Monday, May 26

Red Shirt, Blue Jeans, White Bow: GO USA!

Happy Memorial Day!  In Oaxaca, it is business as usual and there is no day off from school.  So at 9am, I was sitting ready to start learning Spanish instead of being back in the States at a BBQ and soaking up the sun and taking out my bathing suit for the first time of the summer.  To represent, I wore Red, White, Blue…. As best I could.

As expected, Paco showed up at Solexico after class and it was time for me to make things very clear with him.  He asked we how my excursion was yesterday and I told him good, he asked me if I wanted to sit and I told him we should go for a walk… we only made it to the front door when I finally told him my perfectly practiced phrases.  He told me that he still likes seeing me, but he understands.  I hope this will be my last blog post that includes Paco.

After class, I was absolutely exhausted and took a nap.  And by nap, I mean I went to bed at 1pm and didn’t emerge until 6pm….  It was much needed, and let’s just call it a Monday Siesta.

It is a huge Thunderstorm outside!

I quickly changed into work out clothes and headed to the gym for Zumba class from 7pm-8pm.  It was a Thunderstorm outside and I really need to start considering better footwear.  After this Zumba class, I realized I don’t really fit in and should probably try to find a new Zumba class.  The women are all old and much more chubby than to be expected….

After Zumba, I wandered over to a park a few blocks away because I heard they do dance classes every weeknight at 8:30pm for 2 hours.  Unfortunately it started to down pour, so the instructor quickly picked up his stuff and took us to an indoor location… which appears to be a bike shop during the day, but I’m not quite sure.  We learned how to Salsa, and I didn’t think I was going to be great at it, but I was absolutely horrible at it!  I still had fun and met a lot of really nice people.  Tomorrow they are teaching us how to Bachata.

“You’re just too good to be true…. Can’t keep my eyes off of you” –Muse,

Maria Katerina