Nuestra Primero Terremoto(Our first Earthquake)

Last night around 7:30, we were on the beach and we felt a tremor! At first we ignored it and Karlie thought it might have been a big truck but immideatly afterwards it was apparent that it was a small earth quake. Welcome to the Pacific Coast!

This is me, "working"...for real y'all.

Holy Guacamole! A whole Month?

"You've been here a month? I haven't seen you. Don't you ever go out?" That's what this kid asked Karlie when she was hanging out on the Zicatela(the beach we live on) yesterday. And truthfully we've been so busy we hardly noticed we've been here that long. Working 7 days a week, rising and going to bed early, we really haven't been "out" much except to surf or walk along the beach but everyday as quickly as it expires, ends significantly with the orange sun melting inside the Pacific, ever inspiring. Things at work are really good. It's starting to pick up now that we're into Dec. and we've learned that trying to manipulate the weekly schedule can be a bit of una pesadilla(a nightmare). But we're really learning a lot and connecting to a lot of great folks who are amped about Mexican culture and learning Spanish and our Spanish is already improving as well. Que bueno! It's pretty funny too how comfortable we are with the culture here. When we first crossed the border it was a bit of a culture shock again but now it's old hat(or shall we say "sombrero viejo"). The screeching advertisements of the tortilla delivery VWs at 7am have become our alarm clock and we awake with a smile and the thoughts of warm masa. It's been a little hectic dealing with things since our boss Brian is still here and we're still not living on the school property so even though we're doing all the work we're still sort of the middle man which has proven to be tough. We thought he'd be gone by now but he's pretty Mexican so y'know "manana, y manana". Once we move into the school things will start to gel more but we'll definitely miss our apt. down on the other end of the beach, much farther from the highway but also farther from the beach than the school house. So besides work we've been trying to stay busy creatively too. Mike's been playing music nearly everyday since we got here! They played once and EVERY person in the place was dancing but the bass player was only passing through from Finland so at first it seemed like that was the first and last gig for a while. BUT our friend's buddies from Mexico City showed up to stay indefinitely so now they're a 5 piece and are playing a gig on Monday(which is the "big" night out here in Puerto).Cha cha cha. Karlie has taught a couple of private yoga classes and is trying to get the ball rolling to teach bi-weekly group classes here at the school. The classes will be donation based in the spirit of karma yoga...we'll see how it goes.
Paz y amor...