Kickin it with a Jerk

The other night I hung out with a bonafide jerk. This man, let's call him Alejandro, was so douchetastic he actually deserves his own blog post, and so here it goes.

1. "If his wife is acting up, then he's just going to beat her."" Ya, that's when you need to beat your wife." He made several jokes about men beating their wives.

2. He moderated the pace at which we walked, and we were walking in a group!  "Hey guys, can we walk a bit slower please?" Moments later, "Ok guys can we just speed it up." Who does that?

3. Que mas? I ordered a sandwich,  una torta, and while I was eating it, he was not only staring at me, he also decided to instruct me as to how to eat the sandwich. "You have to take a huge bite, or the whole thing will fall apart. Like that, like how it's falling apart now.  It's going to do that if you don't eat a huge bite."

4. It was raining outside, and he constantly complained in graphic detail about how his health was rapidly declining. "Ugh you guys, I'm already feeling the mucus developing." He seriously said that, I can't make it up.

5. His car was parked literally 6 minutes away from my house. When I asked him for a lift back, since you know it was  night time , he said, "Why don't you just take a taxi." Did I mention that it was also raining outside?

It's actually been a long while since I've encountered a person that was truly awful, but at least he has the confidence to be himself, wife beating jokes and all.  Also, have you guys seen these powerful ads against domestic abuse from India, they're amazing. 

Back is Beautiful!

Queretaro, the enchanting place where the school I teach for is located. 

Toodles Bitches, going to Mexico. 

Hola Que Honda Wey?? Hello what's up? I'm back and this time I'm writing to you from across the Rio Grande! That's right your girl is in Mexico! I was presented with a wonderful opportunity to volunteer in this marvelous country, and I jumped at the opportunity. I felt like I was stuck in a rut, for some, routine can be a pleasurable way to past the time, for me my weekly routine was becoming stifiling! So, I shocked my friends, my co-workers and myself- i kid i kid, and came to Mexico!

At the Graduation Ceremony of three of my students. Felicidades Viry, Alicia y Lalo! 

Even though I am very close to my home in terms of Kilometers, Mexico is a whole nother world let me tell you!






I am working for a school called El Puente de Esperanza, in english that's The Bridge of Hope. The school offers a rare opportunity for young, indigenous Mexicans living in poverty. The school believes that by affording these students an education and an opportunity to give back to their community through community service projects, I'll write more about those later, these students will be able to make viable contributions to their neighborhoods and to their country.




This trip has been wonderful, but my ass has been kicked literally, mentally and figuratively. It hasn't been a cake-walk. I'm not yet fluent in spanish pero poco a poco mi español es mejor! I've had some set-backs, not knowing my way around, and not being fluent in the language but behind every set-back awaits an ever sweeter victory.  The thing is I'm really turned on by challenges, maybe I'm a bit of a masochist but it's true. I like accomplishing things that aren't easy because if they were easy everyone would do it, but I can't lie it's been rough, but I'm addicted to the growth that I see in myself, and I know that when I return to the U.S. I won't be the same girl that boarded that flight. So, stay tuned! 


I'm black I'm back and I'm in Mexico! Orale!