Ups and Downs

This is going to be a very short entry, but I just wanted to note the amazingness of studying/living abroad. I was feeling a little bummed out this morning and kind of frustrated with various things going on. However, I've been wanting to visit this really old cemetery downtown in Guadalajara, so I walked outside in the heat. Unfortunately, I picked rush hour (2 pm) to go, but oh well. I got off near the cemetery but when I walked up, I saw it was closed until the beginning of May for cleaning. I then wandered around, looking at the amazing amazing houses and streets that I always love to see..with the eventual aim of checking out a market I'd heard of.

I wandered by a bookshop and decided to double back and take a look-I always love really old looking books, retro is the best. I wound up talking to the two abuelitos (grandpas) inside for over three hours, during which time we discussed literature, economics, marijuana legalization and just about everything else. They also gave me soft drinks and when I left, gifted me a book by a famous Mexican author from the state of Jalisco, where I'm living. I also bought an amazing old volume of "Las Mil y una Noches" or 1001 nights, filled with awesome old pictures. My future kids are going to have to learn Spanish! It just serves to always remind you that amazing opportunities for new friendships and experiences are waiting around every corner.

I'm now at home, getting ready for Karaoke en español night, trying to decide between going to Puerto Vallarta tomorrow and crashing with a gringo who owns a club event business, or going to a first communion and soccer game tomorrow night with an amigo. I love studying abroad, Mexico, the world, you name it!