Viva La Mexico

So... I havent written in this thing in almost a year... sad, and pathetic, I know. But, once again, I am travlling quasi-abroad and I am bored.. so here goes....

I am working in a plant in TJ Mexico for 6 weeks. Now, this is nothing like China, but still, its a culture shock thing. The people here seem much more cordial than the ones in my previous trip, so thats good. The work is not quite as exciting though. Considering I know just about no Spanish (minus the butchered version of "take me out to the ballgame" that my friends used to sing in 7th grade), its still pretty hard to go to meetings and have no idea what people are saying. The people are more willing to try to teach me the language here tho... so thats good.

Last weekend, I got to see my good friend, Anne, who I havent seen in quite a long time. It was nice to hang out with her and her roommates. Good to have normal human contact. They were all very nice, and took me to barbecues, and made me dinner and sang happy belated birthday to me, and made me a cake (well, that was all Anne). Nice folks, these doctorate students are... prolly happy cuz they know they will make waaay more money than me once they get out of school... hehe. They have fruit trees in their back yard... isnt that awesome? Lemons, and ___quats... its not cumquats, but something similar, and figs and peaches... luckies. You can tell that they are always out and busy because.. they dont have cable. Coming from Buffalo, where there is nothing to do but watch tv.. thats odd. But, around here there are lots of places to go, and walk and explore, because the weather is always nice out. Me and her roommate Shannon and Anne went walking in this cliffy-type park which was cool because it overlooked the water and all that good stuff. I got tired... they didnt because they run marathons and stuff. Over-achievers. hehe. I couldnt run a marathon if I tried. I also got to see seals for the first time out of their natural habitat... the aquarium.. hehe. Just kidding. I had never seen seals just hangin out on the beach with their babies.. it was cool. They are "pupping" apparently, so the beach is all blocked off so they can have their babies in peace. They were a little smelly tho. I would post pictures, but I dunno how. hehe..

I am sure there is more.. but I should really be doing work now...

PS. I am so sad that I am missing the hockey playoffs when my team of forever is in the playoffs for the first time in 5 years!! GO SABRES!!!!

Viva La MexicoQ

The Packers Make Me Cry

So.. yesterday Ame, me and Steph went to Thursday at the Square. It actually turned out to be really fun! Great Big C, a Celtic band, was there, and they were awesome. It was the first time I had really drank in a while. And since my tolerence isnt what it used to be, after 5 beers I was pretty buzzed. So, ultimately, the three of us started jigging all over the place, which amused onlookers, of course. It was funny. We roped in a hottie for Steph(and I mean hottt), and she wouldn't talk to him!! Who woulda thunk she would be shy at such an inoppertune time. Anyways, maybe he'll be there again next week and we can go for round 2... ding.
Then, we decided to head out to the bars to meet Rob and his roomies. We were having quite the good ole time dancing and drinking, etc. We were the bar freaks of old that I havent seen come out of us in quiiite a long time. It was nice. Some weird girl named Madeline (dont ask me why I remember her name... but I do) came up to Amy with her not so pretty, not so thin, not so classy best friend and said "hey, can we talk to you a minute about your boyfriend?" O-NO. Never a good start... so this stuuupid girl proceeds to tell Amy how she tried to hit on Rob and he was rude to her and told her to move because he was watching the baseball game. First of all, good job to Rob for being so nice, when its just so easy to be mean. Secondly... why does this girl think it will make Amy mad to know her boyfriend did not respond to her hitting on him?? Helloooo, are we all living in the same world here? Earth to Madeline... I think the mothership has left without you.
Something I must divulge about myself before this next part... when I drink, I can tend to be quite emotional at times. So, I am standing in the bar next to Bobbo, and I look up at the tv... and there is a Green Bay Packers game on. Now, for any normal human, that would be fine... not this freak. When I saw Brett Favre on the screen I started to cry... right in the middle of the freakin bar!! Not sobbing or anything, just teary. So, I proceeded to the bathroom, composed myself, and that was that. Now, for those who dont know.. the Packers are my boyfriends all time favorite football team... he lives for them. But mostly, for Brett Favre. I fear that if he could have a chance with him, he'd leave me all together =P . I guess the depressing, crying onset was due to the fact that I had gotten a letter from him earlier in the day(he is in the middle of boot camp for the Navy, so I dont really ever talk to him) and in his letter he asked me about how the Packers and how they were doing, and all that jazz, so seeing the game on made me really miss him and wish he was home. So, crying story fini.
This weekend I am the proud watcher of one German Sheppard and one Calico kitty. Razor and Charcoal have been abandoned by their parents while they go to North Carolina. So, I am watching them. I went over to let Razor out this morning, and play some catch with him. I miss having a dog... they are so fun, and they love you almost like people do... you can just tell when they look at you. Someday I will get a dog of my own. Ok, sidenote, at the square there was the most beautiful puppy I have ever seen! It was light gray and looked kinda like a lab, but not. And it had light blue eyes!! It was soooooo cute! I want that puppy!!
Ok, I think thats it for now... I gotta go write a letter about football to the man behind the walls out there in Illinois. SHB later... yay, fridays are always tough for me, that will definitely help... Along with laaarge, faaaabulous MUDSLIDES!! mmmmmmmmmm

Had a bad day again...

