Does anyone even still read this thing?
Days got pretty damn dark there for a bit, and I got pretty sick in the Isthmus right before moving and right after the Mexico City odyssey. I am glad to be recovering, and at the moment I am celebrating finishing for real the translation of the big gay toolkit (a long but kinda cool story--we got a job translating a toolkit that is gonna be introduced at the US social forum next month!) by sitting in a very pastel cafe in a fancy part of the OAX, drinking possibly the world's worse michelada (they had a 50 peso minimum and I reasoned that beer was in order, okay?), and listening to the Avetts (good ol Avetts).
We are finally beginning to settle into the new house, which is really very nice, and I am beginning to enjoy life in the me-ways of enjoying life again. This means that this morning Betty and I took on the city early, got some errands done, went to the market and bought a bunch of pretty green stuff, a bag of eggs, a bag of milk, and walked home. Then we lazied, I ate something that could technically be called a quesadilla except that I used a flour tortilla and, um, fried it in butter, and I lazied around the house drinking coffee and reading vegan cookbooks. It was almost like being back in Chatham county. Almost.
The truth is that no matter how I manage to entertain myself here (and I entertain myself plenty), I'm not sure I could ever conceive of this as my home. And maybe that's not what is being asked of me, but maybe also a home is precisely what I want at this time. So yes. Thoughts are being had.
Also, WfP sent us FlipCams! We haven't done "real" documentation yet, but I've done some maaaaad real documentation of my hardcore lifestyle. Please observe.
(I know this is bigger than the standard size I've been using, but I kinda liiiike it, okay?)
Also, I've pulled out my old Nickel Creek album from high school, and I am by no means defending its quality, but you know what? High school was AWESOME. Also, I miss the South a million times in many ways.
Well, on the bright side, now that I have time to spend recovering and being happy and dividing my time up into awesome projects, I hope to be back to my vegan-baking/kale-cooking/fiddle-playing/picture-taking self in no time!
I hope you are all well, friends!
2 comments:
1. You are adorable.
2. I think I need to come visit again. You're in a new house! I couldn't possibly have seen everything there is to see in Oaxaca (despite what I made have said while there).
3. I LOVE MARIMBAS!
yup. still reading this thing. ;)
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