Thursday 5 August
I got up and Olga had to go the dentist so I went with her. We got there around 10:30 and didn’t leave until about 12:00. Waiting really didn’t bother me. I read some magazines and then I read about half of my last book. I was actually surprised when Olga came out because I thought it would last even longer. Then we stopped at the store. I wanted to check out the mall Palacios De Hierro. So after eating at home, we walked there to check it out. First we walked to a printing store because Olga wanted to print some pictures. We didn’t walk for long because we didn’t have a specific reason to look in all the stores. There was a church across the street so then we went to daily mass and said the rosary after. It was very peaceful considering there were only about 8 people total. It was good though. Then we walked back home. Planco is the upscale end of town so we walked by a whole street with Chanel, Louis Vuitton and all the other huge brands. I really wanted to walk into Chanel because… well you know me ☺ . But we were on the opposite side when we walked by. Pepe was at the house when we got there. He treated us to ice cream later. I just got nieve de limon. They make it much differently and I figured I needed to get it at least once. But I got all tongue tied when I asked for it because I forgot the word for cup. So frustrating! The guy looked at me like I was crazy. Olga then laughed and hugged me. Ah well, happens to the best of us right?
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Wednesday 4 August
Wednesday 4 August
Olga had been wanting to find out where to go to be able to walk around the lake in chapultepec. So we walked to the forest of chapultepec and walked around there. We went around 9am so there wasn’t a lot of people around. We didn’t really find the big lake, but we just walked around the parks. The sun started to come out and there was a light breeze, it was so lovely. I really liked how there was different little sections with random sculptures and different trees. It was just so peaceful. After walking, we came out in a different section, and took a taxi to have breakfast. We ate at Bisquits de Obregon. Oh I really wanted a biquit, but no such luck for me. I had a really savory plate of chilaquiles with red sauce and a sunnyside up egg on top. Then we got to the house and took a shower and stuff. Then we picked up Pepe at his work. We drove for about an hour to get to the south of DF. We went to a mall where Pepe had to go for an eye appointment. Meanwhile Olga and I went to a restaurant to order so that when Pepe got there, the food would be served. We didn’t have much time because Pepe had to be at UNAM for a faculty meeting or something. So we ordered off a menu that was specifically for if you didn’t have much time. You got 2 items before the main meal and then the main meal. The only two things I could eat were soups. One was mushroom and flor de calabaza with lentejas and the other was consume de pollo. It really perplexed the waiter that I wanted two different kinds of soups. Then for the main meal I got chicken fajita. I had forgotten what a fajita was. I though it was like floutas. But it was delicious. On the side there was nice fat potatoes (Mexican French fries essentially). All in all, I was kind of full by the end. Then we drove to UNAM. Can you believe that there are over a quarter of one million students attending UNAM there in Mexico City? I can’t even fathom. The campus is enormous. They need buses running constantly. They had to build a bus station just for the buses for the University. So we got to the Engineering building where Pepe needed to be. We got lucky because there was a taxi right there in front, so we took it to get the cultural center where the art museum was. The art building was really neat. We went in and it was very similar to the Rufino Tamayo museum. I thought I understood, but I don’t. I didn’t even take pictures. That is how uninspired I felt. Then we walked around a bit by the buildings and Olga showed me where the big auditorium was. She and Pepe both went to school there. Then we took a bus to get to the main station, then took a bus that was on the right route to take us back to the Engineering building. The first bus got really packed! But we managed. Then we just waited and waited for Pepe to be done. Olga and I had quite a fun time playing with her new phone. We fingured out how to send an email from her phone. Then it started raining so we moved inside a lounge and just sat there for a while. Both of us ended up falling asleep. Finally we left and came home.
