We found kittens!!!!

I am pretty sure gen thinks shannon and i are crazy given the fact that everytime we see a kitty or anything that reminds us of kitties we suddenly and mysteriously become eight year olds. none-the-less, there is a store about three blocks from Gen´s house that has two adorable five week old kittens tied up on leashes. Apparently we can take them home for only 30 pesos! ...so tempting...

In other news, Gen shaved her armpits to go to some graduation ball of her boy friend´s little sister and her boy friend said "Oh no! You killed your arm pets!!!"... apparently he thought the word for arm pit was actually arm pet... it was pretty hilarious.

St. Crisotbal continues to be relaxing and laid back. Shannon and i have spent most of the last few days reading. There are some Austrians staying at Gen´s house (friends of Gen´s roommate I guess). They seem nice, though they are baffled at how the US could put a spaceship on the moon and still don´t have enough money to give their people health care... I guess I am baffled at our priorities in that regard too.

We bought our plane tickets to cuba (for 4,320 pesos... not too terrible). We are leaving on the 2nd of August. Tomorrow we are going to Tuxtla to take a tour of a canyon and maybe go rock climbing (weather permitting). Gonna try to make it to the jungle soon. Guatemala on the 20th. Then Cuba, then back to st. Cristo and to Oxaca and beaches, then back to Mexico City and home! And you guys thought we had no plans (just kidding...)

For all you punctuation nerds, I promise that the lack of consistant capitalization is bothering me too... this is a really sticky key board and I have no patience for proof reading. Bear with me.