learning, sunburns, scrabble and boys

so this past while has been a whirlwind of learning.
my paper is due in a few days and I've learned a lot since I began thinking about everything.
theres too much to write about. i have a lot of work to do on my paper.
i've been learning a lot about the political aspects of agriculture and resources.
its funny, i thought of it today, that my sister would always tell people that i was going to mexico to study organic agriculture...and i would correct her, saying that i'm studying "latin american studies", but so far everything that I've learned about is so relevant to what i want to do with my life. Today we had a presentation from Maria Elena about global resistance movements and food sovereignty...it was wonderful, she is such an amazing woman, and she is very nice and easy to talk to, I know that I'm going to learn a lot from her.
yesterday we went to carnaval in Chamula and I got sunburnt, but in the worst pattern ever.
my paper is technically due on friday, but we may have an extension till sunday. I'd like to get it done soonish because we may try to make it to the beach soon.
I was sorta dating this guy for like 9 days. His name's Adrian, but he left for good for Playa del Carmen on Sunday. He's a salsa instructor so I'm now a pro dancer, but dancing till 3 on a school night was a bad idea, so its kinda good that he left. He also worked at Mayambe, the thai/indian/arabic restaurant in town, which meant free samosas and salad rolls. I hope that I can still make that work now that he's gone. It was also kinda strange cause I had a date on valentine's day, which never happens... we went to a bar and played Scrabble, in Spanish. I didnt lose by that much, but I had a bit of help. Valentines day isnt as big here, but here its sponsered by coca cola, not Hallmark, but coke kinda sponsers everything. Then last weekend we went to el chiflon, which is a waterfall about 2 hours from here. That was pretty nice, went swimming and stuff. Then we played Scrabble, him in english, and me in spanish. I won that time.
My first weekend with Adrian we went to this big underground house party on Sunday night, all the cool stuff happens on school nights. There was a dj and a band in the patio of the house, it was all outdoor and there was a bonfire, cheap beer and veggie tacos with soy. the dj played some sweet dancing tunes and the band had a cello in it. the singer of the band sounds like he has a digeridoo in his throat and can make the craziest sounds ever. Everyone whos anyone was at the party, the town must have shut down. And, there was lots of weed (shhhh), but we've all vowed to stay away while we're here so we just breathed in deep.

Alright, this cafe is about to close, I should probably wrap this up. I promise to write more next week, when my research paper is all done. Hope all is well wherever you all are!