Getting to Santa Anita went much smoother yesterday. Only took us about 40 minutes. (yes that's actually normal!) First semesters started their PMC's this week. There is one first semester that has Delgadillo as her doctor with me. She ended up crying by the end of the night. Oh dear. I think she'll be fine though. It was just first-timer-tension (well, that and the fact that Delgadillo isn't the easiest doctor.)
Finally got a refridgerator. YEA! Bought it on Monday. Actually had a bit of a discussion with the lady about when they could deliver it. Not that evening and only certain hours the next day. We finally worked something out. Then about 10 minutes after leaving the store they called saying they were on their way with the fridge. What?!?! Oh well, I gave no argument. Rushed home telling my friends that I'd drop them off later. They gave no argument either. Now I've just got to get some food to put in it. Hopefully today!
Hasta!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Yo estoy lavando mi ropa.
The road that I live on is having problems. Apparently there are sections that are hollow underneath. Each day it seems that a new section has caved in. At least they are attempting to fix them it is just currently a maze driving between them. I just pray I'm not driving when one opens underneath me. My little car would not survive.
We've been playing soccer after class a few times a week. At first I felt a little weird. It's January and I'm outside playing soccer. Then I got over it. This isn't weird, I just never expected to personally experience it! Praise the Lord for unexpected blessings!
Hasta!
We've been playing soccer after class a few times a week. At first I felt a little weird. It's January and I'm outside playing soccer. Then I got over it. This isn't weird, I just never expected to personally experience it! Praise the Lord for unexpected blessings!
Hasta!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Yo estoy usando las compus en la biblioteca.
First semester students have started this week. I love not being first semesters any more. Granted we still don´t know what is going on all the time, but at least now we can pretend we do and no one knows any better. I´ve talked to a few of them, sold my books and whatnot, I enjoy being able to help them out and answer their questions, because Lord knows I appreciated all the help I received my first semester.
Feel asleep on my floor the other day. Didn´t even care that it was cold and very hard. I finally moved to the air mattress when the pain in my shoulder was no longer ignorable. I am starting to become quite attached to that air mattress. It´s quite comfortable once you get used to it. It´s probably a good thing Mom and Dad are coming to visit me as it´ll force me to actually go and buy a bed.
Our clinics started again this week. I choose to go to Clinica Santa Anita on Tuesdays. It has worked out well, because two of my friends choose the same clinic and day as I. Santa Anita is the farthest away. We left from campus yesterday in my little green honda allowing ourselves extra time. Shabnam was at Santa Anita last semester so I was relying on her to help me out (the maps the school gives us are completely worthless unless you´re trying to get lost.) We get on the road to leave GDL, drive past the golf club and Shabnam says its still a ways. I´m driving about 20 more minutes on that road before Veronica says something about how long we´ve been driving to which I quickly agree. Shabnam...in a small voice... "I actually don´t recognize this anymore!" Aiaiai!!! We turn around. Apprantly what I took as still quite a ways on the road was ment to be taken as still quite a ways to the clinic. The fact that I had never actually seen the road we were supposed to turn on didn´t help either. Driving back, once again we didn´t see it so we put the maps away and decided to do it our own way. We got to the clinic after 42 miles, 65 minutes and with 3 minutes to spare. Go us!!
The doctor assigned to me is Dr. Delgadillo, an ob/gyn doctor. That first day I saw patients from those disappointed to be pregnant yet AGAIN! to those crying having just lost their baby to a spontaneous incomplete abortion. Delgadillo´s people skills aren´t what I hope to posess as a doctor, but he makes a point in teaching me so I plan on learning a lot.
One of my classmates just walked into the lab, and upon seeing me called out his greeting, "Hey Uta!" Yesterday there was a misunderstanding as to what Uta was. He said I sounded like someone from Uta. Puzzled I asked him what Uta was. He just looked at me and said never mind. Apparently Uta is Utah. Just in case, I don´t have enough trouble understanding his Cuban Spanish accent it carries over to English too.
Got to go to class, try to learn something.
Hasta!
Prayer Request: Started Bible Study again. Our first meeting will be tonight.
Feel asleep on my floor the other day. Didn´t even care that it was cold and very hard. I finally moved to the air mattress when the pain in my shoulder was no longer ignorable. I am starting to become quite attached to that air mattress. It´s quite comfortable once you get used to it. It´s probably a good thing Mom and Dad are coming to visit me as it´ll force me to actually go and buy a bed.
