once again, back in the america after a week-long trip to mexico with the group. another great adventure, another great pile of memories.

- like wednesday afternoon, when i hung out in the park with Joseph and David (pronounced "yo-seff" and "da-veed"). we spent the better part of 3 hours throwing a fake nerf football around, talking about their favorite bands, and who they wanted to marry (being 8 and 9, respectively, it was clearly time to start thinking ahead...) they then beckoned me to follow them to the local store, where i watched in disbelief as joseph pulled 3 pesos out of his ragged shoe to buy me a small bag of chips. a moment of awe i will never forget. (sigh)

me and my new friends...(who apparently didn't know we were all supposed to smile...)

arg... it's been awhile...

oh well. little bit of overtime at work here, some travelling to a way-out-of-the-way wedding there... a dash of driving out the mountains tomorrow here...

yeah, that kind of stuff. and the wedding was great. congrats, molly and brett. the APU bubble lives on, and we're all doing well, thank you.

hope you are too. it's been a bit cold around these parts... actually had to throw on the sweatshirt (note the omittance of a plural here..) i own...

neat.

oh, and i-passed-the-california-bar-fucci got sworn in today. for real. with no interruptions... (except for that lady needing to pay for her copies...). congrats to you as well, my good friend.

can we still be friends?