First days in San Miguel

Now I am staying at the house of one of my favorite high school teachers in San Miguel de Allende. It's cool becuase now I get to know him as a real live person! I have been taking long walks with Rising and seeing what the town is like. She is just fine from her accident. No limp, no pain really. Her incision didn't heal properly and there was talk of reopening the whole thing but now it is looking much better. I think the guys in Merida cut way too much. I am kind of upset but I can't change it now. She is so smart though and we are having a lot of fun. El maestro totally loves her too.

I am on my own again. It is actually very nice. Memo didn't have any money and I wasn't doing anything in Puebla so we decided it would be good if I ran off for a bit. I like having time to myself (as everyone seems to know) and our relationship is endlessly intense so taking breaks is really good I think. As for artesanias, I actually can't sell here. It's only if you pay for an actual stand in the market and I don't have enough stuff or time yet. So I am working on making lots of new stuff. I have been
trying all sorts of new ideas and some nice things have emerged. I am also looking into buying a dremmel which I would use to cut stones and also to work silver. They cost something really affordable like $60. I am so interested in learning more more more! San Miguel is really neat, the streets are all cobbled and there is art EVERYWHERE. They have a fantastic art school that I am going to check out today. And tons of americans. Which is a little wierd but not as bad as I thought it would be. They are nice for the most part althought maybe a little goofy. There is this whole "travel fashion" thing where they get all dressed up in the jewelery and fancy hair and scarves but with quick dry pants and KEENS (damn those keens, I know my whole family loves them, but nothing screams, "tourist" more than they do). Some of them have this elitist attitude though like "ooo I am so special I live in Mexico" and I'm like, um... we are all in Mexico right now. Mheh, what can ya do? One cool thing is that with the Americans come the things they like, such as good cheese and bread, foreign cuisine, yoga, meditation, recycling, hiking clubs, and so on, so I get a little respite from beans and tortillas and can stretch out a bit.