changes

changes.
there´ve been a lot of ´em this semester, and especially recently, post-semester.
for instance, i´m currently staying in a hostel in guanajuato instead of with the vasquez family. ¿que pasó?
perhaps a misunderstanding, a realization that my staying there turned out to be more business-oriented (i.e. the money mattered more than anything else) than family-oriented whatever it was, i know i´m where i should be.
how do i know?
this evening as i was making myself dinner here in the hostel (by the way, how fun that was!, cooking for myself for the first time in mexico after going grocery shopping at the market, FUN!!!!), there was a whole group of people sitting around the table-- turned out they were mostly all people who work at the hostel or people who know people who work at the hostel (read: all locals: good stuff). i ended up getting invited to sit with them, and once they realized they didn´t need to translate from spanish to english for me (we had a good laugh about that), it turned into about 3 hours of conversation. these people are so awesome. the best conversation, or most helpful, had to have been with a woman (who has a daughter my age) from d.f., about why i´m not staying at the house anymore. i explained everything the best i could, saying that i feel awful that it happened, but she said i had absolutely nothing to feel sorry for-- that i was wronged-- that i did and said everything i should have done and said, and that for sure, i´m better off where i am now. (never thought i´d say that. it´s weird, but this place already feels like family. funny how that happens. there are some really buena onda here.)
so after talking, some of us went for a walk through guanajuato... ate some tamales... saw some new sights, walked through the callejones, talked with each other more and more... and what would you know, i fell in love with guanajuato one more time. it seems to happen a lot for me, and it takes almost nothing except a few moments of walking through the streets or plaza or jardines and there you have it.......... guanajuato. me encanta.
welp, time for a good night of sleep.
love you all, see you so soon!