1st day at UDEM

Sorry folks i cant post every single day...its pretty depressing without a laptop but i got a mexican cell phone so at least i can feel like i have a few friends. I love it here!! Except for nights are terrible and its too hot to sleep. I moved in! to a little brick shack...i mean house. yeah its pretty cool. i have 2 roommates one girl from mexico and the other girl is an exchange student but i havent met them yet cuz they dont move in until aug 2. Right now i´m at UDEM (universidad de monterrey) checking the school out and having orienatation. I like it.

The parties are great. I need to take more pictures. The people are so so nice! Its fun. Yesterday I just went grocery shopping, organized my room, helped Miia find an apartment, hung out, Walter came over to my house, went swimming, parited, danced, had a good day.

The mountains are great.

This is my friend Carlo and me in a taxi

Edith and Elsa sitting on the balcony

mangos, charlotte, taxis

Yesterday was good! I started to have lots of fun and met lots of cool friends. I decided that Mango is my new favorite fruit. Americans aren´t much of world travelers wanting to learn lots about other cultures apparently but i´m going to travel all over and have connections where i go. These way fun guys from Holland and France are hilarious and call me Charlotte- its easier than sharlene i guess. people from different countries have the hardest names to pronounce and remember. dont try to get a taxi at 2 am on a sunday night. its tough, but luckliy people are helpful. i love miia- we are the 2 blondes- shes from finland. I slept in til noon today. I wish i would have brought my massage book!! what was i thinking. and i´m glad i broght my scriptures and preach my gospel because when i say i´m from salt lake city and dont drink, lots of mormon questions arise haha. i love it here!

Pictures in Mexico

Elsa, Daniela and me at a house party on the deck. Fun times! This is a very ugly picture of me and sabrina bright and early on the way to the airport before our teary eyed depature for 5 months. I love my family! Dont know what i´ll do without you. I´ll have fun in mexico! Thanks mom and dad for everything! This is the hostel i´m staying in- Monterroco. There are trees just like the ones you guys made at my party!!
There are bars on all the windows and doors. yep feel very safe...

This is our group bunkbed arrangement. The girls are so nice.

24th of July

We all went over to Jessica´s house on the 24th and went to the mall, talked, ate and just hung out. It was a fun day.
David, Sabrina and I lit fireworks and tried to make a few of our own. We played pictionary and charades with spaklers- very fun!

Day 1 in Mexico

Today has been an intersting day! I like it a lot! My first flight from slc to vegas went perfectly, after a few tears and dollars my flight to monterrey was good too. Airplanes and airports are pretty cool not too scary. I liked it. I am so thankful for Daniela my "i link" buddy that was set up from the school. She picked me up from the airport and helped me change my money from dollars to pesos. We had some good conversations in spanish and english. its so crazy- i´ve spoken more spanish today than my whole life combined. I like it a lot. We drove to my hotel (Monterroco Hostel) and saw a lot of the city. Its so different- more trees, more humidity, the houses are not so nice, the streets and drivers are freakier, the stop lights are so cool and flash if they are about to change colors. I really like this hotel its like a house. The girls little dorm has 4 bunkbeds. There are SO many exchange students that come to this scool- UDEM and also monterrey Tech. I´ve met people from france, austrailia, finland, belgium, mexico, new york, lots from france actually. So the conversations are half spanish, half french and half english. The people are SOO nice and always kiss on one cheek when you come and leave. We got drinks at the gas station, ate dinner. People smoked and drank at the dinner table so that was different but its cool getting to know people. The owner of this place is so cool. Then Daniela and i went to a party and i met some of the people i´ve met on facebook and lots of cool friends. I´m glad Daniela doesn´t drink. I´ve been trying to speak a lot of spanish. its really hard! I am So tired so i cant add pictures! Sorry I couldn´t call mom and dad, my phone doesn´t work. weird i know...I love you so much!! they have different keyboards here. and green taxi´s. Thats all for today folks!

Mexico here I come!

I had a going away BBQ on Wednesday day and had lots of friends come. My family decorated the backyard so cute- we had a fiesta! THanks guys. I am going to Mexico for the next 5 months and really excited. I will miss you guys but it'll be a good experience. LOVE YOU ALL!!

We had a pinata and it was awesome getting into the mexican spirit. Haha

Best Friends- Caitlyn and Shar being thugs haha

Afterwards we went downtown and hung out with some people that were sleeping over to get good spots for th parade the next day. THanks everyone for coming. I had a blast! No worries I will blog all about my new adventure!!

Golfing

Last night I went real golfing for the first time and it was so fun! I thought golfing would be kinda boring but you get that one good shot that keeps you going. We went to fore lakes- so pretty easy course- great place to start on the 3 par to build your confidence even if you suck. haha. Summer is great!

Friends

Summer has been fun! I love Lance, Ashly, and Nikki. Lance and I go to lunch sometimes cuz he's serving a service mission downtown and my job is kinda down there. Ashly is in New York being a nanny for a year. I'm thankful for good friends!

Thursday night I went country dancing with Nikki, Amber and some other people at Studio 600 and it was a blast! They have country dancing in one room and hip hop in another room. We had fun.

4th of July

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