Olga had been wanting to find out where to go to be able to walk around the lake in chapultepec. So we walked to the forest of chapultepec and walked around there. We went around 9am so there wasn’t a lot of people around. We didn’t really find the big lake, but we just walked around the parks. The sun started to come out and there was a light breeze, it was so lovely. I really liked how there was different little sections with random sculptures and different trees. It was just so peaceful. After walking, we came out in a different section, and took a taxi to have breakfast. We ate at Bisquits de Obregon. Oh I really wanted a biquit, but no such luck for me. I had a really savory plate of chilaquiles with red sauce and a sunnyside up egg on top. Then we got to the house and took a shower and stuff. Then we picked up Pepe at his work. We drove for about an hour to get to the south of DF. We went to a mall where Pepe had to go for an eye appointment. Meanwhile Olga and I went to a restaurant to order so that when Pepe got there, the food would be served. We didn’t have much time because Pepe had to be at UNAM for a faculty meeting or something. So we ordered off a menu that was specifically for if you didn’t have much time. You got 2 items before the main meal and then the main meal. The only two things I could eat were soups. One was mushroom and flor de calabaza with lentejas and the other was consume de pollo. It really perplexed the waiter that I wanted two different kinds of soups. Then for the main meal I got chicken fajita. I had forgotten what a fajita was. I though it was like floutas. But it was delicious. On the side there was nice fat potatoes (Mexican French fries essentially). All in all, I was kind of full by the end. Then we drove to UNAM. Can you believe that there are over a quarter of one million students attending UNAM there in Mexico City? I can’t even fathom. The campus is enormous. They need buses running constantly. They had to build a bus station just for the buses for the University. So we got to the Engineering building where Pepe needed to be. We got lucky because there was a taxi right there in front, so we took it to get the cultural center where the art museum was. The art building was really neat. We went in and it was very similar to the Rufino Tamayo museum. I thought I understood, but I don’t. I didn’t even take pictures. That is how uninspired I felt. Then we walked around a bit by the buildings and Olga showed me where the big auditorium was. She and Pepe both went to school there. Then we took a bus to get to the main station, then took a bus that was on the right route to take us back to the Engineering building. The first bus got really packed! But we managed. Then we just waited and waited for Pepe to be done. Olga and I had quite a fun time playing with her new phone. We fingured out how to send an email from her phone. Then it started raining so we moved inside a lounge and just sat there for a while. Both of us ended up falling asleep. Finally we left and came home.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Tuesday 3 August
Tuesday 3 August
So I got up at 7. I had eggs with beans on tostadas for breakfast. I said goodbye to Lili and then we were getting in that car. Abuelo kept telling me if I checked everywhere to make sure I didn’t forget anything. I thought I checked, then Lili came back outside with my tennis shoes. Ooops. I thought I checked. Then Chata and Abuelo drove me to the bus station. It was sad. Then I said goodbye to them. Before I got on the bus, I had to pee really bad so I paid my 2 pesos to go to the bathroom. They have those turn stalls to pay, go in, then leave. Well it took me a while to figure out which was the exit one. I remembered that time I was with mom and a poor man had to go to the bathroom so bad that he didn’t notice that he walked into the women’s bathroom. Then I said good bye to los abuelos. I listened to my ipod for the first half of the ride. I was kind of worried that it was going to be a rough ride because there was a mentally ill man with his family sitting in front of me. Before we got going he was talking really loud and moving around a lot. But as soon as we got started, he calmed down and was fine for the rest of the ride. One thing that drove me crazy though was that a man behind me was playing with his phone and he would not turn the sound off so for at least an hour and a half I listened to bleeps and boops that were just killing me! For the second half of the ride I watched Father of the Bride. It was subtitled and I really like that movie. The ride went by really fast. I left at 8:45 and got in at 12:20. I was really worried though because I had told Olga 1oclock. So I had no idea what to do, so I just stood in the ETN waiting room for over an hour until Olga came. Apparently there was some crazy traffic and she took a taxi, and they were stopped on one street for 30 min. Then we walked outside, hoping that the taxi she had taken, was still there, but no such luck. We had to walk back inside to get a ticket for the taxi. Remember that one time when we saw that group of nuns just piling into one tiny car, well on all the taxi’s they said there was a person limit now. It must have been a funny sight because Olga walks really fast and then me jogging behind to try and keep up with my luggage and a heavy plastic bag. She wouldn’t really stop for me to catch up so I have some bruises on my leg, because I had to just haul the luggage up and down steps quickly. We got on the taxi and finally made it home. Then we had something to eat. The only meat was milanesa (breaded) so I couldn’t eat it. Instead I had rice with deli turkey and potatoes. We didn’t do anything after that. I went to bed and slept!
