Day #171 11/27/11: Yardwork leads to victory…

A morning where me and my dad did some yardwork out front and our backyard and it was really worth it as we spent a good two hours raking, mowing, cutting, and cleaning up all the clutter in both parts of our house. I enjoy doing this stuff with another person because it prepares me for things later on in life as I see how his work ethic is and I can improve mine as well. After we did this, I hoped that this would lead to an Oakland Raiders victory and in fact it did as I saw that the score was 18-13 when I left and later I found out we had won the game. So, hopefully more so in the future I will help my dad out with stuff like this because who knows it could lead to great things. Work was pretty strange because of the dynamics of a co-worker of mine that is turning towards an evil side of thinking.

Day #78 8/25/11: Kids: you really want them?…

My two little cousins: They are great

In the morning, my aunt from here and my mom took a pretty decent walk to the top of a hill near where my aunt lived and it was very comforting to get some exercise and not just having to walk around. After we ate a quick breakfast (benign little author’s note: Have I mentioned food in Mexico is amazing? It’s just legendary!), The two Jose’s (father and son) decided to invite me to Sombrerete where they were going to get gas for their store that they owned. Now, one of the Jose’s is my aunt’s husband and he actually used to live with us for a little back in 1995-1996 and he always asks me questions and he seems interested whenever I come and hang with him. His son is equally friendly and he is pretty chatty when it comes to me and him talking.  Driving there was fun and the stay wasn’t that long as we were looking for a truck part and some food to take back home. On the drive back, Alan and Denise were being playful with me and I decided ‘hey I don’t see them everyday so why I don’t I just let them have there fun’. Once we got home, we ate and headed to see some corn fields and we were in awe of the scenery. Of course, once we got back we all talked some more about topics on the horizon (family, the violence in Mexico) and then the topic of facebook came up and it was quite the discussion as me and my aunt from here said it doesn’t really matter what people say on there because once you see them in person you really can’t talk about anything because you already know everything. Then wouldn’t you know it? The power went out! What a day of weirdness.