Running

I had completely forgotten about the feeling you get after a good run.

I used to run every night after work the last 6 months I lived in Paris. Between an hour or two just running around the empty streets of the 16eme and Boulogne-Billancourt.
I would pass by Roland Garros, Auteuil, Prt De Saint Cloud, Marcel Sembat... my city, my home.
It was amazing.
I stopped for many reasons, and haven't dared starting again since I know how far and long time I could run for back then, and would of course not be able to run the same now.
But today I did it. I ran. 45 min, good speed, faster than I would run back in Paris actually.
I think those power walks I've been taken helped quite a lot.

Back in Paris I practised for a semi-marathon, hoping to one day be able to run a full one. Today I kinda got that dream back.
Why not?! I can do it....
Well, maybe not in the next few months, but in the spring.

It felt great being out there again. Going back out tomorrow.

Will be going to the immigrations office early in the morning to sort out my status here in Mexico once and for all, and come back here, hopefully not too late, and go for a early day run, before it gets too hot.

Today I started with Memo's French classes... it was an interesting experience, to be continued tomorrow.
I also finished the paper about Knowledge. Done, done...
Now I have been trying to watch the last episode of Masterchef Australia for the past few hours, but since Megavideo (stupid) wont let me watch more than 72 min at a time, and the episode is 1h40 min, I am unable to get through the whole episode, so I have now started downloading it, but it will take another 3h for it to be done, which in real time probably means 4, so yeah... that's for tomorrow.

Wake up call at 7 les garcons...

Bisous, et bonne nuit!

The best day

Sometimes life is as complex as these wires 

I love Sundays...
They are the best days of the week!
You might be asking yourselves!?

I love them because you get to wear Sunday clothes, i.e. shitty clothes. A concept picked up when living in lovely Paris.
A downside to this concept while living here in Mexico is that it doesn't seem to exist here.
Went to Andares today (again), a mall here in Gdl.
People dress up to go to Andares, the girls wear pretty dresses, heals and way too much make-up for my taste.
It made me feel a bit bad walking around in chinos, a JIBS hoody and my old sandals.

I also like Sundays because it's eat-whatever-you-want-day.
Today I had a Carl's Jr burger and a bag of chips and cheese dip.
Who said eating healthy made you feel good. I feel awesome!

It is also the also the end of a week, and the beginning of the future starts tomorrow, Monday.
I have nothing against proceeding to the future. I like the future, because it will (hopefully) be awesome.

Today the proceeding to the future consisted of doing nothing, because, according to me, that's the freaking way to go!

This week includes many exciting events; two papers to hand in, a visit to the immigrations office, the official start of my new running career and the continuation of my struggle to quite smoking again.
So far it's going so-so one could say.
I tend to cheat quit a bit... something I do in every bet or game I enter.
But that's ok... seems to work for me.

The last 30 min of this week will be spent reading some more hilarious sms's on www.textsfromlastnight.com you guys should definitely check it out, it's a little bit like the swedish felsms.com, just way more hilarious!

Have a great future! (0;

Puss

Weekend

It's so nice we finally got to the weekend.
We fought hard, and really deserve this!

Me in Manzanillo

I have nothing special planned. Linnea, Patrick, Talloz and Armando went to Manzanillo. It would have been nice to go with them, but I have a paper to write for Monday morning, so I stay here with Daniel and Memo.
Hopefully we can go to the pool one day and maybe even the movies!

Yesterday I took it easy the whole day, no cleaning, no cooking, nothing except the really necessary.
I went out for dinner, and for a nice little chat with a beautiful view of Gdl.
Sometime we all need to just talk about what is going on in our lives, or what happened in the past, about how that affected and shaped us.
That was last night for me.
I like those kinda nights because, although I just repeat what has happened to me, and it's not the first time, I always learn something new about myself or humanity.

Today I will clean this place up a bit before starting bothering people about the pool. I will take a nice little walk and then I will watch my cooking show.

True, true, I've been cooking a lot here lately. And some of the things actually came out good!

