WEIGHT GAIN.
Nooooo! I knew it would come to this though. I noticed it starting last week, but I was in denial... So today I started exercising so that I'm not Jabba the Hutt when I return home!
So I've dabbled a little bit in running throughout my life. I was in soccer Kindergarten through fifth grade, then did it one more year my freshman year in high school. That requires quite a bit of running, right? Well, except that I was defense... So much for that haha.
So to jumpstart my exercising, this morning, bright and early at 6 am, I went for a run throughout the neighborhood, and this is basically what I looked like:
I've been working on trying to get better at running though. The past couple years I've gone out for runs with my sister, and while I was away at BYU I went for runs about... er, maybe 15 times? Oh boy. That number seemed bigger in my head. Also, before I came here to Mexico I went for a few runs during the month and a half or so that I was home.
So why would I choose to run for exercise if it's not something I particularly enjoy doing and not something I'm any good at?
Well, I'd like to get my endurance up, and have you ever noticed that avid runners are always super in-shape?
Okay, I know that obviously doesn't seem like a good enough reason to do something I suck at so bad at.
...Fine! I'll tell you!
A teensy part of it might be that Adam is incredible at running.
Only a TEENSY WEENSY part though, okay!?
But yeah, that's probably why I started running more during my second semester at college, because that's when I found out he was this super star at running. It's just, if he ever sees me run, I don't wanna look like a rotting tomato that's about to explode. Very unsavory.
An example of my terrible-ness at running:
You know when your spit gets all thick and you can't swallow it? Well runners just spit it out, and go on their merry way.
Uh, yeah. No joke, I tried doing that on a run right before coming to Mexico, trying to be all cool, and it ended up like this:
But you know what? For what I lack in running skills, I make up in other areas! Like my smiling skills. Those are probably 20x better than the average person's! So take that, people who are awesome at running! Hahaha just kidding. I really admire runners! You guys are super awesome, and props to you for being stellar!!
Okay, now for my events of this weekend!
Thursday was SO much fun! My roommates and I all headed out
to the beach Thursday afternoon with one of our friends, Daniel. He took us to
a beach that’s west of Progreso, and it’s seriously beautiful! Everything was
so clean, the sand was really soft, the water was a pretty green, and the sun
was out!
We got in the water for a little bit, but we were supposed
to be meeting up with some of our group at Progreso, so we decided to head over
there after about 20 minutes or so. It was pretty windy in Progreso when we
arrived, but by the time we got in the water it started raining a bit and it
was SUPER windy, so the waves were all choppy.
We got out of the water and were chatting for a bit when the
two boys that were there decided to leave. As they were walking off the beach,
a girl stopped them and asked to take a picture. Nathan started to put his arm
around her, but then she said, "sin camisa", meaning without his shirt on!!! And so I took a
picture to remember this funny moment:
We decided to do something else, since the beach isn’t all
that fun when it’s really windy. Gabi and Kelsey wanted to go with some of the
girls in our group to explore Progreso, so Kate and I stayed with Daniel and we
continued our beach hopping adventures!
In total, we visited 5 beaches that day! The second to last
one we went to had a pier, and there we tons of people fishing off of it. I
even saw a real swordfish! I’ve never seen one of those in real life before!
It was pretty dark about 7:30 since it was so cloudy out,
but Daniel said he wanted to take us back to Progreso since it’s really fun
there at night. We’d never seen Progreso at night, so when we saw that it was a
CARNIVAL we were in awe!
Every night at 9 there is a huge party in
Progreso. There’s a huge tent with a DJ in it, carnival rides, TONS of food,
and lots of lights! IT’S CRAZY!
We weren’t sure whether to be happy to find this out, or sad that we missed it the first half of our trip! We didn’t stay until 9 since we had to wake up really early on Friday, so we didn’t get to stay for the dance party :( Unfortunately we can’t go this coming week either since we have too much going on, but hopefully the next week we can go party in Progreso!!
Friday we went to the temple in the morning, and it was
fantastic!!!! We relaxed during the day, and I even took my first siesta during
my trip here! Those 45 minutes were DIVINE :)
That night we there was a party for the mamá of two of the
boys. It was so much fun! There was karaoke, dancing, food…
But I’m pretty sure you already know the dancing part was a
disaster. I pretty much dance like this:
Saturday we woke up bright and early to go to Chichén Itzá
(aka Chicken Pizza), which is one of the 7 wonders of the world! It was a two and a half hour drive, but luckily we had a
movie to watch during the ride!
Chichén was a lot different than the other ruins we’ve been
to because there were SO MANY GRINGOS. It was a weird feeling, being surrounded
by white people speaking English! I haven’t had that for a whole month!
Here I am with my friend Emilio!
There
were so many little shops too! The venders were so funny. If they heard us speaking in
Spanish they told us that we’d automatically get a lower price. For the most
part they spoke in Spanish. Their English consisted of, “cheap prices”, “one
dolla”, and “Something for your boyfriend?”
Funny story! My roommate Gabi got a lower price on a ring she bought by giving the vender a kiss on the cheek. Well, it was the air right next to his cheek. How brave! She also sold her $12 pink Wal-Mart watch for a knife. What the? Hahaha.
A lot of the younger venders would ask as I walked by if I wanted a Mayan
boyfriend. I talked to one guy in particular for about half a minute, and he
mentioned his friend sitting next to him was looking for a girlfriend. Sorry boys, I already have someone, and you can't even come close to comparing to him!
:)
After we finished up at the ruins we headed to our first
real cenote, Ik Kil! Ahhhh!
IT WAS AWESOME! I even confronted my fear of
heights and jumped off a cliff 5 meters (about 16 feet) high into the water! THREE TIMES!
We got home at about 7, so we still had a decent amount of
time til we needed to go to bed. Kate and I decided that we aren’t going to
waste our nights anymore and stay at our house. We want to get out and have
fun, even if we are exhausted from a long day!
Emilio picked us up to go to one of the boys’ house to play
cards. Some of the other girls came too, so we played Monopoly Deal in
partners. The second round, Kate and I dominated! Whenever we’ve played as
partners in Monopoly Deal, we’ve won! Kate + Chanel = Dream Team. It was a fun
night! I was super tired though, and ended up lying down in the street before
we got in the car because I was so tired! Oh boy.
I was like this the whole way home:
Sunday was the first time we ever took the wrong bus! After
church we were waiting at the bus stop, and after a good 10 minutes, FINALLY
the bus we were waiting for, Linea Norte 52, rolled on up.
We piled on, and
were going down our usual route when all the sudden it turned into a
neighborhood off of the main road. I figured he was probably just making a side
stop, because bus drivers here do that sometimes. But then we kept getting
further and further from where our stop was supposed to be!
One of my roommates
pointed out that the sign on the bus hadn’t said “Villa Haciendas”, which is
the bus we were supposed to take. Luckily at that point we knew where we were,
so we got off the bus and started walking. It was a decent walk, so our usual
20-minute bus ride ended up taking us an hour. Drenched in sweat, we came home just in time for lunch!
I think from now on, we're gonna pay more attention on the destinations of the buses though :)
Okay, since this post is already super long, I'm gonna save the news about Elder Gibby for my post on Thursday. Stay tuned!
756 Days Left! :)
HAha, I LOVE reading your blog!!! It's so cute and the pictures really make it better. lol. Can't wait to read more later!! :)
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