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Suite blog clearly isn't happening so I'm going to start writing here again to document my summer in Mexico. I've been in Monterrey since the beginning of the month and will be here through July, living on the Tec de Monterrey campus and working in a lab on a project that relates to tissue engineering. No one wants to hear about science-y stuff, though, so I'm just going to talk about life outside of work -- which mostly involves reading, sleeping, eating, drinking, and exploring the city.

Last weekend I went to Mexico City (pictures and stories later). Weekend has arrived again but tonight we are all tired so some of us went to see Raices, a traditional dance show, and now that I'm back I'm curled up in my bed about to read The Brothers K and pass out. I want to finish it along with Cien Anos de Soledad before I leave.

Now for some pictures:

my place of employment

there are deer on campus, no big deal


La Catedral Metropolitana. I think I might go here this weekend.

Bad things about Mexico:
-the grocery stores nearby do not sell many of life's essentials (sugar snap peas, hummus, non-Jif peanut butter, brownie mix, 1% milk, decent-looking chicken breasts, decent-looking fish, the list goes on and on...)
-I don't have a phone (my fault, though)
-I don't get the YES network and they don't play Miley Cyrus on the radio

Good things about Mexico:
-sun --> tan
-cheap and abundant Kinder chocolates ... LA SORPRESA
-tequila and limes and quesadillas. mmmm.
-everyone's always late, just like me! yayy

okay, hasta luego! nos vemos! besos, abrasos, xox