The 6th of November

My classes at Academia Falcon are going well, and my ability to speak Spanish has already increased 10-fold. Yesterday morning, I also started taking Salsa lessons--which have proved to be quite the show for many of the people in the office, teachers, etc. since I am apparently the tallest student having ever taken the class. Nonetheless, I perservere despite my dancing impedement... (I only kid...)

Coming upon my last week in GTO, I start to wonder if I will miss it, like I miss my home--Seattle. Waking up, having breakfast with a family (a very foreign concept in the states), taking my time getting ready, leaving to about 6 really excited dogs vying for my attention has really left a mark on me. This little time here has already made me wonder why we are always in such a hurry in the U.S., and even how I want my life to be when I get back. Maybe more importantly, I have wondered why I have been in such a hurry the last four years, during my college career. Anybody have any bets?

Speaking of the dogs, I found out this past weekend that the family dog has cancer. Yodi--named after Yoda of Star Wars fame--is always the sweetest dog of all, too. I walked out today to find her bleeding from the mouth, making me wonder what is in store for her in the upcoming weeks.

Though it will make no sense to anyone except my family... How fitting is it that the Dog's namesake is from my brother's favorite childhood movie? How is that for a sign that maybe I'm in the right place right now? I don't know, maybe I'm just crazy...

Yodi's predicament aside, being around all of the dogs here have made it that much easier to take up an opportunity to volunteer for a pretty worthy cause this weekend. On Friday, I will volunteer for a group called Amigos de los Animales. Its a non-profit in GTO dedicated to educating the population about properly taking care of animals, ensuring that they are spayed and neutered, etc. They will be hosting a spay and neuter campaign and I will be handling some of the grunt work. After talking to a few people, I have decided that this is a very worth cause within the city, as there are many many many homeless dogs that scour the city for food every day. There are also, many ownders who don't know the first thing of what responsibilities having a dog entails...

After that, I will probably take off on Sunday for the City of Mexico, and the outlying pre-hispanic ruins of Teotihuacan. I'll decide when Sunday comes though. So, I guess we'll all have to wait for the future.

Anyway, I would like to remind you to do your part in controlling the pet population by spaying and neutering your pets... Until later...