new week in puebla

job 8:21

"He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy"

welp. it's wednesday. hump day. middle of the week. tomorrow we can say that 'tomorrow is friday'. is this a bad outlook? probably so. this week has been a little rougher than any others. i don't really know why. i can't pinpoint a specific reason. maybe it's because i've had a lot more alone time this week than before. alone time just to think. which i have enjoyed. it's not really negative emotions that i'm feeling - i think just wanting something comfortable. family, maybe? friends back home? probably a combination of the both. but family & friends - know that you are dearly missssssssssed. and december 22 will be here before i know it! :)

it's F R E E Z I N G here. i don't feel that i'm overreacting when i say freezing. it's COLD. i've been checking weather lately and it's been the same coldness here that it is back home in alabama. the kicker here is that we don't have a heater. and we have tile floors. and these 2 aspects = unbearably cold house. the mornings are TOUGH. it's hard to move. the good news is, i'm going shopping this weekend. and i'm going to check on prices of space heaters, sweatshirts, and winter boots :)

tutoring

so this week has been INCREDIBLE as far as tutoring goes.

i've added 2 students to my weekly tutoring!

one of the students' moms wants me to help her with english as well

so, technically i've added 3 students :)

this is great, great.

what's the deal with cam newton? i'm actually really glad i'm not in alabama to hear about all of that all the time. i get enough from facebook. is it really that big of a deal?

brittan's birthday was monday. people from la casa had a big dinner for her for her birthday - it turned out really great. everyone did so much to make it a success! monday night, we went out to dinner for her birthday & then i came home to start painting our living room! i bought paint and wanted to paint the living room for her birthday. i want her to feel more at home here, and painting would be a good step! but i ended up not finishing. the living room is HUGE. but i got more finished than i thought i would. it's really BRIGHT. it was supposed to be a burnt orange with a light turquoise. but the orange is pretty much brighter than anticipated. i actually really like it though. it looks really mexican & awesome. i'll post pictures when it's all finished and pretty.

i've still been gymnasio'in it up lately. the walk to the gym is getting easier and less of a hassle but nights like tonight - i wished it was super close. it took a lot for me to get up and go to the gym. however, i'm sure even if it was close i would have felt the same way. but my running is improving! hooooray.

that's about all i've got, yawl.

now just some pictures.

some of the biggest pan i've ever seen.

this is pan from dia de los muertos from oaxaca

a gift from one of my students :)

i realized this blog had a lot of negativeness in it.

here's some happy things.

presh.

dear december,

if you could come quickly, i'd love you.

with all kinds of LOVE from chilly mexico

-meggie