MUCH Needed update <333

uhhh, i've been here for three weeks and this is the first time i blog! well since a much needed update is loonnnnngggg over due i'll try to start somewhere in the beginning and hopefully won't forget those cute lil details which make life worth living.

First week:
Feb. 11 Arrival to Puebla -Feb. 17
when I was departing in Philly i wasn't all that sad for myself but more for my parents b/c my mom was dying to cry but i told her if she cried she didn't love me and my dad was angry cuz he was crying but didn't want to show emotion. ( and people ask me if i ever have bi-polar tendencies lol ) after saying by to the papas i met up with my group ( which are a bunch of really cool people in their own special ways*) and we just hung out and talked about mexico. FASTFOWARD to Mexico!! The plane was sooooooooo small, i felt like i was like one of those sardines in a can with noooooo air and uncomfortable seats. My friend raychel apparently got sick on the plane, cuz it was that bad. When we actually land and get our luggage I can barely tow mine with me b/c it is soooooooooo heavy and I know i OVERPACKED!!! After meeting norma the program director with purple and grey hair I was introduced to my family; Mama Ruth y Hermano Charly. I was also introduced to Jenna's and Raychel's family but I was even paying attention. I was TIRED and wanted to go home. Guess what I heard as soon as we stopped at an Oxxo ( aka Wawa)...BANDA/Groupera. Made me realize, OH SHIT I am in MeX. After eating some molotes (really good) I unpacked and went to sleep.

Feb. 12-13
Not tooo evenful. Had orientation, met sexxy ass PEDRO, omg he is this really cute coordinator or whatever but who cares what he does cuz he's so freaking CUTE! lol We were taken on a tour of cholula on a turibus and ate at a colonial hotel/restaurant which also had good food. The conselor's I have met so far are cool and funny. At night i meet my aunt Norma and two female cuzins: Berenice and her sister (i forgot her name). On the 13th I offical start classes and am now enrolled in 3 classes during first session which means I am taking 20 credits this semester!! but i gota boost my gpa! we lounge in btwn classes on this huge patch of lawn sorta like the green but not really green cuz its dry here and lay under palm trees! there are peacocks and swans all over campus and it is AMAZING.

Feb.14
Happy Valentines Day! mi mama bought my a rose and a chocolate heartshaped lollipop and I go to school with a huge smile on my face. Classes go by as usual, but today we have our first salsa workshop. My partner ( NOT BY CHOICE j/k) is Leron and he is really good once he gets the move down. It is alot of fun and I meet my lang. partner Stephany. We all agree to PrEGaMe @ Tiki Bar (the owner is a friend!! ) and then get it P o PP in G MeXiCo StYle!! We all act a fool and have sooo much fun. I danced on top of the bar for what seemed like forever and since my brother knows the manager women got in free with free open bar until 12:00! Plenty of pics and i even saw a cutie ( raychel's brother lol ). After Beto (adrian's bestfriend), natasha, charly and I all ate from a taco stand infront of the club and bargined for our cab fare. We didn't get home until like 3!

Feb. 15
Orientation with Norma aka madd drama. Apparently Norma has madd haterz cuz she has influence on campus and whatnot so there was a miscommunication about where and when to meet. We didn't get our cell phones or passports but whatev. Later that night: Leron, Andrew, Autumn,Raychel, Brandon, Corey, Mary, Courie, Paul, and I all met up at SuKo to celebrate Eduardo's birthday (brandon's brother). It was kinda wack at first cuz we had to wait almost 2 HOURS for the guys to get here b/c of sum ugly ass girl who leron later tried to kick it with! Needless to say Leron acted like a fool that night and I was even forced to go into the men's bathroom to look for his house keys. After an unsuccessful search and being escorted out by a bigg ass security guard i proceeded to let every male specium in there know that all their dicks were small anyways! After leron went home, we got it PoPPin as usual and on the drive home one of Eduardo's friends Chuchito professed his undying love for corey and brandon and I promised to help him out.

Feb. 16
Mi mama me llevo ha su country club la Britania where i worked out for 2 hours, sunbathed by the pool for an eternity ( i am sooooooo black alreay and its not even been a week) and than to a relaxing steam shower! Afterwards we ended up going to Raychel's house for a bbq, the food was really good. We all decied to meet up at 8:30 and go to party at Charly's friends house. Before we left for the party, i had a red bull with vodka and that shit fucked me up! When we got to the party, i really didn't want to dance cuz i was so "relaxed" and Arturo was the one making my drinks and I couldn't taste the alcohol so i keep asking for more. Somewhere during the night i started dancing, took off my shoes and hooked up with his cute Football player Russi ( who is charly's friend ). **DiScLaImEr** I do not remember anything after that. Suppossedly i got OD sick and threw up on the b-day boy Victor (he forgave me ) and my eyes were rolling in the back of my head and i had to practically be carried home. My mom gave a bath (how embarrasing) while charly and papi Carlos laughed from the living room. Also, charly is such an idiot. He made me walk home without my sexxy ass wedges ( they are still at Victor's house ). All in all it was a wonderful night, for what i can remember even though it didn't end on a high note. 3-for-3 !!

