Remember me???
So I bet you're all looking through your friends-page like, "WHO THE FUCK IS THIS? Oh, it's Mari. Wasn't she dead?"
Well I'm not dead, my darlings. I am alive and well and let me just say I am very VERY happy.
Last time I updated this LJ I was in Las Vegas. I'm not even going to start mentioning what happened in Vegas because it's a whole bucket of drama that just makes me angry and I'm pretty comfortable with the life I'm living now so I don't want to relive the BS.
I moved back to my beautiful home country, Mexico, on July 23rd. My plan at first was to move to Aguascalientes, a peaceful city where my grandparents live. My mother and grandparents wanted me there so I can have a place to live and won't need to pay for a thing. My dad is also living there with his wife and daughter so I have plenty of family and support there. But once I stepped foot in Mexico City I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to live there and work on making it to UNAM, my university of choice.
The first thing that became difficult for me once I was already in the city was finding a place to live. I spent almost an entire month sleeping in several different houses with different family members. At the moment I'm settled in my aunt's house but to be honest, I need to get out of here ASAP. They're not very nice to me here.
But good opportunities are coming to me slowly but surely. I have a job now, as a call agent for an American cell phone company called Ready Mobile (and Trumpet Mobile too). My job here is a bit high-class so we do have a lot of luxuries at work as well as good wages and benefits. It's a good job for now but my plan is the bigger cake, so I'll be training to be an English teacher very very soon, as soon as the next 6 months.
As for my social life? I think it's kicking off. Back in January I met a guy on twitter named Ricardo. How did we meet? It was strange. I mentioned my wish to study at UNAM (my moving decision had JUST been made so I was excited) and he randomly tweeted to me saying he could help me with any info I needed on that particular school because he was also a student there.
I was happy with his help so we started chatting on MSN constantly. Something developed between us...
Yeah, you can tell me it's dumb to fall for someone online but here's the twist, we finally met in person because he lives only 20 minutes away from where I live at the moment. From the moment we met he's been nothing but helpful and caring. He's given me everything on a silver platter, including my job (he took me there himself). His mother helped me find the apartment that's going to be mine next month. He looks and looks for information to give me and just makes me life so... easy and pleasant.
I don't know what happened. I don't even understand how it happened, but I fell really hard for him after meeting him in person. It took us a while to realize there was something there, so for a couple weeks we played a bit... kissing and holding hands, becoming closer. The game got serious and we fell in love.
So on the day of his birthday last Monday, he asked me to be his girlfriend and I said yes.
I met all his friends when he threw a party in his house. Incredible people.
The thing I love about Mexico City is the warmth that you receive from strangers. Everyone says hi with a kiss on the cheek no matter who you are. All of Ricardo's friends treated me as if they'd known me for years and that is something I will never cease to appreciate.
What can I say? I'm living a life full of love and adventure. My boyfriend is amazingly supportive and loving, my job is exciting, this city is gorgeous, and today I officially turn 22. Yes, I wish I had my family with me right now but I don't feel so bad that they're not here because I know I made them proud by taking this risky step and actually succeeding. Now the dangerous and exciting part of this story comes when the entrance exam for UNAM comes around. That one is going to be TOUGH.
But Ricardo has also got my back with that. He's tutoring me. Can I get a more wonderful boyfriend?
So I'm off to get some sleep. I have to work tomorrow. On my birthday. Meh.
I really miss some of you guys, the ones reading this and the ones that aren't. And I miss the ones I no longer have friended on this journal. I miss some of the happy times I lived in the past, trips I've made to see some of you, time I've spent with some of you. And I miss those all-nighter conversations I've had with many of you, some on AIM, some on the phone. I miss the hugs and I miss the laughs. I miss the friendship.
All the things that I miss are the things that have helped me become who I am today. The things I miss no longer exist except in my memory, but thanks to those memories I can take the liberty of remembering and laughing stupidly in the middle of the street, or crying a couple tears when I listen to a song we shared. It's all a part of the puzzle that is my life, like grains of sand I've collected in a bottle and keep on the nightstand to remember what a great time that sand represents. You are all responsible for the happiness I'm living right now and for that, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I love you all.