Our clinics started again this week. I choose to go to Clinica Santa Anita on Tuesdays. It has worked out well, because two of my friends choose the same clinic and day as I. Santa Anita is the farthest away. We left from campus yesterday in my little green honda allowing ourselves extra time. Shabnam was at Santa Anita last semester so I was relying on her to help me out (the maps the school gives us are completely worthless unless you´re trying to get lost.) We get on the road to leave GDL, drive past the golf club and Shabnam says its still a ways. I´m driving about 20 more minutes on that road before Veronica says something about how long we´ve been driving to which I quickly agree. Shabnam...in a small voice... "I actually don´t recognize this anymore!" Aiaiai!!! We turn around. Apprantly what I took as still quite a ways on the road was ment to be taken as still quite a ways to the clinic. The fact that I had never actually seen the road we were supposed to turn on didn´t help either. Driving back, once again we didn´t see it so we put the maps away and decided to do it our own way. We got to the clinic after 42 miles, 65 minutes and with 3 minutes to spare. Go us!!
The doctor assigned to me is Dr. Delgadillo, an ob/gyn doctor. That first day I saw patients from those disappointed to be pregnant yet AGAIN! to those crying having just lost their baby to a spontaneous incomplete abortion. Delgadillo´s people skills aren´t what I hope to posess as a doctor, but he makes a point in teaching me so I plan on learning a lot.
One of my classmates just walked into the lab, and upon seeing me called out his greeting, "Hey Uta!" Yesterday there was a misunderstanding as to what Uta was. He said I sounded like someone from Uta. Puzzled I asked him what Uta was. He just looked at me and said never mind. Apparently Uta is Utah. Just in case, I don´t have enough trouble understanding his Cuban Spanish accent it carries over to English too.
Got to go to class, try to learn something.
Hasta!
Prayer Request: Started Bible Study again. Our first meeting will be tonight.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Yo estoy mexicana.
One week down, lots to go.
Bioethics was canceled today as the doctor was out of town at a conference. This bioethics class is two weeks long. Monday the doctor didn't show up and today class was canceled; that's 20% of the class right there.
Nutrition is a three week long class. Three different professors visiting from the states will be teaching us. This past week the professor was excellent...for an undergraduate institution. He actually just retired from Oklahoma two weeks ago. Don't get me wrong, I liked the guy, I just really felt like I was back at ISU. Only difference was that here he had a lot of trouble actually answering our questions being as we look at everything through the clinical aspect, and here we recognized the diseases he was talking about and could answer his questions. One result of taking a nutrition class is that I am becoming very dogmatic on the aspect of health living. I am going to be one of those doctors that everyone hates because instead of giving a pill I tell them to exercise more or at least some at all. Seriously everyone, eat your fruits and vegetables and exercise!! You'll save yourself med bills later.
I opened an account with a water delivery service the other day. Trouble is that I don't just sit at home and so have now missed the delivery twice and am becoming ever increasingly dehydrated. Water...I need water. pant..pant..
I have always looked at Mexicans in the past and thought them weird for wearing what I always thought to be inapropriate clothes for the climate. I have to laugh now for I find myself dressing the same. It's 40 when I walk to class...
....OH MY WORD, my water just came!!!! YEA!!!
...okay back on topic...It's 40 when I walk to class so I'm always wearing layers at least one if not both of which are long sleeved. Walking home from class it's 70 and I still haven't changed. Then I start doing other stuff, and before too long it's getting chilly again too late to change.
HASTA!!
Bioethics was canceled today as the doctor was out of town at a conference. This bioethics class is two weeks long. Monday the doctor didn't show up and today class was canceled; that's 20% of the class right there.
Nutrition is a three week long class. Three different professors visiting from the states will be teaching us. This past week the professor was excellent...for an undergraduate institution. He actually just retired from Oklahoma two weeks ago. Don't get me wrong, I liked the guy, I just really felt like I was back at ISU. Only difference was that here he had a lot of trouble actually answering our questions being as we look at everything through the clinical aspect, and here we recognized the diseases he was talking about and could answer his questions. One result of taking a nutrition class is that I am becoming very dogmatic on the aspect of health living. I am going to be one of those doctors that everyone hates because instead of giving a pill I tell them to exercise more or at least some at all. Seriously everyone, eat your fruits and vegetables and exercise!! You'll save yourself med bills later.
I opened an account with a water delivery service the other day. Trouble is that I don't just sit at home and so have now missed the delivery twice and am becoming ever increasingly dehydrated. Water...I need water. pant..pant..