So I got up at 7. I had eggs with beans on tostadas for breakfast. I said goodbye to Lili and then we were getting in that car. Abuelo kept telling me if I checked everywhere to make sure I didn’t forget anything. I thought I checked, then Lili came back outside with my tennis shoes. Ooops. I thought I checked. Then Chata and Abuelo drove me to the bus station. It was sad. Then I said goodbye to them. Before I got on the bus, I had to pee really bad so I paid my 2 pesos to go to the bathroom. They have those turn stalls to pay, go in, then leave. Well it took me a while to figure out which was the exit one. I remembered that time I was with mom and a poor man had to go to the bathroom so bad that he didn’t notice that he walked into the women’s bathroom. Then I said good bye to los abuelos. I listened to my ipod for the first half of the ride. I was kind of worried that it was going to be a rough ride because there was a mentally ill man with his family sitting in front of me. Before we got going he was talking really loud and moving around a lot. But as soon as we got started, he calmed down and was fine for the rest of the ride. One thing that drove me crazy though was that a man behind me was playing with his phone and he would not turn the sound off so for at least an hour and a half I listened to bleeps and boops that were just killing me! For the second half of the ride I watched Father of the Bride. It was subtitled and I really like that movie. The ride went by really fast. I left at 8:45 and got in at 12:20. I was really worried though because I had told Olga 1oclock. So I had no idea what to do, so I just stood in the ETN waiting room for over an hour until Olga came. Apparently there was some crazy traffic and she took a taxi, and they were stopped on one street for 30 min. Then we walked outside, hoping that the taxi she had taken, was still there, but no such luck. We had to walk back inside to get a ticket for the taxi. Remember that one time when we saw that group of nuns just piling into one tiny car, well on all the taxi’s they said there was a person limit now. It must have been a funny sight because Olga walks really fast and then me jogging behind to try and keep up with my luggage and a heavy plastic bag. She wouldn’t really stop for me to catch up so I have some bruises on my leg, because I had to just haul the luggage up and down steps quickly. We got on the taxi and finally made it home. Then we had something to eat. The only meat was milanesa (breaded) so I couldn’t eat it. Instead I had rice with deli turkey and potatoes. We didn’t do anything after that. I went to bed and slept!
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Monday 2 August
Monday 2 August
My last day ☹ so SAD. So it was cleaning day again. This time we finished really fast, but Lili didn’t let me do much. I dusted and swept one of the patios. I really wanted to mop and she didn’t believe me. Then I wrote los Maron´s a note, and I walked to their house. No one was there, so I left wedged in the door. Then we called Chucho and invited them for merienda. Then Pati called me and invited me over for merienda. I said no obviously but thanked them for everything. Over rice and beans, they analyzed how all three of us sisters are different. Conclusion = I am the happy medium. Hahaha. After eating, then Abuelo went to bed and Chata and I watched a movie that had Johnny Depp and Leo DiCaprio when they were super young. Then we went to the store to buy tostadas for merienda. Chucho got there and we played Memory. I got my butt whooped. My pride hurt a bit because playing with Lili and Chata I did quite well. Oh well. Then we ate tostadas with frijoles. Chata felt really bad because she had started to make chicken for me instead of cheese, but to add flavor she added cream. I just put lettuce and tomatoes on mine. After Chucho left, none of us wanted to mention that I was leaving on Tuesday. I felt really sad. So we were just talking about such and such. Then Chata and Abuelo gave me a present. They gave me an esclava with my name on it, and I was so touched that I cried like a little kid. I felt really loved by them because I will always have something that will remind me of them. Lili said that looking at pictures, reminded them that they are my godparents.
My last day ☹ so SAD. So it was cleaning day again. This time we finished really fast, but Lili didn’t let me do much. I dusted and swept one of the patios. I really wanted to mop and she didn’t believe me. Then I wrote los Maron´s a note, and I walked to their house. No one was there, so I left wedged in the door. Then we called Chucho and invited them for merienda. Then Pati called me and invited me over for merienda. I said no obviously but thanked them for everything. Over rice and beans, they analyzed how all three of us sisters are different. Conclusion = I am the happy medium. Hahaha. After eating, then Abuelo went to bed and Chata and I watched a movie that had Johnny Depp and Leo DiCaprio when they were super young. Then we went to the store to buy tostadas for merienda. Chucho got there and we played Memory. I got my butt whooped. My pride hurt a bit because playing with Lili and Chata I did quite well. Oh well. Then we ate tostadas with frijoles. Chata felt really bad because she had started to make chicken for me instead of cheese, but to add flavor she added cream. I just put lettuce and tomatoes on mine. After Chucho left, none of us wanted to mention that I was leaving on Tuesday. I felt really sad. So we were just talking about such and such. Then Chata and Abuelo gave me a present. They gave me an esclava with my name on it, and I was so touched that I cried like a little kid. I felt really loved by them because I will always have something that will remind me of them. Lili said that looking at pictures, reminded them that they are my godparents.