Well I'm not dead, my darlings. I am alive and well and let me just say I am very VERY happy.
Last time I updated this LJ I was in Las Vegas. I'm not even going to start mentioning what happened in Vegas because it's a whole bucket of drama that just makes me angry and I'm pretty comfortable with the life I'm living now so I don't want to relive the BS.
I moved back to my beautiful home country, Mexico, on July 23rd. My plan at first was to move to Aguascalientes, a peaceful city where my grandparents live. My mother and grandparents wanted me there so I can have a place to live and won't need to pay for a thing. My dad is also living there with his wife and daughter so I have plenty of family and support there. But once I stepped foot in Mexico City I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to live there and work on making it to UNAM, my university of choice.
The first thing that became difficult for me once I was already in the city was finding a place to live. I spent almost an entire month sleeping in several different houses with different family members. At the moment I'm settled in my aunt's house but to be honest, I need to get out of here ASAP. They're not very nice to me here.
But good opportunities are coming to me slowly but surely. I have a job now, as a call agent for an American cell phone company called Ready Mobile (and Trumpet Mobile too). My job here is a bit high-class so we do have a lot of luxuries at work as well as good wages and benefits. It's a good job for now but my plan is the bigger cake, so I'll be training to be an English teacher very very soon, as soon as the next 6 months.
As for my social life? I think it's kicking off. Back in January I met a guy on twitter named Ricardo. How did we meet? It was strange. I mentioned my wish to study at UNAM (my moving decision had JUST been made so I was excited) and he randomly tweeted to me saying he could help me with any info I needed on that particular school because he was also a student there.
I was happy with his help so we started chatting on MSN constantly. Something developed between us...
Yeah, you can tell me it's dumb to fall for someone online but here's the twist, we finally met in person because he lives only 20 minutes away from where I live at the moment. From the moment we met he's been nothing but helpful and caring. He's given me everything on a silver platter, including my job (he took me there himself). His mother helped me find the apartment that's going to be mine next month. He looks and looks for information to give me and just makes me life so... easy and pleasant.
I don't know what happened. I don't even understand how it happened, but I fell really hard for him after meeting him in person. It took us a while to realize there was something there, so for a couple weeks we played a bit... kissing and holding hands, becoming closer. The game got serious and we fell in love.
So on the day of his birthday last Monday, he asked me to be his girlfriend and I said yes.
I met all his friends when he threw a party in his house. Incredible people.
The thing I love about Mexico City is the warmth that you receive from strangers. Everyone says hi with a kiss on the cheek no matter who you are. All of Ricardo's friends treated me as if they'd known me for years and that is something I will never cease to appreciate.
What can I say? I'm living a life full of love and adventure. My boyfriend is amazingly supportive and loving, my job is exciting, this city is gorgeous, and today I officially turn 22. Yes, I wish I had my family with me right now but I don't feel so bad that they're not here because I know I made them proud by taking this risky step and actually succeeding. Now the dangerous and exciting part of this story comes when the entrance exam for UNAM comes around. That one is going to be TOUGH.
But Ricardo has also got my back with that. He's tutoring me. Can I get a more wonderful boyfriend?
So I'm off to get some sleep. I have to work tomorrow. On my birthday. Meh.
I really miss some of you guys, the ones reading this and the ones that aren't. And I miss the ones I no longer have friended on this journal. I miss some of the happy times I lived in the past, trips I've made to see some of you, time I've spent with some of you. And I miss those all-nighter conversations I've had with many of you, some on AIM, some on the phone. I miss the hugs and I miss the laughs. I miss the friendship.
All the things that I miss are the things that have helped me become who I am today. The things I miss no longer exist except in my memory, but thanks to those memories I can take the liberty of remembering and laughing stupidly in the middle of the street, or crying a couple tears when I listen to a song we shared. It's all a part of the puzzle that is my life, like grains of sand I've collected in a bottle and keep on the nightstand to remember what a great time that sand represents. You are all responsible for the happiness I'm living right now and for that, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I love you all.