One thing I forgot to mention that we did last weekend was go see a bullfight. Stuart had never seen one before and I thought that, although I´d already seen one in Spain, it might be interesting to see one in Mexico. Well the state we live in, Hidalgo, is having a big fair here in Pachuca, it´s capital, and to kick off the month long fair the Plaza de Toros hosted 7 different bullfighters last Sunday. It was pretty much the same as it was in Spain, except that each guy only got one bull, instead of two, which was a good thing because this turned out to be a over 3 hour event. The bullfighters were just as dramatic and fancy in their colorful embroidered suits and tights. the only thing I didn´t remember from the Spanish bullfight I saw was that if a bullfighter made his final blow with the big spear a direct hit and the bull fell over instantly then the crowd went crazy and waved tissue paper in the air and all looked up to the top box seat call Autoridad and waited to see if the owner or whoever that old man was would pull out his white handkerchief and wave it in approval. If he did then the bullfighter triumphantly made a victory lap waving the freshly-cut ear of the bull in his hand and the crowd threw their hats at him. Interesting. Maybe we didn´t see that in Spain cuz all the toreros were amateurs and couldnt get that spear in on the first try. Funny thing that happened, one time a bull charged and of course missed but went down so hard his horns got stuck in the ground and did a somersault. I laughed for a full minute after that.
This week was good, it flew by, went to dance on Weds and Thurs, turned in my first report cards on Friday, found out the school hired 2 new teachers and they are living in a townhouse in our living complex. Also, got a new tutoring job after school on Tuesdays with a sweet little first grader named Caro, such a sweet girl. This Wednes was the birthday of one of my students, she turned 4, her name is Andrea, shes a cute peanut who never stops, her fathers a big futbol player for Pachuca, her mom and grandma brought in a ton of food and a delicious strawberry cake for her birthday party at lunch time, and snack bags for all the kids. Love birthday parties, I learned that the birthday song down here is way different than ours, althought they all know our song and put different words to it, but this other song they sing for birthdays is super long and I have to learn it before I leave. It´s called Las
añantas. Showed my kids a mouse on Friday cuz we´re talking about animals and the letter A. They so loved him and squealed, Hi Mouse! Its my crazy biology teacher roommate´s mouse, she bought it at a pet shop to let her kids study, they love him and call him Remmy from the movie Ratatouille and even made him a Mayan paradise to run around in. He actually ate through his plastic cage last weekend and peed and pooped all over her desk and ate paper. And guess where he was when she walked in Monday, back in his cage! Hes in our house this weekend, in a bucket.
Last night we went to a concert, at a university in town. Very different kind of music, pretty rockish/emo and everyone there, mostly highschoolers, were punk with tight jeans and All Star shoes. Woops be right back