March has been such a crazy busy month! I can't remember if I told yall about Habitat yet or not, so we'll start there...
Habitat for Humanity
We even have it here in Meixco! Me and some other teachers traveled about 2 hours outside our city to go build some houses the first weekend in March. Turns out we didn't do any building but we dug holes! The ground is so different here... it's layer after layer after layer of concrete. It took us 4 hours to dig 2.5 feet down a 6x6 whole. It was a great workout! Got a lot of frustration out. The kiddos were impressed I could do so much, I told them it's just like chipping away at ice at the end of your driveway! :)
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| Jo playing with the kids... all these kids live in homes build by Habitat for Humanity |
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| One on my students with the other ninos |
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| Maya and her newest friend |
5k
On March 10 I ran my first Mexican 5k! It was super exciting because the shirts you get down here are SUPER nice. I got a dry wick long sleeve shirt that will come in handy on my trip to Peru! I was really upset at my finish time on 38:07, because a couple nights before I was running a 9 minute mile. Turns out that if you figure that it took us almost 2 minutes before you could actually run (there were over 3,000 people there) and that we ran up an incline most of the way AND it was actually a 5.5k I was at a 10 minute mile. Not the worst I guess!
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| All finished! It's Kady, me, Jenny, & Ms. Dulce |
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| Eating a banana before the BIG race! |
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| Laura (teaches English) and I ran together and here is us just finishing! |
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| Crossing the finish line! |
Nueva Vallarta
This last weekend I was lucky enough to get some family time in! Turns out my cousin Heidi and her family were vacationing down here in Mexico and they invited me to come meet up with them! I had a great time hanging out in the pool and ocean with the boys! I didn't get my camera out too much but I had a lot of fun and finally got some color back!
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| View from the room |
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| SO CUTE!! |
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| Playing with the smile detector on the camera |
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| I got this livin in Mexico thing down! |
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| Cutest baby EVER! |
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| View from the room at night |
One of the funniest parts of the trip was we went 'shopping' on the beach and Gabriel my little 6 year old cousin was trying to pick out a souvenir and he saw a crucifix and told him mom so nicely that Jesus was crucified on the cross.... then two seconds later he was like, "Mom can I get this?" I look over and it was a nice little pipe!! It was REALLY funny. Needless to say he didn't understand why he couldn't get it :)
Getting Ready for Peru
Yesterday I got my Yellow Fever shot in preparation of going in the the Amazon! I went back to that great clinica I went to when I got sick to finally get this shot. It's been so hard to track it down, but thanks to my great friend Kady, we found one. It was super funny because they handed me the shot and told me to go upstairs. I thought I was going to have to give it to myself. Turns out I didn't. ;) I can't believe we leave in 10 days!! I don't know what to bring as far a pants selection... any thoughts?
