Things we have LEARNED!

1. Clothes.
when washing ropas, you need to first fill up the washing machine with water, which means finding the hose and turning it on after passing your hand through lots of spiderwebs. when its full, you put the clothes in with soap, turn it on slow and hand scrub your clothes. squeeze clothes out, the put them in the tub of clean(ish) water. drain the machine, and after getting all the soap out of the ropas, but then back in the machine and spin it...then hang it and wait. skivies in the back.
2. hand motions are necessary with speaking spanglish.
3. don´t eat at mexican potlucks.
4. DO put lime and chile on everything
5. don´t put tiolet paper in the toilet.
6. you can´t go to the bathroom for more than 30 seconds. the lock doesn´t work and the kids bang on the door and open it. also when you in the shower thell come in and poop. and pee in the shower.
7. Always be ready to book it to the car or whereever or youll be left behind.
8. theres no such things as planning or plans.
9. bring pepper spray...not for men, but for dogs.
10. how to take garapatas (ticks) out of a dog with rocks...or marisa's bare hands with gloves.