She sells seashells by the seashore

For me, every day is different here in Mexico. Some days I am acutely aware of the poverty and dangers, as well as the distance I am from home; other days I find myself swept up in the more romantic, exotic aspects of this tropical existence. For example, yesterday I saw a huge, dead scorpion on the street and two people with severely debilitating health problems, and I felt far away from all my friends and family on Thanksgiving. (Of course, I was so thankful for having a great turkey dinner on Wednesday and for having the ability to talk with my family.) Then, today I bought a bag of fresh, peeled fruits for about 75 cents and my favorite sweet snack (cocada de limón) at the market on my way to work, and later I´ll go to meet up with some family friends, the Overks, who are vacationing in Tulum. It will be great to see them!
As for the job, we are nearing the end of the cuatrimestre here at UNO. I will give all my classes their final exam next week. It´s not going to be possible to cover all of the material due to missed classes because of the holiday last week and schedule changes due to sick colleagues, but I would prefer that my students learn fewer topics more in depth than the other way around. I may even have some of them next cuatri anyway!
One interesting thing that happened last week was that I was sharing a bunch of tongue twisters in English with my students, and I asked if there are any Mayan tongue twisters, and one of my students performed one. It was really amazing to hear it, and if I can, I will try to get it recorded somehow.
I´m really looking forward to coming home for the holidays in just about three weeks! Well, I´d better get back to working on this exam. Have a fantastic weekend, everyone!