2010.06.24

• A delightful weekend in Mexico City. I attended the first communion of two daughters of one of my best friends —I’m wearing the dress I made for the occasion. I’m posting the only photo I’m in —a couple of you were curious as to how it turned out.
  I stayed at my aunt’s, and we went to the movies with her daughter and her son’s girlfriend, so it was four of us to go see “Sex and the City 2” ;) We also watched a World Cup game on their HD tv. Wow!! And OMG! I almost cried the next day back home when I watched another game in my 25-year-old tv :P
  I also met with three cousins and four of their children for tacos and coffee. They’re some of my cousins I feel more connected to, yet I only see them very sporadically —besides last year, I had not seen them in 10 years!
  And lastly, I also met with my very good friend P, with whom I had breakfast in a nice restaurant in downtown Coyacán —one of my top-favorite neighborhoods—, and then we strolled around the main square to find out that the “temporary” stands and tents from sellers were finally gone. They had been there in the main square for as long as I can remember until about two years ago when they got kicked out by the residents. The feeling of the unobstructed view of the fountain with the coyotes sculpture in the early morning was sublime:
  
• The resolution of my name correction in my papers finally came back. It was a negative resolution because apparently the correction “does not proceed”. I get a feeling that someone just got lazy about it and decided that, after five months, that it was the best way out of it. I’m so angry about it, and I wanted to cry it out, but I just haven’t been able. My brother told me to not take it so personal and just adopt my new name spelling. Although spelling my name differently after 40 years bothers me, somehow it doesn’t bother me as much as the fact that they took FIVE freaking months to “solve” this, and now I have to make them give me some paper that proves that both spellings belong to only one person. I really hope this doesn’t haunt me some years ahead with property, or pension, or social security, or whatnot.
  So, the only reason I’m writing this down under this goal is because I’m finally able to process my passport —under the new spelling, but whatever… I’m still for Spain, and tomorrow I hope we win!! ;)
• My internet connection and my computer in general have been painfully slow, yet here I am trying to post but it’s not likely that I’ll be too active :( I’m having ups and downs lately, but I’m posting both equally as they are all part of enjoying life :)

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