Money, birthdays, houses, and crazy dancers...

TONS has happened in the last week, including me turning a big 27! And oh it was memorable....

I got some great cards and packages from people - thank you!! But, I have to say the most memorable was definitely the one with used underwear. I know, you´re thinking, "WHAT?? Someone sent you USED underwear for your birthday??" And, no, it has nothing to do with the shopping drama that ensued a couple of weeks ago. :) Really, it was all in good faith. I heard from other people that if people wrote "used clothing" on the customs form, the package would most likely not get stopped in customs and I wouldn´t have to pay the $1.89 to get it out. So I passed this information onto someone that I knew would be mailing me a package. Well, she informed me that she "didn´t want to lie" so she included a pair of her used undies (clean of course). But she also listed everything else in the package, so it still got stopped. So...if you want to send a package...fyi...I don´t need your (or anyone else´s undies). :) This is totally something I would do to someone else, too, so I hope I´m not offending the person that did this...it just cracked me up.

And...I have money again and a house! The landlord and I are going on Tuesday to clean it, and then I can move in anytime after that. And when people found out that I finally found somewhere to live, people started volunteering like crazy to help me clean, move in, etc. I really do have such an awesome community!!

And lastly, on Saturday, I went to my first community dance. It was SOOOOOO fun!! And I learned how to dance salsa, merengue, and cumbia pretty well, thanks to awesome dance partners! Although, there was that one crazy person that you just stare at. You know, the one that says innocently enough, "Do you want to dance?" You say yes, and then it´s like you´re watching Kramer having one of his attacks in front of you. There is no partner dancing in this scenario...just a wild man acting like he´s dancing. I just stood there, sort of moving to the beat, while he flared around in front of me, then I just lost it...laughing so hard. I just kept imagining what my girlfriends´ reactions would be to this scene. Luckily, Isabel, the girl that I went with walked up to me and told me she had to leave for a minute. I started walking with her and she said, "No...you don´t have to come! Keep dancing!" And I gave her a pretty stern look and said, "Let´s go!!" And she realized what was going on and then she started laughing and couldn´t stop. Anyway, VERY memorable. So...when you come down, we´ll definitely have to go out dancing!

Oh, and I have grepa now (basically, a cold) and don´t want to do anything. I slept all day yesterday, so if it seems like I´ve been ignoring any of you, I haven´t! I just haven´t felt that well...

I miss ya! Talk to ya soon!