estoy cansado!

Yesterday I finally got a bolsa, which was very very exciting. A bunch of us TESOL people walked around el centro (downtown) for a while and then it started to POUR...the clouds opened up and it rained and rained and rained. We found covering for a while and in doing so met some people from Brazil because they were speaking English, and when you hear english, you gotta find out where people are from because its very rare and exciting. We chatted with them until the rain lightened and we made a break for the creperia. When we got there we found some more TESOL people and got there just in time because it started to POUR again. There was literally a river running down the walkway. They had to close the garage door so water wouldn't pour into the shop. When the rain lightened, we walked home very briskly because it was still raining fairly hard. We were very wet when we got home to say the least.

Today was a busy day as well. We went to Guanajuato and saw so many amazing things. Our first stop was this really cool church that was made of a lot of the gold and silver that they got from the mines of Guanajuato. Then we got to go down into an actual mine. It was pretty sweet because we heard the story of many of the miners and all of the terrible treatment they had which led to the Mexican Revolution. Next we went to the museum of mummies. This was quite disturbing, not gunna lie. But its also very facinating. The story goes like this: back in the day, there was such few places to burry people that you only had your plot of land for rent. So if your anscestors didn't pay your rent, you would get uncovered and removed. Well when this happend, the people who uncovered them discovered that the minerals in the ground had naturally mumified the people. So naturally, they uncovered many of them and put them in a museum. It was very very gross and very very cool. They still had their skin, many of them had clothes, as well as toenails, teeth, and hair (including their pubes...thats right). So of course, i thought i would share my illegally taken picture with you for you to see. its gross...so beware.

After this museum it was time for lunch. Note to self: don't eat hamburger in Mexico...

Then we went to the museum of Diego Rivera. Well actually not just a museum but his house. So we got to see where he lived and much of his art as well. Very cool. We also went to see the college and a museum of something that I cant remember but the murals on the walls were AMAZING and huge and awesome. We ended the day in a downpour of rain. again. We ducked into a store very quickly and stayed there for half an hour till everyone came back soaking wet. Then we took our long bus ride home...through the middle of a lightning and thunder storm while watching king kong. Not gunna lie, it was a little creepy, and I may have felt like I was going to die...fortunately I was able to tell myself that since we had rubber between us and the ground we were ok (which I'm not sure if thats true or not, but it made me feel better...).

So these are the reasons I'm thuroghly exhausted. And the neighbors across the street are having a birthday party and being very loud and I am pretty sure I won't be able to sleep, but its worth a try. I have a heck of a week and weekend coming my way so we'll just have to see how that goes.

Thats all for now!