I can't believe I have less than 4 days to prepare myself for the first day of school. This week has definitely gone by fast. Tomorrow I have to turn in all my lessons for the first week and I'm less than half way done. I feel very unprepared but I don't think I'm alone. The plan is to work hard tomorrow during the day, enjoy myself at night, and then work hard the rest of the weekend. As much of a perfectionist as I am, I still think I need to make time to enjoy myself and have fun. Plus it's Mexico, and everything always seems to work out while in Mexico.
Things continue to go well here. All of my roommates have now arrived. The two returning girls arrived late Wednesday night and have definitely had lots of useful tips and information to share. They both have boyfriends from Torreon so hopefully they'll be able to tell us more about where to go in the city. I do think us newcomers are doing a pretty good job of exploring the city on our own, however. Last night, Lesley, Natalie and I went to a nearby restaurant and later to an Irish Pub that's in the Intermall which is only a few blocks from our house. At the Irish Pub, we met up with a friend of a friend. When I was in La Piedad, some of Gaby's friends had told me that one of their friends was moving to Torreon for his job. To make a long story short, we met up with "El cuate (Hector)" last night and he seems like a very nice guy. He was excited to have someone to hang out with since he knows no one in the city and we were excited to have met someone who spoke only Spanish.
It's still crazy to think that I'm going to be living here for an entire year. I'm excited to start traveling, to meet my students, to make new Mexican friends, and much more. Things are off to a great start and hopefully they'll only get better.
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