Feb. 17
My family took me to the Cholula Zocalo and out to a really nice breakfast buffet, but when i drank some coffee i had to run and throw up in the b-room! Needless to say not a good start to my day. THen I went to the Africam safari with Jenna,Raychel and her brother/sister and inlaw (lol). it was really cool i had a lot of fun but i was soooooo hung over. I didn't eat anything all day long and kept drinking gaterade. Charly, Arturo, and Raychel would not stop talking about how funny i was last night etc. and when we saw a baby kangaroo throwing up they said he was partying with me last night! I saw all types of animals but my fav. was this cuddly lil black bear who was sleeping and all i wanted to do was pick it up and take him home with me so we could cuddle!! I WANNA CUDDLE G-Dammit! lol Later that I night i met my adorable lil grandpa. He's the same age as my real grandma but he looks so young and strong. Unfortunately he's going blind b/c he has type 2 diabetes and need insulin shots. But he treated my just like his granddaughter. I LOVE MY FAMILY !!!

Week 2
Feb. 18 - Feb. 24
Feb. 20 we got our cellphones YAY and in the afternoon I went with Raychel, Brandon, and Natasha to the Mercado de Cholula for our first project. It was fun, lots of food and smells. People kept coming up to me and saying no quieres de ....... morenita! lol afterwards we walked to raychel's house, hung out for a bit and than Natasha and I climbed la piramide de CHOLULA! Since i am not used to such high altitude i ran out of breath really fast and had to stop twice. But it was soooooooooooo worth it! The view of all of cholula was breathtaking, the church is so gorgeous i have already decided to get married there. (sidenote, the previous day when i thought i was being slick i said to the girls that i am gonna marry arturo at that church in english thinking that his mom wouldn't understand, and when she called me out i wanted to DIE! where's southwest when u need to get away!! ) The EcLiPsE was FANTASTIC. Brandon and his brother's friends bumped into us and we started dancingn to house and drinking SOL! I didn't get home til like 10 pm.

Feb. 21
I had a really bad day at school b/c ppl were getting on my nerves and i was being really bitchy ( i think it is PMS lol ) I also go a really cheap french mani/pedi from the salon across the street. the woman was not asian but girl does know how to hook me up. it only cost $14.00 american dollars! No where in any place of the US can u get a profesional mani/pedi + french for less than $30. in the night we ended up going to Bombay and Unit. Whoever told me Unit was popping, doesn't know how to get it popping. Supposedly the drinks were cheap, i didn't drink cuz we had a field trip the next morning. After like 3 hours of pure techno/house the music got really good. Charly and I left like at 1 sumthing then came home and bonded about stuff going on in his. I really love my family and am so glad i am here!

Feb.22
Field trip to Piramide de Cholula and Tonatzintla. We walked through the orginal temple which was really cool and i could hear my ancestor's talking to me (jk lol) The architecture is amazing and the intelligence of the Mexicas is mind boggling. Next we went to Tonatzintla , this OD Barraoc church with gold and angeles everywhere! I got a postcard for tia Sor Acela. As a group we got our pix taken for our visas and then some of us went to Jarrones at the Zocalo for lunch.

**AT night** Since mama left for Alcapulco Charly and I decided to have a party! I spent the majority of the day cleaning up and preparing. I made strawberry jello shots and strawberry jungle juice with pineapple pieces inside!! There were over 10 bottles of Tequila, Vodka, and Rum (bacardi baby). EVERYONE from the group came besides Jenna and Paul (surprise surprise)! Overall the night was very INTERESTING to say the least! I know a few people didn't have such a hot night cough mary & corey cough cough. I generally like everyone I meet, but charly has a few friends that i don't really care for. Hopefully they will not be present during the rest of my trip. SO far i think im wining the bet among my group of who can hook up (aka kiss/make out) with more mexicans. I am not ashamed to say that i've hooked up with 2 very cute guys lol in less than a week. I don't think anything like this has ever happened to me in DE =)

Feb. 23
the house was a fucking mess and so were the people who spent the night: Beto and Daniel! In the morning i found Beto sleeping on the couch covered by two towels! I cleaned up the grotesque looking and smelling kitchen along with my room. Charly took me out to breakfast with his friends and he cleaned the rest of the house while natasha and I went shopping. I bought gifts for my BFF's and the Chicas! I got a really sexxy yellow bubble dress to get it poppin with! At night we ended up going to a Hooka BAR called Shisha's but the end of the night was really wack and uneventful so we called it a night at like 1 am. WoMp WoMp

Feb. 24
Woke up late and went to school with Natasha to work on my investigation. I was on my grind than came home. Charly made me some really good pasta ( i was surprised ) and carla hung out with us. I really like her, she's madd cool. We smoked sum coconut shisha (hooka) and drank bloody marys and pina coladas while playing jenga, on a SUNDAY! only in mexico =) afterwards Charly took mi to Tacos Los Angeles where I eat machito, longaniza, al pastor, y una cemita al pastor con un licuado de guayaba ummmm yummy ;) then we went on a took of ave. Juarez which looks amazing at night ( i forgot to bring my cam) and a really wonderful view of puebla from el mirador while listening to El Sol de MeXiCo Luis Miguel. I like his music but i don't like him lol
When we got home i took a shot and did SOME of my homework.

SHEEEESSSSSHHHHHHH now we're all caught up. I promise to write more regularly!

Tu Loka,

TiNa