Three late nights...
Well, as the title suggests, I've had three late nights in a row. As in not getting back until 2 am or later. Last night was the latest. Here's what I've been doing with my third-to-last weekend in Mexico:
Saturday: Went into Puebla and did some much needed souvenir shopping at the tourist market. I managed to get a ton of it done, which made me very happy. Unfortunately, I ran out of money so I couldn't get it all done (also some of the things I wanted to buy are better found at the Fayuca, so that put a damper on things too). After getting back from that, I was exhausted, but I had a birthday party for my friend Hannah to get to, and so I dyed my hair quickly (it needed to be done) and got ready for a night out. So I was at Tiki for a few hours, hanging with all my bestest friends, having Farid and Wess tell me that northern girls are all cold and distant and them giving me tips on how to warm up... and just in general having a good time. Except that their blender was broken, which meant no strawberry daiquiri... I was bien deprimida about that. After Tiki, Amanda and I were killing time before going to Triangulo to see a movie for Kate's birthday (it was just everyone's bday!) so we went over to Bambukos with Farid, Maya, Adha and another guy and Jonathan and Wess showed up just as we were leaving. But we got to Triangulo and found that the movie times had changed. So we went over to the Tochitos party (fundraiser) that a lot of people we knew were at. It was bien chido AND they had ice cream shots, which I'd never heard of before and were delish. I only had one. I'm not a drunk. So I hung out there for a looooong time, mostly with Farid, Amanda and Wess. Then left slightly before 2. End Saturday.
Sunday: Filled with typical Sunday stuff. I went to church with the people from CV and then out to lunch at Angelopolis. Got back here, tried doing homework, that didn't go so well, but I finished my translation. Was bored out of my mind from staring at my computer screen for 4+ hours, so I texted Wess. Ended up hanging out with him, Juan, Hugo and Panda (real name: Jorge) at Juan's house. We had tacos for dinner and then rented Anchorman. They all wanted to watch Jackass 2, but I vetoed that... I'll watch dumb comedies but there is a line that I draw. After that, we went back to the house and Amanda and Cody were hanging out and we found that The Patriot was on and watched that for quite some time. Got back to the dorm at 1:45.
Monday: Filled with typical Monday stuff. Class, homework, lunch, more class, more homework... then Bible study for gringas at the house, followed by the Song of Solomon study (which is quality material) and then went to La Suprema for dinner. After that, Amanda and I went back to the house b/c Wess had a DVD of Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival that sounded pretty sweet to watch... so we hung out at the house for a long time, we didn't start watching the DVD until like 11:30. But it was OK, I got to chill with Amanda and Sarah, two of my favorite girls in the entire world, and I got to watch Grey's Anatomy- an episode I hadn't seen... and I cried. As is usual with me and Grey's. Then we all went upstairs to watch the DVD and it was QUALITY. There was some amazing guitar playing on that... AMAZING. We're talking Eric Clapton, Santana, BB King, ZZ Top, James Taylor, John Mayer, Johnny Lang, Robert Randolph, Joe Walsh... bien chido. Except that Clapton didn't play "Layla" and Wess skipped over "I Shot the Sheriff" because it was long and we were all falling asleep... Well, I was. Anyway, it was freakin' sweet, and if you have the chance to check it out and like quality guitar playing (QUALITY) you've gotta!
Tonight could be another late one... it's the Banquete de Despedida (Goodbye Banquet) tonight at CV and who knows how long I'll be hanging there. I'm wearing my cocktail dress that I bought here (my little black dress :) ) and living it up. That's for sure. And there's no way that it'll be the last time I'm at the house this semester. No way.
Saturday: Went into Puebla and did some much needed souvenir shopping at the tourist market. I managed to get a ton of it done, which made me very happy. Unfortunately, I ran out of money so I couldn't get it all done (also some of the things I wanted to buy are better found at the Fayuca, so that put a damper on things too). After getting back from that, I was exhausted, but I had a birthday party for my friend Hannah to get to, and so I dyed my hair quickly (it needed to be done) and got ready for a night out. So I was at Tiki for a few hours, hanging with all my bestest friends, having Farid and Wess tell me that northern girls are all cold and distant and them giving me tips on how to warm up... and just in general having a good time. Except that their blender was broken, which meant no strawberry daiquiri... I was bien deprimida about that. After Tiki, Amanda and I were killing time before going to Triangulo to see a movie for Kate's birthday (it was just everyone's bday!) so we went over to Bambukos with Farid, Maya, Adha and another guy and Jonathan and Wess showed up just as we were leaving. But we got to Triangulo and found that the movie times had changed. So we went over to the Tochitos party (fundraiser) that a lot of people we knew were at. It was bien chido AND they had ice cream shots, which I'd never heard of before and were delish. I only had one. I'm not a drunk. So I hung out there for a looooong time, mostly with Farid, Amanda and Wess. Then left slightly before 2. End Saturday.
Sunday: Filled with typical Sunday stuff. I went to church with the people from CV and then out to lunch at Angelopolis. Got back here, tried doing homework, that didn't go so well, but I finished my translation. Was bored out of my mind from staring at my computer screen for 4+ hours, so I texted Wess. Ended up hanging out with him, Juan, Hugo and Panda (real name: Jorge) at Juan's house. We had tacos for dinner and then rented Anchorman. They all wanted to watch Jackass 2, but I vetoed that... I'll watch dumb comedies but there is a line that I draw. After that, we went back to the house and Amanda and Cody were hanging out and we found that The Patriot was on and watched that for quite some time. Got back to the dorm at 1:45.
Monday: Filled with typical Monday stuff. Class, homework, lunch, more class, more homework... then Bible study for gringas at the house, followed by the Song of Solomon study (which is quality material) and then went to La Suprema for dinner. After that, Amanda and I went back to the house b/c Wess had a DVD of Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival that sounded pretty sweet to watch... so we hung out at the house for a long time, we didn't start watching the DVD until like 11:30. But it was OK, I got to chill with Amanda and Sarah, two of my favorite girls in the entire world, and I got to watch Grey's Anatomy- an episode I hadn't seen... and I cried. As is usual with me and Grey's. Then we all went upstairs to watch the DVD and it was QUALITY. There was some amazing guitar playing on that... AMAZING. We're talking Eric Clapton, Santana, BB King, ZZ Top, James Taylor, John Mayer, Johnny Lang, Robert Randolph, Joe Walsh... bien chido. Except that Clapton didn't play "Layla" and Wess skipped over "I Shot the Sheriff" because it was long and we were all falling asleep... Well, I was. Anyway, it was freakin' sweet, and if you have the chance to check it out and like quality guitar playing (QUALITY) you've gotta!
Tonight could be another late one... it's the Banquete de Despedida (Goodbye Banquet) tonight at CV and who knows how long I'll be hanging there. I'm wearing my cocktail dress that I bought here (my little black dress :) ) and living it up. That's for sure. And there's no way that it'll be the last time I'm at the house this semester. No way.