We've made:
Lasagna
Meatballs
Meatballs with Feta cheese & mashed potatoes
Lemon and herb marinated chicken and herb and garlic marinated potatoes in the oven
Chicken wings with vegetables and ranch sauce
Fried chicken
Goats cheese salad
Chorizo and chipotle philadelphia cheese meat rolls
Serrano and herbs and garlic philadelphia cheese meat rolls
Butter fried Asparagus
Parmesan and garlic pasta with fresh mushrooms
Gulash soup with garlic bread

That shouldn't even be half, but I can't remember now!

Will write more soon

PUSS

To be an adult...

What does it mean to be an adult?
- Do you become one at a specific age?
- Are you an adult when you have a stable job and a good career?

How do you know?

If it would be at a specific age, then at what exact age?

18 - the age when, according to our governments, we can make a decision about who can run a country?!
** Proven wrong by many countries, the latest Sweden, where it seems like 5.7% of the population should be emancipated.

20 - When you in Sweden can start buying alcohol?
** Proven wrong in any bar or night club in Sweden on a Friday or Saturday night.

25 - When according to many countries you count as an adult, and no longer a "youth"
** I am 25, and I wouldn't count myself as an adult.

30+ - By this time most people have settled down, families, work, etc.
** I know quite a few 30+ people that aren't. Some are open about it, some are not. But most of them, I've seen working as a bartender... that is not adult behaviour.

But then, what is adult behaviour?

Standing up for your actions?
Admitting to being/doing wrong?
Understanding other people's feelings?
Accepting people's differences and flaws?

I would say that all of those should count for anyone of any age.
I am not saying that I do that all the time; that I manage to admit to being wrong straight away, or to accept someone's flaw (going back to those 5,7% of Swedes).
But I still think that I am on a good way to being an adult.
I am in no rush.
Although, for me, being an adult does not mean that one should stop having fun, discovering new things, and experiencing new cultures... without having to justify it to anyone.

I feel that an adult should be able to see a situation as a whole, being able to see what might not be clearly visible, and to be able put the bad behind, and move towards something better and improved.
A person I very much dislike once told me:
In order to make it to the future, you have to move forward from the past. 
And although, I at the time felt this was bullshit, it is very much true.
Whatever it implies... moving towards something better and improved is the way to go.

I have a tendency to stay in the past... going through all the bad things that have happened to me over and over again.
That has never led to anything but tears and anxiety.
And tears and anxiety sucks! (;

Anywho, this was my angry post of this half of the year... there tend to be one every 6 months or so.

I hope you all have an awesome day tomorrow, and that Nastia manages to find what was lost!

Bisous

Life

Because I like coke

Life is awesome sometimes.
I have come to realize that we have a lot of fun her at Pablo Neruda 3428.
Nothing in particular really but we just have some kind of weird humour, all of us, and we laugh; at each other (most of the time) and sometime, rarely, with each other.

Our routine now since we have an invalid at home is:

Start by a morning walk (yes, I am starting those again)
Make breakfast for Daniel
Study, study, study
Make lunch if needed and possible
Study some more
Clean if needed and if possible
Study
Go grocery shopping
Study
Patrick is off to practice with Memo
Start dinner
Patrick and Memo comes back
Family dinner
Chill out time
Bed

I actually have to admit that I haven't felt this good in a long time, with my daily routine that is.
It's quite amazing that when you actually get the things done, that needs to be done, no procrastinating, then you become happy!

Today in the afternoon we had a doctors appointment with Dr Carlos.
It was the two week check up of Daniel since the operation.
Dr Carlos took the staples out and said that Daniel now can eat whatever he wants, he's even allowed 2 beers if he really takes care of it.
So coming back home, we sat down to brainstorm about what we should make for dinner.

We made:
Beef fillets
Bacon (before not allowed)
French fries
Grilled spring Onions
and Tzatziki

It was really good, Daniel also decided to enjoy a beer... he did so and went straight to bed, fell asleep! Not bad!

Now I am off to sleep too... got a long day tomorrow. Daniel is finally coming to Tec (school), so he's going with me there at noon. Then study and clean and make food and chill and yeah... you got the idea!

Bisous a vous tous!

The Miracle of Life...

This week has passed by fast.

The routine continues: Cooking-homework-grocery stores-cooking...
But it's been a nice week.

