My second day here started a wee bit late. David and I both slept in pretty late. Honestly, he needed it (he's been working way too much lately), and I was still trying to recover from no sleep the night before. So we both caught up.
We kinda bummed around a little bit before getting dressed and ready. Then David took me out on his motorcycle! I was a little nervous at first. I have never ridden on a motorcycle before so obviously it's a little scary. But I think one thing that helped a lot was that I completely trust David. And that made it a little easier for me to just relax on the bike and not tense up like maybe some people would. Anyway, it was super fun! He only had one helmet, so we stopped at a little shop and bought one for me. We mainly just rode around his neighborhood streets, but at one point we ventured out onto the main avenue--which was actually a little better, since it's one long, flat road as opposed to the winding, pot-holey, speed-bumpy roads of David's neighborhood. Anyway, it was pretty awesome!
One thing that is SUCH a stark difference from the States is the way people travel around. You can see entire families on one motorcycle--we're talking two parents and two kids!! I've also seen people driving around with babies on their laps in the front seat! People in the States would flip their shit at something like that....Child Protective Services anyone? But here, it's such a normal thing. Typically those people are only driving around on neighborhood roads, which are small and winding, and you can't go that fast on them anyway. And people tend to drive more carefully, so that may have something to do with it. I just think it's funny, considering I've seen posts on my Village's FB page about "OMG I JUST SAW A MAN DRIVING A MOTORCYLE WITH A ***CHILD*** ON IT!!!" And here it's just a normal occurrence. So interesting.
Anyway, after riding around for a bit, we stopped at David's Tio's house for a graduation party. It was a really nice time, sitting, talking, listening to music, eating mole and rice and the most delicious cake ever! Then we sat out front for a while. I was actually able to carry on a pretty good conversation in Spanish with David's Tia. Sometimes I really surprise myself with how far I've come in learning Spanish. I still have a long way to go, but I'm working on it!
After we left the party, we ended up meeting up with a couple more of David's friends at one of their houses. They had pozole, but we were still pretty full from the mole. So we sat and talked and drank for a bit before heading home again. Another great day with nice visits with friends and family.
Unfortunately, upon returning home, David was taking a picture of me next to the motorcycle with my phone--and dropped it!! It was totally fine at first. The screen wasn't cracked or anything! I did have a cover on it that had protected it pretty well up to this point. But it fell face down on the hard tile. A little while later, I noticed a small crack right by the home button, but that was it. Sadly, the next time I went on my phone, I noticed some black/purple lines near the bottom of the screen, and it was hard for me to type on the keyboard. The black splotches became worse and worse until it was almost impossible to see my screen. We tried to switch the SIM cards between my phone and David's US phone (he has a phone with his US number on our plan, and a phone with a Mexican number since he's living here now). Unfortunately we had to call customer service. As it was already pretty late, we gave up for the night and figured we'd deal with it the next day. To be continued...
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