May 5th, I'm back!

I woke up around noon today. Probably the best thing I could have done for my body, though. I hadn't slept well (or at all) the past few nights at home, so I had some catching up to do. I spoke with Lazaro last night and have arranged to meet Tuesday in Poza Rica. I will take the bus tomorrow morning, and get to Poza Rica around the same time Katie Davis' flight gets in (4:30pm). Then we will all ride to Tecolutla together! HAPPY DAY! Oh and I spoke to Fernando as well. He's so cute. He told me I had to sing my songs when I got back, I called him a pinche cabrone, he said they were all waiting for me to get back, and I said I would see him soon! It was beautiful.

So lets see. Yesterday was a long day. I have to be honest, I was having mixed feelings about returning to Mexico. So many things happened at home over the past few weeks, I was feeling overwhelmed and like leaving my family was the last thing I wanted to do. I got the airport really early and said goodbye to my dad-probably the hardest thing I did all day. The plane rides were both decent (Philly to Chicago, Chicago to Mexico City). I slept through the first one and most of the second one. When I woke up on the second flight, I found that we were about an hour from the city and that it was time to fill out our immigration forms. The man sitting next to me, originally from Mexico, but living in the U.S for I'm not sure how long, asked if I spoke Spanish when he got his form. He couldn't speak English, and couldn't write either. I asked if he needed help filling his out and when he said yes, I took his paper and asked him all of the questions, how to spell things (which he could actually help me with, thank goodness) and when we finished, I knew why I was back. I'm here to help!

Since being in the house with Bertilde and the family, I've been speaking some hardcore Frenish (French/Spanish mushed together). I actually know alot more Spanish than I give myself credit for and today confirmed that. I can even understand rapido conversation and get a general jist of what is going on. Although Frenish is an enjoyable language to speak, I can't wait to get to Tecolutla with all the bugs, turtles, and friends. Fernando said there were something like 40,000 eggs laid so far and then when I get back, I'll be quite busy. The next couple of weeks down there are going to be great and I'm looking forward to every second of them. Lets just hope I don't get sick again. That would not be great.

So I guess the last piece of news I have to share is that....I GOT INTO COLLEGE!! I've been waiting anxiously for news from College of the Atlantic and when I hadn't heard from them by the time I was leaving, I asked my mom to just send me a text when she knew what was up. I got that text this morning and finally have a plan for this Fall! YAY!!!