Viva Mexico!

Eh... claro que falta un buen para las fiestas patrias... pero bueno...

I am home!! It is great to be back with the family… spending time with my kids, sleeping in every day, watching movies, eating a lot…

Graduation was a lot of fun. A little stressful on the first day, but lots of fun afterwards. My sister Sarai was a little sick when they got to Dallas and I was a little nervous about it. And then my parents wanted to go to a ceremony that we had already decided not to go to. Those of you who know me may know how much stress unorganized events can give me (see the above picture, please). Sarai was not feeling well, we didn’t have any tickets, I didn’t know what exactly the event was or what to do next. Those 10 min were not fun : ) ! But the entire rest of the weekend was absolutely amazing! My entire family went to Dallas to pick me up. Dad, Mom, my siblings, my brother in law, and my little nephew ALL drove in a van and Uncle Daniel and his family drove their truck.

The Chapel family came from Kansas… an amazing surprise, since I wasn’t expecting them to come! Casey is so big now… she’ll be a young woman in no time… lol... you gotta love that face!

But anyway.. after the ticket incident it all went by pretty smoothly. Here goes even more pics...

The next day I had two other ceremonies and then my family and friends got together at Mi Cocina, a nice little restaurant near SMU… it was lots of fun, but I think that the adventures didn’t start until we ALL (hm… over 20 people, very easily) went to my cousin’s apartment. We got lost getting there, first of all… and then when we got there we realized me would probably not fit… but we went in anyways… lol. It was great. Lots of stories, coffee, cake, and sweet bread. I got to see my friends (and my boyfriend!) interact with my family. Fernando was all over the place… since he knows all the stories… hehe. Janie was taking pictures and trying to pick up on the conversations (all of us, except for Janie and Michael speak Spanish… so they both very patient with us).. Victor and Ruben were talking to Dad or to my cousins… Quijote was practicing his Spanish too. I think we were all having a lot of fun. Dad thought Michael was Janie’s boyfriend! Cute…

I wish I could see my friends and family together more often. It made me so happy! One of the best days of my life.

And then the next morning we went to church. Minino and Fer went with us. I said goodbye.. and we drove off.. back home…

Fer said I was leaving him… but the truth is that friendships like ours… well, they’re simply not common enough, I suppose. I’m taking all of them with me. I'm still wondering what the heck will I do without him and Janie and Aleks... all of them!

The boy had his qualifiers this week. My friends went to church on Sunday and lit some candles for him. I think he did well, judging by his confidence, and we are now just waiting for the results. My uncle has a spare room, so I’m always half-joking with him: “You sure you don’t want to move to Juarez for the summer ; ) ?” He can't, of course. The Bugs is getting married and he has lots of studying to do... and moving... and all of that fun stuff... But I can still bug him about it : ) ! I'll get to see him soon enough.

I miss you so much!