everyone. I must say, I do miss my bed and Merrill (my cat)! Haha

Ixtapan

Today was quite the adventure. My dad, aunts, their boyfriends, cousins, brother, and I went to a water park called Ixtapan. It's sort of like Wild Rivers with a twist. They have four pools that they fill with water that comes out of hot springs and the rest of the park is full of rides. I went on most of the rides and my knees and arms are extremely sore right now. I don't think I can get off this bed. But, I think the pain is worth it. The only down side is that tomorrow we're going to these pyramids about two hours away. I believe there are three and we're going to be climbing all of them. So wish me luck? I'll be needing it. That's about it for today. Now, I guess I'll be trying to get off this bed and somehow take a shower.


And I like to let all my friends, those who read this, to know that I miss and love them all dearly and I can't wait to see you guys soon!

My Christmas

Last Friday I left on a road trip to Cuernavaca, Mexico with my dad and brother to visit family and friends. We arrived here on Sunday at about one in the morning, so in actuality I guess we arrived on Monday morning.

For Christmas Eve my family always has a party called a ''posada.'' This year was a blast, the only thing is that I had to sit in church for two hours. But I'm glad I didn't pass out this year! Anyways, afterwards we walked home and when we got there we began breaking pinatas with the rest of the neighborhood. We had dinner at around 11 P.M. and at midnight all of our family and friends hugged and wished each other a Merry Christmas.

So we have these new friends who are transsexuals. That may sound a little odd but they're fun to be around. One was named Vanessa and I'm not sure what the other girls name was. Both of them pretty much got hammered and at about 2 A.M. they put on a show for us. They danced to up beat music for about an hour like they knew what they were doing. Vanessa was a pretty good dancer and the other girl was alright I guess.

For about an hour my brother, Thomas, my cousin, Victor, and I lit fireworks. When we came back our other friend, Edahir (I don't know if that's how you spell it) who is gay, dressed up as a woman in a silk dress, black wig, makeup, and high heels and impersonated another singer. It was hilarious!

Overall it was a great night and I fell asleep at around 4 A.M. I ended up waking up at around 1 P.M. and for the rest of the day my family and I went to this place called "Los Columpios" (the swings). There there are these swings that are basically a long rope tied to very tall trees. You sit on these simple pieces of branch that are also tied to the rope and swing over about three stories. I was scared to death but I'm glad I did it.

A while after we went on these quads and while I was riding my bike got stuck. So, I got off and I accidentally let go of the break and the back tire ran over my left leg about eight times. Right now it's actually bruised and had a number of red marks. It hurts like no other. But I must say, I did have a great time.

Later that night my dad, two aunts, brother, cousin, Edahir, and I went to Cinepoli, the huge movie theater here. We saw the 10 P.M. showing of The Golden Compass. The only thing is that it was in Spanish. But I understood all of it! I was, and still am, quite proud of myself.

Since then we haven't really done much. Today I didn't do anything really. I just hung out with my brother around the house and stuff. Tomorrow though we're going to these hot springs about two hours away and we'll be staying there all day. I can't wait! I've never been to any hot springs and I'm hoping it will be a great experience.

Why Start?

So every now and then I read my friend's, Diane Kwon, blog. I began to think to myself, "I should make one for myself." I guess the only catch is that I'll be using this blog as an online memorabilia as well as a journal. I honestly don't know how often I'll be writting on here we'll just have to wait and see.