I have always looked at Mexicans in the past and thought them weird for wearing what I always thought to be inapropriate clothes for the climate. I have to laugh now for I find myself dressing the same. It's 40 when I walk to class...
....OH MY WORD, my water just came!!!! YEA!!!
...okay back on topic...It's 40 when I walk to class so I'm always wearing layers at least one if not both of which are long sleeved. Walking home from class it's 70 and I still haven't changed. Then I start doing other stuff, and before too long it's getting chilly again too late to change.
HASTA!!
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Yo estoy poniendo en pie.
I have water again in my apartment!! For the past 20 hours I was without water. I'm rather smelly at the moment.
My friend Pamela is passing some time at my apartment color-organizing her calendar. I find myself standing at the kitchen counter typing as Pam is sitting in the chair. I have got to make this place more hospitable for visitors.
Class felt like same-old, same-old today. Yesterday it was exciting to see all of my classmates, ask them how their breaks were and whatnot. Our class-size went from 115 to 94. I went from no. 101 to no. 86. (I like the 101 better, but doesn't matter as guaranteed the 86'll only last one semester.)
I sat in the exact same seat as last semester. I am positive it's the best seat in the whole room. I came to that conclusion after sitting in it for 6 hours a day last semester, and based on that, I think it shall serve me well for yet another semester.
I'm getting used to the driving here in Guadalajara. A tad on crazy side, okay, okay a lot on the crazy side. Pam said the other night "Wow, you're Mexican" as I careened around a car to turn left from the right lane. Don't worry mom, I had my seat belt on. I bought a map and must study it so I have better bearings as to where I am going in this city.
Hasta!
My friend Pamela is passing some time at my apartment color-organizing her calendar. I find myself standing at the kitchen counter typing as Pam is sitting in the chair. I have got to make this place more hospitable for visitors.
Class felt like same-old, same-old today. Yesterday it was exciting to see all of my classmates, ask them how their breaks were and whatnot. Our class-size went from 115 to 94. I went from no. 101 to no. 86. (I like the 101 better, but doesn't matter as guaranteed the 86'll only last one semester.)
I sat in the exact same seat as last semester. I am positive it's the best seat in the whole room. I came to that conclusion after sitting in it for 6 hours a day last semester, and based on that, I think it shall serve me well for yet another semester.
I'm getting used to the driving here in Guadalajara. A tad on crazy side, okay, okay a lot on the crazy side. Pam said the other night "Wow, you're Mexican" as I careened around a car to turn left from the right lane. Don't worry mom, I had my seat belt on. I bought a map and must study it so I have better bearings as to where I am going in this city.
Hasta!
Sunday, January 11, 2009
you estoy limpiando.
quick update.
I got an apartment on Thursday. unfurnished so boy am I thankful i brought a chair and an air mattress with me.
Don't have internet in my apartment yet so I'm at a friends using their internet.
Drove to Ixtlan this weekend. Started out and realized I knew I needed road A and then road B but there was a black gap on how to get from A to B. So it was a here-goes-nothin' type feeling starting out. Some visitors from the states were there so Saturday night was volleyball - bible study - food - singing - dutch blitz - fellowship. I thouroughly enjoyed it. 'Wow I'm such an AC!'
Classes start tomorrow.
I'm going to clean my floor with my brand new broom.
Hasta!!
I got an apartment on Thursday. unfurnished so boy am I thankful i brought a chair and an air mattress with me.
Don't have internet in my apartment yet so I'm at a friends using their internet.
Drove to Ixtlan this weekend. Started out and realized I knew I needed road A and then road B but there was a black gap on how to get from A to B. So it was a here-goes-nothin' type feeling starting out. Some visitors from the states were there so Saturday night was volleyball - bible study - food - singing - dutch blitz - fellowship. I thouroughly enjoyed it. 'Wow I'm such an AC!'
Classes start tomorrow.
I'm going to clean my floor with my brand new broom.
Hasta!!
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Yo estoy agradecida.
Prayers definitely carried us on wings to Guadalajara today (well, I guess it's yesterday now.)
