No estoy muerta/ A what? A duck.

So despite the significant lapse since my last post, I assure you all that I am not dead. Since my last post, I have experienced my first serious Mexico-related stomach upset (dubbed "Montezuma's Revenge" for a reason), laughed hysterically at ducks' tails and at a friend whose front-tooth bridge fell out (on separate occasions), taken my first exam of the semester, learned to dance Danzón and the Cha-cha-chá, and been given a new nickname: Alubia.

Here's the review:

-Bacteria are fun until they're not. Luckily God invented antibiotics.

-Ducks wag their tails ridiculously. They also get all pissy when you laugh at them. Wanna buy a duck?


-Friends with their front teeth missing are amazing, and do NOT get all pissy when you laugh at them. They laugh too, which is how you know they're your friends.

-Exams have always been and will always be a necessary evil.

-¡Danzón es la neta! (Danzón is a type of salon dance popular among the older crowd. It is of Cuban origin, but arose originally from English contradance. It was once considered scandalous but is now a fixture of the Puebla Lion's Club Sunday evening dances.)

-Alubias are a type of small, white bean. You do the math.