Day 29 - Birthday Celebration

Day 29
12 November 2011
Birthday Celebration

Initial impressions: I think I woke up the same position I passed out in as my arms are WAY numb.  *blargh* I am probably still drunk... Did I offer to take the photos of a group of people last night and then was convinced to join them in their photo?! I took photos with random Mexicans last night?? *oh... I guess I did. Huh.... where's my copies?*

Okay so I woke up early (as per usual when I've been drinking).  I also still could not walk in a straight line. I bumped into the wall 3 times on the way to the bathroom. (sigh). When I woke up I was certain it was the same position I fell asleep in as my arms (both) were completely numb and I'm not certain what position you'd call what I was sleeping it. It wasn't side sleeping, back sleeping or even stomach sleeping... it was "drunk sprawl"... Well after getting up I found some water and sat on the computer wasting time while trying to re-hydrate in lots of water. At 11 am Luis let me know he had given his friend my and Anthony's number so that he could call for directions.  Fortunately he called Anthony while I decided I might be sober enough to not pass out in the shower.

Oh! Shower, today it felt like I had hot water. It was amazing. I really just stood there for so long in heaven.  After the shower I headed down stairs where I had to round up Jean Jaques and Anthony so we could go to Luis' Birthday Celebration. The celebration was held at this man in the neighborhood's house. He sells hamburgers around here and said Luis could use his space for the celebration.  The man was very friendly - apparently he makes his life as a singer.  He informed us he has 2 wives that live in the same city (what he meant is he had been married, divorced, and remarried). When he saw our confusion and I told him that is too complicated, too many problems he laughed and told me I can get two husbands! Not what I was quite going for, and I'm kinda confused as to the desire to find "husbands" for me here.. (Mireille, Shim, the burger guy, Anthony... WTF people?!) Anyway, the 3 of us get to Luis' birthday party and one of his friends had made it. I don't remember what his name was, but he is from Peru living in Mexico City for 7 years.  He is a mathematician working on his Masters at UNAM.  He was very intelligent, if a bit hard to understand.  He also plays chess and we spend a good amount of time talking about chess and books, poems, and authors.   All this intellectual talk in foreign languages makes me very very sleepy!  Plus being way drunk from yesterday.   I declined all alcohol today, just to make sure I don't die in my sleep from alcohol poisoning or something terrible but the guys partook MUCH of it. They bought 12 - 1200 mL bottles of Indio Alcohol.... They drank 11 of them for 4 guys.  By the end of the night Luis was clearly drunk and his Peruvian friend was passed out on the table.

One thing I can say about men in every single country despite the languages (we have English - Anthony, French - Jean Jaques, Spanish - Peruvian, Portuguese - Luis) is that genital jokes are universal.... it's funnier when they don't get the punch line due to the language barrier and when they explain it and it dawns on them their faces light up. I discovered I am basically living with a bunch of 15 year old boys (mentally).  I like these guys, they are intelligent, funny, and immature.  I do enjoy hanging out with them - even if its developed into my normal routine with guy friends. They pretty much forget I'm a girl and the things I "learn". Haha. Another thing about the languages, its very cool having had a brief background in each of them (Spanish, French, and Portuguese) that it makes it very interesting to talk/speak to them.

So after the party (I left at 8 to come home and do homework... and I'd been there since 1 pm and was a bit tired of boys) I hear about an hour or so later a bunch of ruckus... turns out the boys brought it back... and were clearly drunk. In fact I can still hear them talking and laughing and carrying on... and it's 1 am here.  On that note, I am very exhausted though and am going to get to bed. I'll get some photos tomorrow as I am going to the Mercado with the classmates. :D I will also be doing MUCH spending. *yay*... I really need to check my finances though... with the shopping and having to get a second suitcase, and the ridiculous baggage fees I will probably be either short money, or very tight when I leave. *fingers crossed* I will budget myself tomorrow and keep a very close eye on my bank!!  Sorry about failing to post yesterday's blog yesterday but I'll make up for it with pretty pictures tomorrow.
<3

Day 28 - Out and About

Day 28
11 November 2011
Out and About

I will update this tomorrow as I went out tonight and am way to buzzed to type. <3


Hey guys, it's pretty late but I'll give you a run down of yesterday and then start today's blog. :)  Yesterday I had class and plans to go with the woman from Kenya to the shoe market in Guerrero... except she NEVER showed up for class. So I waited around campus for a while and nothing... I headed home and decided to call it a day. I've got homework and other responsibilities I need to do if I am going to be stood up.  Get home and get my stuff taken care of, quite productive overall with my homework :)  When suddenly the South American roommate knocks on my door, apparently the woman from Kenya messaged him asking where I am at! I was quite frustrated as it is already basically 1 pm now and we were supposed to meet at class (which starts at 9 am) and she had my phone number - And couldnt let me know anything until an hour after class ended?!  Anyway he asked what he should tell her, and I said I'm tired and doing homework I'm not going to the store. Tell her what you want or tell her nothing. I'm not going out.  So he didn't tell her anything. We'll see how class goes Monday. *shrug*

Okay, after that episode and lots of homework I went out with my housemates, The guy from Haiti (Jean Jaques) and the guy from South America (Anthony), and with Mireille (Finland).  We had dinner and drinks and just had a great time hanging out. As you may know I had a bit too great of a time and drank a lot, we were trying to get the guy from Haiti drunk as he has never been drunk. He said he'd drink what we drank and I'm the light weight in the group! *cheer* . I apparently am a very happy drunk, keep a decent composure - if I do think everything is funny and just laugh at nothing, a lot.... : / Fortunately I know great people. The guys refused to leave until Mireille's ride was here (aww so sweet). Then they loaded me in a cab... but since my version of walking was um "z" shaped Anthony held on wrist and Jean Jaques held my hand and we walked hand in hand to the taxi (lol).  The driver apparently saw 3*drunk* foreigners and decided he was going to drive all over the wrong way and get us "lost" and charge us a ton.  Our taxi fare was more than doubled. *grr* Regardless we got home, Anthony walked me to my room where I proceeded to almost give myself a bloody nose trying to get my boots off while sitting on the floor and then passed out in the bed. The best part of it is that I apparently messaged Lauren (my sister) and Stephen (my friend) before bed.... I woke poor Stephen up at 4 am to type completely hard to read messages with lots of <3's and how drunk I am....   Thank you for tolerating me guys (haha).

Okay that is a very shortened version of yesterday - see next blog for today :)