Its a Porker.

oh what a frustrating month! this pig flu is ridiculous! I feel like I have a curse that shuts down towns every time I move to Mexico. First Oaxaca, now this. Bars and schools have been closed for 2 weeks and they just issued a new decree to close everything till the 18th now as well. People are really suffering here, tourism is the main income, and without it they are going downhill fast! We had a charity night at Banana Cantina on Wednesday night, trying to get money for our school. Usually regulars come in and fill up the restaurant and you get a few people from the street too. This time the only reason we got ANYTHING was because Josh, the main guy who helps coordinate Children of the Dump, is the smoothest talker in the world. The restaurant only had 2 other tables besides us, so we moved downstairs to the bar on the street (bars can be open till 11 if they have food..) and basically accosted passersby. We made close to $200, which is more than even the restaurant did, but still. It is really sad. I miss my kids like crazy too. I´m only going to get about a week with them when all is said and done, and I hate it. I was supposed to go visit my mom this weekend for Mother´s day, but when I got to the airport, I was told my connection to Mexico City was cancelled. While they were trying to rebook me, my flight from Mexico to Guatemala got cancelled as well. They gave me the option of flying to Mexico 5 hours later, then waiting around for possibly days until I got to Honduras. No one is flying, and flights are having to cancel most of their routes. It really, really sucks. On the ride home on the bus though (while listening to very loud, angry music), I thought about what would make me happy about having to stay in PV this weekend, and I realized that we have yet to go to San Sebastian. It is this 17th century mining town in the mountains, piney, refreshing, and with no electricity. I convinced Jon and we leave early tomorrow morning. I miss fresh, crisp, non dusty air. That, along with a spare bottle of wine, and our neighboring church having its saints festival tonight might make it ok, at least for a bit. I also emailed the SPCA people again about fostering some kittens. Reading and kittens. Yes, that will do.