Fuel was right on with that tune, thats for sure. Today was alright at work and stuff, but when I got home, it turned into one of the many "bad days" I will surely experience in the coming weeks. Definitely not a horrible day, but bad. Some days are just better than others. I just wish I could talk to him for like 10 seconds... or get a letter, or anything. I didnt know before this how much you could miss a person. As the famed Def Leppard says... "love bites, love bleeds"... ours is definitely alive and kicking.... we are just kicking 11 hours away with no way to communicate. 48 days and counting.... LY

Its been a while

Wow, I sure do suck. I havent written in this thing for almost 2 months. Lets see what I can conjure up to say...

Ever since I got back from China, its been a crazy whirlwind of activity. Besides being swamped as hell at work, I have been busy with other things as well.

The week after I got home, the boy moved home for 7 weeks or so before he heads off to "defend my freedom" as he likes to tell me. He leaves on monday... 4am... I am sad.

This summer, I also decided to coach a soccer team. Its made up of 10 sixth-eighth grade boys and girls... yep, I said it, boys and girls. Let me start by saying that at this stage in their lives, boys and girls are not always friendly to one another. This is the stage between "boys are gross" and "ooooh.... boys" for the girls, and between "you've got cooties" to "you've got titties" for the boys. Anyways... They are a nice bunch of kids. I pretty much get there and tell them to have fun and thats about it. I dont want to make them not like soccer by being too "coachy" in a recreational soccer league. But, apparently when my sister and my boy coached last week, they did some real coaching... and it actually worked. Sooo, now I will have to be more coach, and less spectator.

Vacation is fun. Last weekend, Derek and I took a drive down to good ole NYC (his first time). It was so good to go back to my school and see my friends again. Its been so long. But, it was also super fun hanging out with him and his posse in the city(they met us up there). We went to a comedy show in the villiage, and we were pretty much the only white people there. This was confirmed when one of the comedians spoke his entire set in spanish.. so yeah, that was fun. It was good overall. The next day, we walked from one end of central park to the other... and it sure as hell was tiring! beh. Later on that night, me, Derek, and Jared wandered around the villiage looking for an open bar (it was sunday nite), but failed miserably. So we just bought some beer and drank it at the hotel. It was great times, great food... a great trip.. mmmmmm... Virgils (bbq place on east 45th... sooo good)

On tuesday night, I took in a concert with poppa Gon, K Gon and Derek. This was Dereks first concert ever... crazy, I know, he is deprived. We went to see John Fogerty and John Mellancamp. It was awesome, but let me say, Fogerty should have been the headliner in my opinon. Either way, we all jammed out to great tunes such as "centerfield" and "jack and diane". Great times, great people.

The air conditioner broke last nite... it was FOT.

I am beginning to realize every day how much I am going to miss him when he leaves...

71 hours and counting

So, can ya tell I am ready to come home?? Today I went into China for business and the driver nearly killed me. I know the Chinese drivers are crazy, but this was plain out of control!
Anyways, I cant even think of anything to write, except that I would like to come home to my bed, my pasquales, my bars, my buds. Ick, I don't feel so hot. bleh

Monsooning

So, its been raining for 2 days.. ick. I did get to talk to both Derek and Amy on the phone for extended periods of time though, so that made my day! Time to go eat, as usual.

T-minus 11 days! =)

Ice Box

I would just like to state that people here in Hong Kong are nutso. Its like 90 degrees out and 90% humidity, and then inside, its like 10! I am freezing my ass off in a tropical climate! Whats up with that? I left Buffalo to get away from the cold outside, and I got the cold inside! Serves me right I guess for trying to escape Buffalo's clutches.

When in doubt, act like an ass

I seriously think that I need to have constant adult supervision. During lunch, I decided to wander some of the many malls around this hugemongo city. I was apparently not fit to be walking, since I couldnt stop running into people. Have another, alkie! Then, I got Starbucks to wake me up, and I just spilled it on my pants! How did I make it to 24?! Just call me Chocolate Pants... I suck. =P