well it was bound to happen sooner or later. i went out to dinner with my friend c from texas and my coordinator p, from ireland, and her husband, c, who is irish-mexican. good times.
when i returned home, i turned on the faucet to brush my teeth and guess what?

no water. damn. i dont know how to turn the pump on to get more water, dont ask how i dont know this yet, so i was forced to make a bold decision.

i teach class at 9am today. the gym opens a 6am. the gym has showers. i must shower before teaching all day. yup, my lazy ass was up at 545am and headed to the gym to work out and shower. i like this idea to an extent. it is 815 and i am wide awake and doing work.

but, i also went tobed at 11pm, which is cutting into my reading time (still no t.v.).

on the other hand, the school gym has free hot water. that means no turning on the gas 20 mins before i shower so that the water heats up and then running back up to the roof to turn it off before i waste too much gas by heating water i will not use.

yup, this is where i am in my life. 28 years old. running up to a roof in his underwear to turn off the hot water heater. i will leave you with that image.

happy thursday

We (the royal one) are entering into a new era. It shall be called ¨the sugarless coffee era.¨ this is mainly because I am too cheap/lazy to go buy sugar for my office where I make my instant coffee in the morning. I asked three people if I could bum some azucar from them and they told me they do not use it. Thus, I am led to believe one of two things: they are liars and don’t like sharing, or they have stumbled upon something I should have long ago. So here we go. I will let you know how long this lie will last. I like sugar and am not sure I can give it up so easily.

First week of classes at what is one of the most expensive schools in mexico. The kids are kids. Snooty? Maybe. Trendy? definitely. Teenagers? Full on. They make me laugh. It could be a great semester. Or, I could get sick of them in two weeks. But really, this is the same for any class. High schoolers are a fickle bunch. One week they love you, one week they hate you. Parents of little ones: good luck in the future. Parents of adults: no clue how you did it. Cheers to both.

my schedule is great: mon, wed, fri- 11:30 to 1:30. tues, thur 9-10:30 and then 12 to 3. pretty easy actually. i love the college scheduling system, and more, i love that this high school goes by that system.

My living situation is still somewhat up in the air. I have a roof and a bed so I am cool. It is cold at night, in the 50´s maybe, so I am loving it here. I have a gas heater for my water, which leads to a story that may amuse you. My entire life I have had hot water heaters. I come to mexico and live in the devil´s oven and no longer need it. Then I move to the mountains and freeze as I take cold showers. But, it seems like a waste to leave the gas on 24/7, so I have a solution. If I shower in the morning, I set the alarm for 30 minutes before I want to get up, and go up onto the roof, where the water tank and water heaters are, and turn on the gas and light the heater. I nap for another 25 minutes then take a shower, then run up to the roof again and shut off the gas. If I shower at night, it is much easier bc I just turn on the gas 30 minutes before I want to shower then go turn it off when I am done.

How have I never done this before? It probably wastes a lot of gas to use the heater all day when I only need it once a day. Is this a bad idea? I cannot see any potential problems as the heater could care less whether it is on all day or for 45 minutes at a time. I think it is a gas company scam. Fight the power (company).

We (the royal one) are entering into a new era. It shall be called ¨the sugarless coffee era.¨ this is mainly because I am too cheap/lazy to go buy sugar for my office where I make my instant coffee in the morning. I asked three people if I could bum some azucar from them and they told me they do not use it. Thus, I am led to believe one of two things: they are liars and don’t like sharing, or they have stumbled upon something I should have long ago. So here we go. I will let you know how long this lie will last. I like sugar and am not sure I can give it up so easily.

First week of classes at what is one of the most expensive schools in mexico. The kids are kids. Snooty? Maybe. Trendy? definitely. Teenagers? Full on. They make me laugh. It could be a great semester. Or, I could get sick of them in two weeks. But really, this is the same for any class. High schoolers are a fickle bunch. One week they love you, one week they hate you. Parents of little ones: good luck in the future. Parents of adults: no clue how you did it. Cheers to both.

my schedule is great: mon, wed, fri- 11:30 to 1:30. tues, thur 9-10:30 and then 12 to 3. pretty easy actually. i love the college scheduling system, and more, i love that this high school goes by that system.

My living situation is still somewhat up in the air. I have a roof and a bed so I am cool. It is cold at night, in the 50´s maybe, so I am loving it here. I have a gas heater for my water, which leads to a story that may amuse you. My entire life I have had hot water heaters. I come to mexico and live in the devil´s oven and no longer need it. Then I move to the mountains and freeze as I take cold showers. But, it seems like a waste to leave the gas on 24/7, so I have a solution. If I shower in the morning, I set the alarm for 30 minutes before I want to get up, and go up onto the roof, where the water tank and water heaters are, and turn on the gas and light the heater. I nap for another 25 minutes then take a shower, then run up to the roof again and shut off the gas. If I shower at night, it is much easier bc I just turn on the gas 30 minutes before I want to shower then go turn it off when I am done.

How have I never done this before? It probably wastes a lot of gas to use the heater all day when I only need it once a day. Is this a bad idea? I cannot see any potential problems as the heater could care less whether it is on all day or for 45 minutes at a time. I think it is a gas company scam. Fight the power (company).

first of all, let us not do any sullying, jimmy d williams. i received the mayo email, and i sent a personal, not forward, reply saying congrats on wedding stuff, all that, about 1 week before you got hitched. so, no intentional slamming of mister jimza.

lots of stuff to do, but wanted to set the jimmy record straight. also, i like his idea. anyone who reads this blog, leave a comment and say where you are from. maybe we will smoke this peach out of the orchard or maybe the peaches will simply refrain from commenting (location would be helpful).

so ya, if you read or read (great that the present and past tenses of this verb are the same. my students hate that) this blog. drop a comment.