Week 3...a new outlook 9-28

This morning Josh and Dusty left on a short hiking trip until tomorrow evening. Thus I am on my own in Merida for the first time since we´ve begun this adventure. It feels great to be pushed into being courageous. I´ve walked about town, purchased 4 different cups of coffee at different times. The coffee comes in 1-3 oz cups(plastic shot glasses) almost always with sugar and often with milk. Fed up with fried food for a while, I bought a few healthy groceries. I also enrolled in a week of Spanish lessons, it will be 18 hours starting at 4pm today and ending Friday. Hopefully I´ll learn some basics to be a bit less dependant upon Josh, and feel more comfortable.

When I was walking around town this morning I realized that I am having a very nice time. Being more courageous and trying out my meager Spanish skills has helped tremendously. Being my own leader is something I need to do more often. For the past 3 weeks I´ve been following Josh around like a lost puppy. Today stepping out and chosing what to do on my own felt amazing. I guess Josh and I will have to try to share the lead of this adventure a bit more.

Well, off to la classe de espanol.
hasta luego