Hey Haley

Exiting the Cold Caves of Sloth

It’s been about 6 months since I’ve moved to Mexico City. About four months ago, I set up this blog. I even wrote an awesome first post a few months back, but never bothered to type it up and broadcast it. I think there was something in there about there being trees and sidewalks here, not cactus and sand, and how I’d finally overcome my months-long battle with laziness. Now I’m glad I didn’t post that, because soon afterwards, I slipped back into my sleepy cocoon and stayed there until, well, now. Ok, so I’m not waking up at 6 a.m. every day, but I am actually working a full work week, rekindling my relationship with the violin, and staying current on environmental and political issues. Tackling the exercise component is my next task, although gyms are inexplicably overpriced here, and I’m too embarrassed to run in the park with the other gringos (oh wait, I hate running). Most of these changes happened after my birthday - the big “QC”- I guess I finally got tired of partying and sleeping my life away. It is actually very comforting to know that there is a limit to my indolence. For a while there, I honestly thought my natural state was inertia. But horray! now I know that’s not true - a fact that I’m more inclined to celebrate with herbal tea than a shot of tequila. In short, please accept my apologies for the delay in communication, blog-style.

In my waking hours, I have managed to have quite a few interesting experiences. Claudia and Hideki’s wedding in Acapulco was unforgettable, and the too-short weekend I spent in Cuba with my friend Akira was phenomenal. My mom flew down for my birthday, and after ditching our grandiose plans of visiting half of Mexico in 3 days, we spent almost the whole time in Oaxaca - a sound decision. Other than that, I’ve seen lots of live music, met lots of locals and foreigners, adopted a cat now called Tomate (Tomato), and definitely learned a lot about the Mexican culture - a fascinating and, at times, perplexing society. The details warrant their own page on heyhaley, believe me. Hopefully that one doesn’t take me six months to write up.