a list

Since I have been in Mexico, I have filled my days with the little things that typically characterize my life... things that are simultaneously interesting, boring, silly and lovely... A short list includes:

• singing with a mariachi band in front of my co-workers
• waiting and waiting and waiting for change from a machine that clearly says it does not give change
• taking the metrobus for the first time late night post-cantina (sorry mom, but fortunately it turned out to be one of the amazing women only cars)
• accidentally buying toilet paper con aroma and subsequently scenting my bathroom like a giant grandma-baby
• crying in a class meeting about racism in front of my 6th graders
• climbing through the window of a vacant house to discover the most amazing rooftop view of the city i have seen to date

After a day of confusing, stressful and broken Spanish conversations, a brand new washer/dryer unit is sitting in the middle of my kitchen and instead of trying read the directions to install it, I am going to climb back up on that rooftop.