On Thursday we went to Chapala; a lake about 1h away from Guadalajara. It was really nice, and it was even nicer that Daniel could come with us... it's nice for him to be able to see something else than the walls of our apartment.
We had some beers, lunch and some pretty good laughs.
It was Daniel, Memo, Gabriel, his girlfriend Valerie (?) and me... apparently one is supposed to eat seafood while in Chapala, but since I have mixed feelings about eating pee I got myself a burger...
A few beers later Talloz and Patrick showed up.
They had had a few more drinks than we had... maybe a way for them to deal with their hangovers from the Bicentenario celebrations; they stormed a stage with Mariachies...

We went back to Gdl and I received an amazing email from my mother... which had to be celebrated.
The celebration was a bit delayed as Patrick was stopped by the cops, but 200 pesos later (€10 ish) we got to the night club... Americas I think it was. Martin was there, he's also from JIBS, but is doing his exchange in Monterrey.

Yesterday a few of the house members were "tired"... so while they slept away the day, I was on skype with the family to talk about the amazing news.
Late afternoon I went to Grand Plaza, someone needed shorts and shoes... none of which were found... but we did go see Resident Evil 4 - We managed to get some free tickets while walking around.
I would not recommend it, but hey... who am I to judge!?

While in the movies I received another email from my mom...
The hell was over for my sister... baby Vincent was born around 2 am Swedish time on the 18th of September!!!!
I really do wish I could be there... I hope she knows I am thinking about her, but hopefully we can talk soon.

Today is a pool day... the whole day is actually dedicated to baby Vincent... and then we will celebrate the beginning of his life with good food and maybe a beer or two.

PUSS

Stressful times my darlings,

stressful times...

I am sorry for having been lost for this long time but pretty weird things have happened here.

Poor Daniel had a small accident and had to spend 4 days in the hospital and is now in a bedrest for the next 2 weeks.
This implies a lot of help from all of us here, both flatmates and Mexican friends.

So when there's some spare time over after cooking and cleaning (not too much of that is done, but still) I try to hang out with the friends.
I have also been asked to act as a French teacher for Memo from now on. That will be awesome since it's a good way for me not to forget that "frog" language as Patrick puts it.

I will try to find some time later on this week to write a bit more.

Bisous a vous

Confusion

I have come to the point in my sickness where I am completely clueless about which day it currently is.
In my head it feels like maybe Tuesday, but unluckily it is already Thursday.
Days of precious Mexico time having gone to waste because of a stupid cold! WTF liksom... haha...
Anywho, I would like to turn back time a bit. To be Monday morning again, so that I could enjoy this week, as a week should be enjoyed.
I am hoping, although it starts to seem that it is in vain, that I will be up and running again tomorrow.

I am trying to take the pills and the syrup given to me. So far it hasn't done too much difference, I still couldn't get too much sleep.
Fever seems to be back.

BUT, I don't care, today we're going to the movies, Yay!!!

Bisous

För i Tusan

Memo n I, Vallarta

As expected, my cold has gotten worse. The fever is down, but the cough is unimaginable. It freaking hurts, so badly.
Couldn't get much sleep last night because of it and when I managed to get some, the after-party started.
Now, I am actually not too mad at them, because, if I would have been sound asleep I wouldn't have heard them at all, but I wasn't.
So I joined them for a glass of coke, went back to bed and woke up again at 9.

Enough about that now.
Have spent time with Patrick, Markus, Memo, Talloz and Edgar today, felt that I needed to get my mind of the stupid cold.
Memo took me to the Doctor, which just happened to be his beautiful mother.
Nothing too serious going on, it's a virus, concentrated to the throat so that was good news, nothing in the lungs, ears or nose.
Although I do have to say that my ears are itching like crazy, no fun at all.

Edgar took me to the Taco place again, there we met up with Julio and another of his friends. Edgar likes to call this place the best taco place in Gdl. I call it "the taco place", this is for two reasons.
One very simple; it's a taco place.
Secondly: it's a completely normal taco place.

Tomorrow we're planning on going to the movies: "The Indestructibles" (????), maybe not my cup of tea, as some would say, but hey, VIP cinema... what else is there to say!?

Other than that, Talloz and I talked about going to the lake on Saturday, just for the day. Sounds like a nice plan to me, talked with Patricio Estrellita about it, he also seems to be in on it, could be a quite relax and nice day.

Now I am off to skype real quick with Mr. Dan, then bed time! Hopefully not disturbed by coughing all night.

Bisous