Sunday 1 August
Sunday 1 August
So I got to sleep in because I couldn’t sleep all night. I wanted to go to the 10:00 mass with the nuns. But we got up too late. Oh well. Then I after breakfast we were looking at pictures. I got to see the pictures from los abuelos wedding. Chata looked so beautiful. I really enjoyed that. And I just asked them questions about that. We lost track of time and got in to Mass at the Gloria. When we got out, we thought abuelo was going to pick us up. So we waited and waited. Meanwhile I asked Chata about her parents. She said she was really spoiled. If she wanted to go to the movies, they would take her, etc. etc. So she thinks that is why she was so strict with her kids. She told me that when she was in the 6th grade, she didn’t want to go to school anymore, and her Dad was fine with that, but her mom made her. Then she didn’t want to work, but her mom wanted her to. If she hadn’t worked then she would not have met el abuelo. Her dad worked on commission selling canned foods to the grocery stores. Finally, we got tired of waiting and walked home. We found abuelo asleep on the couch. He didn’t realize we thought he was going to pick us up. Then we ate. With fresh tortillas (so YUM). Then I raided La Michoacana again, paleta de coco again. The lady there definitely recognized me. ☺ Then Lili did my nails for me. She had those stickers with shapes on them and you paint over. I have little white moons on my nails, then she did them French style. ¡La araña, la araña! Haha. Then we had merienda with mom and dad. That was lovely.
So I got to sleep in because I couldn’t sleep all night. I wanted to go to the 10:00 mass with the nuns. But we got up too late. Oh well. Then I after breakfast we were looking at pictures. I got to see the pictures from los abuelos wedding. Chata looked so beautiful. I really enjoyed that. And I just asked them questions about that. We lost track of time and got in to Mass at the Gloria. When we got out, we thought abuelo was going to pick us up. So we waited and waited. Meanwhile I asked Chata about her parents. She said she was really spoiled. If she wanted to go to the movies, they would take her, etc. etc. So she thinks that is why she was so strict with her kids. She told me that when she was in the 6th grade, she didn’t want to go to school anymore, and her Dad was fine with that, but her mom made her. Then she didn’t want to work, but her mom wanted her to. If she hadn’t worked then she would not have met el abuelo. Her dad worked on commission selling canned foods to the grocery stores. Finally, we got tired of waiting and walked home. We found abuelo asleep on the couch. He didn’t realize we thought he was going to pick us up. Then we ate. With fresh tortillas (so YUM). Then I raided La Michoacana again, paleta de coco again. The lady there definitely recognized me. ☺ Then Lili did my nails for me. She had those stickers with shapes on them and you paint over. I have little white moons on my nails, then she did them French style. ¡La araña, la araña! Haha. Then we had merienda with mom and dad. That was lovely.
Saturday 31 July
Saturday 31 July
We went to the store. Then we saw Inception. I really really liked it. I want to see it again. The plot was so tight. I bought the goodies again. I got chata caramel popcorn, then I got a medium caramel with chile popcorn mixed for Lili and I and we both got some Cocacola. We got there a bit late so we got in the second row. ( The theaters are not like there, The second row would be like the first row in the second section there). I was very happy with it but no one else liked that. Chata and Abuelo felt too crowded there (considering they always go to the very back). None of them really liked it, but I did. We got back and they were not too happy, but I was. I tried to go to bed early but it backfired and I couldn’t sleep at all.
We went to the store. Then we saw Inception. I really really liked it. I want to see it again. The plot was so tight. I bought the goodies again. I got chata caramel popcorn, then I got a medium caramel with chile popcorn mixed for Lili and I and we both got some Cocacola. We got there a bit late so we got in the second row. ( The theaters are not like there, The second row would be like the first row in the second section there). I was very happy with it but no one else liked that. Chata and Abuelo felt too crowded there (considering they always go to the very back). None of them really liked it, but I did. We got back and they were not too happy, but I was. I tried to go to bed early but it backfired and I couldn’t sleep at all.
Monday, August 2, 2010
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