Time Flies

Okay... So my last post was last Sunday and now it's technically Saturday... Sorry.
Time flies. For how slow my first 10 days here were, time is just moving along contently right now.

"Vengo de la montaña, muy cerquita del cielo.
He cruzado valles y mares eternos.
Vengo con la nostalgia de mi tierra y su arrullo,
y siento que regreso mujer, con cada beso tuyo."
Tommy Torres - Por un Beso Tuyo
That's a pretty song. Youtube it, dirpy.com it, enjoy it.

Ahhh crap. It's 1am, I leave for Zacatecas in 5 hours, and I'm still not packed.... I need to stop doing this. So yeah, Zacatecas, a city of about 120,000 people, founded in 1546, maybe 6 hrs via bus from Tec. I'm headed there with Tecdeportes (Tec Sports, a group that puts together trips and adventures for the students, geared towards international students). If they wanna promote these things to me (same group for Bungee), fine by me! I talked to Collin Graw on one of the first few days I was here and asked him if he had any suggestions about being an international student (he was in Italy last semester). He said to travel as much as possible, even if I go broke over it. I figure I can live on 50 pesos a day, I can get a ride to the airport on my last day, and yeah. Therefore, to live for another 3.5 months it'll cost 5000 pesos, $400 USD. Although I have this much, I don't wanna starve, but I do want to do as many cool things as I can while I'm here! Hence, Zacatecas. Actually, I was planning on going to Cueva de la Tierrosa tomorrow to go cave diving, but that event was postponed due to low interest. Shoot, hopefully later. Yep, 6 hr bus ride tomorrow = 6 hr nap for me. Sounds good! Bring my blanket and pass the heck out. Sounds soo nice right now.

What else has happened in 5 days? Fluids has become better. I am now able to understand 98% of what my teacher says verbally, and maybe 40% of the actual "engineering" stuff. Joy. Matematicas 3 is going well. Design of Machine Elements is fun, its in english and my teacher is cool. Everyday he references at least 2 movies, sometimes 5 movies throughout his lecture. And Espanol Lengua Extranjera 2 is gonna kill me... you know why...

Still meeting new people, still having 1/2 english 1/2 spanish conversations. I think I convinced 3 people to come to MI solely because of the Silver Lake Sand Dunes... 4 including my roomie. sweet! Speaking of those dunes, I miss them dearly, and cannot wait to go back this summer with Megan Arnold and Mitch Walker, and hopefully get Guettler out there as well! Dude, I know you wanna put your money into your truck, cool. I'm still gonna convince you to come out for a weekend.

Sweet, 1:10, still not asleep... Oh, I've been swimming a lot. 3200 meters this week. Swimming friends, I know that is a warm-up plus a little, but for not having swam in months, it was painful the first few times. Tonight it was 1000m in about 25 minutes, including dealing with 3 other people in my lane. Gym, eh, not so much. I'll get back next week. I have been more concerned about not drowning rather than having a weight fall on me.

So I have NO idea who has been reading these. If you can figure out a way to respond, sweet! post that first, then what you wish to comment on later. Or facebook, the universal collegiate communication device. No Myspace, way too high school for me.

Damn... 1:15, okay, I'm done. I promise I'll TRY to post again on Monday night when I get back from Zacatecas. Try. I do have a lot of homework though... darn it. Okay, sweet dreams or good day to everyone (depending on the hour you read this).

PS. I'm no longer as home sick as I was, nor down-on-things. I hope the Brothers had an amazing weekend at Winter Retreat. I'm sorry I was unable to make it, I'll be at the rest of them, rest assured.

Dad, I hope Mel, Fluffy, and Kan-dee are doing well. And that some progress has been made on the kitchen. I'll talk to you soon. Love you.

Mom, just keep Mike sane. Please. And keep up your running!!! You have no idea how proud I am of your for doing this!!! For all the times that you could be proud of your son, I also get to be proud of you, and everything you have accomplished. A year ago, didn't think you could run 5 miles without stopping, did ya?! Love you too. XOXO TTFN