Left San Antonio at 3 am. Got to the border at 8 am. Car registration went smoothly praise the Lord! (I had forgotten my title in IL, but they took the license registration instead.) Started our trek through Mexico!! Here we go! We aimed our vehicles in the direction of Monterrey and took the road that was leading in that direction, and so progressed our journey to Cadereyta then to Saltillo (looked behind me shortly after leaving the city to see a cop speeding after me...thankfully he sped around me too). Saltillo to Zacatecas was hot driving through the desert. My poor laden down car was having enough trouble climbing up and down mountains and trying to survive when I wasn't slow enough for the topes (speed bumps) or missjudged swerving the holes in the road that I refused to punish it further by turning on the AC. I just about made myself sick from over heating. (I'm not too bright sometimes.) Talking to Sung kept my mind of the heat and pretty soon we were past Zacatecas and onto Guadalajara. We took a mountain road. Lots of winding good for the end of a long adventure cuz it keeps you on your toes. Sunset among the mountains and valleys was excellent. Made it to the city at 10:00 pm. Got home. Got out of my car. Experienced very stiff neck, sore knees, and the sensation that I'd forgotten how to walk.
Today went incredibly smoothly. No border trouble. No cop trouble (That is a miracle considering my IL plates would normally be a cop magnet.) No one got too tired (Why am I still up? - I got up 24 hours ago.)
In summary, I would like to thank everyone for their prayers of safe travels today/yesterday. They were answered and then some. God Bless you all!
Hasta!
prayer request: apartment shopping tomorrow.
Left San Antonio at 3 am. Got to the border at 8 am. Car registration went smoothly praise the Lord! (I had forgotten my title in IL, but they took the license registration instead.) Started our trek through Mexico!! Here we go! We aimed our vehicles in the direction of Monterrey and took the road that was leading in that direction, and so progressed our journey to Cadereyta then to Saltillo (looked behind me shortly after leaving the city to see a cop speeding after me...thankfully he sped around me too). Saltillo to Zacatecas was hot driving through the desert. My poor laden down car was having enough trouble climbing up and down mountains and trying to survive when I wasn't slow enough for the topes (speed bumps) or missjudged swerving the holes in the road that I refused to punish it further by turning on the AC. I just about made myself sick from over heating. (I'm not too bright sometimes.) Talking to Sung kept my mind of the heat and pretty soon we were past Zacatecas and onto Guadalajara. We took a mountain road. Lots of winding good for the end of a long adventure cuz it keeps you on your toes. Sunset among the mountains and valleys was excellent. Made it to the city at 10:00 pm. Got home. Got out of my car. Experienced very stiff neck, sore knees, and the sensation that I'd forgotten how to walk.
Today went incredibly smoothly. No border trouble. No cop trouble (That is a miracle considering my IL plates would normally be a cop magnet.) No one got too tired (Why am I still up? - I got up 24 hours ago.)
In summary, I would like to thank everyone for their prayers of safe travels today/yesterday. They were answered and then some. God Bless you all!
Hasta!
prayer request: apartment shopping tomorrow.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Yo estoy regresando a Mexico.
In 10 hours from now I shall be starting out on a brand new adventure... figuring out how to survive a road trip down to Texas without my Mom flipping a lid, hers or mine. Whatever may lay in store for us on the road ahead it is bound to be interesting.
The past month at home has been filled with many blessings and I find it rather hard to leave everyone behind. I gave up on my desire to study over break about two weeks into being home. I shall probably regret the lack of studying but being honest with myself, family and friends hold a higher priority so I decided to stop worrying and just enjoy the break.
When I return to Mexico I do not know when I will have internet available. In other words, I'll let you know how many times the cops stopped me on my way down as soon as possible, but that may still be a while. Only God knows when.
The plan:
Monday 5th: Mom and I drive to Texas. Stay the night at our cousins Scott & Jennie in Lewisville
Tuesday 6th: Drop Mom off at the airport in Dallas. Proceed on to San Antonio. Stay the night at my classmate's house in San Antonio.
Wednesday 7th: Cross the border. Two cars, three classmates, one destination!
Hasta!
The past month at home has been filled with many blessings and I find it rather hard to leave everyone behind. I gave up on my desire to study over break about two weeks into being home. I shall probably regret the lack of studying but being honest with myself, family and friends hold a higher priority so I decided to stop worrying and just enjoy the break.
When I return to Mexico I do not know when I will have internet available. In other words, I'll let you know how many times the cops stopped me on my way down as soon as possible, but that may still be a while. Only God knows when.
The plan:
Monday 5th: Mom and I drive to Texas. Stay the night at our cousins Scott & Jennie in Lewisville
Tuesday 6th: Drop Mom off at the airport in Dallas. Proceed on to San Antonio. Stay the night at my classmate's house in San Antonio.
Wednesday 7th: Cross the border. Two cars, three classmates, one destination!
Hasta!
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