Blogs from Merida, Yucatán, Mexico, North America - page 20

So on Friday I didn´t have class (Student´s day or something), so my teacher took us scuba diving (finally) inside a cenote. So we´re supposed to meet Memo at 8, but he doesn´t show up until 8:40. We weren´t really surprised, cause he´s always late, just more annoyed. Anyway, We drove for like an hour and a half to this town where he started driving all over the town looking for someone to lend him a pulley (seriously. Couldn´t he just own a pulley?) Anyway, after like an hour of that we got to the cenote and started getting ready. The cenote was basically a hole in the ground with a huge cave and water at the bottom. So we climbed down a super rickety old ladder (one of the rungs was out) and got into ... read more

OK, so last Sunday I left my house at five am so I could take a 6 am bus to Cancun. It wasn´t the most exciting thing ever, you know, just a four and a half hour bus ride followed by a half hour one to the airport, but I was excited. When I got to the airport, Luke had already been waiting for fourty-five minutes (oops... I guess I should have taken the five am bus...), but the whole place was full of tour guides with their signs waiting for people, and when we saw each other we kissed, and everyone started wooing and clapping. It was awesome. Then we got right back on the bus I had just gotten off of and returned to the lovely bus station in Cancun, where we bought second ... read more

Done with my classes!! Two week break! Which feels like three because Luke is coming right afterward. It´s very exciting. Anyway, I´m really going to enjoy these next two weeks and I´m really happy I´m done with classes, because it´s just exciting! Tomorrow and Sunday I´m going to the beach with my house family (they have a beach house) then Monday I´m going to the beach again, but with a friend, Tuesday I´m doing the Ruta Puuc (four little Mayan sites and Uxmal again. Half an hour each for the little sites and two hours for Uxmal. It´s the only way to see the little sites) Wednesday I´m going to Izamal, a town that has a pretty cathedral and a pyramid in the middle of it. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday I´m going on a trip ... read more

GAAAH!!! Too much STUDY!!! Not enough ABROAD!!!!! I give you: My schedule this week. Wednesday: Archaeology test. (I think. Syllabus says so. Teacher didn´t mention it) Thursday: Presentation on a 700 page book I haven´t read Yay! Friday: One presentation on the Art History of Teotihuacan and one presentation on the art history of Copan Saturday, Sunday, Monday: Trip to Campeche (maybe. I probably can´t go due to other things on this list. Hense not enough abroad) Tuesday: One group paper on the 700 page book I haven´t read, one individual paper on another book (unsure of length because I still have to buy it) and one presentation on said unknown book. On the good news side, after this, I have less to do the rest of the semester than I have to do this week. ... read more

Ok, so I feel like I´ve been neglecting you guys a little bit lately, but I really don´t mean to. Here´s the thing: Remember when I got that intestinal infection? Well, I missed four classes and got REALLY behind on my work, so I´ve pretty much been reading/writing 24/7 lately. Prime example: it´s 5:45 am and I just got done writing a paper, but I have class at 8 am, which means I have to wake up in 45 minutes. As a 45 minute nap is useless, I´m using 20 minutes of it to write to you guys so I can have a twenty minute nap before six hours of classes before coming home and taking a nap. When I wake up from the nap, though, I have to read/write a 2 page response to about ... read more