Yesterday my parents, brother and I went to Niagara-On-The-Lake for Canada Day. Wasn't super excited about going with my family, especially if my brother turned out to be in a bad mood (he did), but it was actually pretty fun. We ate lunch at The Old Winery, a fancy new restaurant that I guess rich middle-aged Southern Ontarians are all raving ( Read more... )

Being back in Canada is weird. Really weird. Significantly weirder than it was at Christmas. I believe that's because a) at Christmas I had Gonzalo with me, and b) I'd only been in Mexico for four months at Christmas time, compared with ten months living in Mexico up until last week. Not on a long vacation, not traveling, not visiting, but living ( Read more... )

Well, I feel much better. Except my back hurts because I've been sitting in bed playing Civ III all day, but that's my fault. I've actually stopped taking the paracetamol for my kidney pain because it's almost gone, and I did my hair today for the first time in over a week. Not looking like a slob definitely helps the way you feel towards the end ( Read more... )

Ugh. I feel gross. I really, really want to brush my hair so that I can wash it but every time Gonzalo goes out of the house for a little bit and calls me to see if I need anything, I can't bring myself to ask him to go to my house and get my brush. His sister only has one of those ones with thick, close-together bristles that would either take ( Read more... )

Well, I'm sick. Too sick to even write the poop ton that I normally do. I was in the hospital yesterday and the day before, and they figured out that I have a kidney infection (or "upper urinary tract infection"). It hurts and sucks a lot. Plus having an IV in my hand the entire time I was in the hospital was just hell. I had no idea how shitty IVs ( Read more... )

Baz left last night and I was too tired to get out of bed at Gonzalo's house to go and say goodbye in person. So we called him and wished him a good flight and I casually made sure that he'd given Liz the May rent money. Although it's weird that Bertha hasn't called to get the rent yet, because that's normally the only thing she's on top of.

Today ( Read more... )

My roommates are officially leaving. Baz flies out on Sunday, and Liz is getting a flight as soon as the useless immigration office gives her her student Visa back, which looks like Tuesday. Sofia, Simon, Barry, and Sof's roommate Sarah are all leaving this weekend. My parents went home today and I am getting really sad about the prospect of being ( Read more... )

So the overall vibe here in Xalapa has definitely been more on the fearful side in the last couple days. My familiy is still here and we're still having tons of fun, but every time I get back from some great, happy outing and talk to one of my friends, there's some other shitty new thing. School is cancelled in all of Mexico until May 6, which ( Read more... )

Sooo, yeah, you know all those headlines you've been reading about SARS 2.0 or Avian Flu: Revisited or whatever breaking out in Mexico City ( Read more... )

My new Spanish teacher is AMAZING. I'm in his class right now, but I don't have any work to do because we're supposed to be working on our projects but there's no internet because our school is a pile of poop. So instead I've been spending the time thinking of Spanish grammar questions that I've always wanted answers to, asking Victor and SLAM-BAM ( Read more... )