Things worth mentioning

1. Blogging is hard. I don't know how people do it. I have taken almost no pictures since I've been here and every time I sit down to write, I feel like everything I have is not interesting
2. I absolutely love being here. Being forced to speak Spanish on a daily basis has been priceless. Also, a Spanish teacher teaches my kids for almost 2 hours a day so I just get to sit and listen to her.
3. School started yesterday. The kids are beautiful and really bright. They call me "Miss" and "Teacher" but it comes out sounding like "Mees" and "Teechair" because of their awesome accents. I already love them.
4. I'm convinced that the phrase "Rules were meant to be broken" was invented by drivers in Mexico. Stop signs are suggestions. Lane markings are optional...and sometimes whether or not a lane exists is optional too. My left turn signal is broken...but I hardly ever notice it because turn signals may as well be decorative lights for all they're worth here. It is definitely big city driving...if we were friendly drivers like they are in the South, no one would ever get anywhere because we'd be letting people in front of us all the time. So...I cut in front of people on a daily basis. It is survival.
5. Mexican police like to drive around with their lights flashing. You know they're pulling you over when they turn on the siren...and even then...the first thing I was told to do was keep driving anyway.
6. The speedbumps here are mountainous. I drove a Dodge Neon in high school and it was so low that I had to go over most speedbumps at a slight angle and I thought it was completely ghettofabulous. I'm now going over speedbumps at an angle in a Toyota Camry that is not even close to being classified as a low rider. I have to pray about each speedbump..."Lord, please don't let me look back and see my muffler. Amen."
7. My friend and I decided we were going to watch all 6 Rocky movies...the pack of them was on sale at the grocery store for the equiv. of about $14. We're halfway through the third one and I'm completely hooked. They are so much more involved than I ever thought. I was expecting all boxing all the time and was not committed to watching all of them until after I saw the first one.
8. While I am enjoying myself, I do miss things and people familiar. Sweet Kristen Ashton married Kyle this past weekend and I was not there to witness it, which makes me sad. I do know, however, that they are an awesome couple and I'm so excited that they are now husband and wife. Shout out to the new Mr. and Mrs. Scarbro...come visit me.