2008, Getting Caught Up

Well here we go, hurtling toward Valentine's Day ("El Dia del Amor"). So many things have happened it's been difficult to sort them all out into a believable story. Stil, I can try.

I now have a housemate, Kathy, who hails from Illinois. We have rented a house 1 block from the beach in a "gringo camp," which is a completely refurbished trailer park established 50 years ago. Many of the houses here have the trailers incorporated into them and it's fun seeing how creatively the owners have designed their houses. The camp is a rather 60's style life, in that one is reminded of a time long past where things were just simpler. We know our neighbors. People watch out for each other.

Lots of the residents here drink themselves silly quite often. I don't hang out with them. But we have a good spot here in a section of what was once the family home of the landowners the camp is built upon. There are about 90 houses here.

My Spanish has taken a turn for the better and I am starting to do well with past tenses and I can tell a future tense when I read it. I can read almost a whole newspaper now and understand most of it, which has been a real achievement.

I have friends further afield as well, including a very talented artist named Alejandra Flores who lives in Monterrey. I will be meeting her in person soon; that will be wonderful!

Another carnival has passed but I didn't attend; I don't care for the crowds and chaos.

I will try and keep up more here as time goes by and I feel like I've done something worthwhile...I am working on a couple of projects that I really want to have come to fruition, and I'll post the results when something is moving forward.

Meantime, Happy Velentine's Day to all who read this!