Friday, April 11, 2014

It only gets better

Days in Mexico: 61

This week got off to a bad start. I got sent home from school on Monday because I almost fainted at assembly. I then went to the doctor and found out that I have hypertension (low blood pressure.) It is treated over time with medicine and hopefully once it's gone it won't come back. I started feeling a bit better by Tuesday but I still wasn't great so I didn't go to school.
By Wednesday I felt about 75% better so I went to school and I am so glad I did. On Wednesdays' I have my favourite combination of subjects and it is normally a really relaxed day. When I got home from school I was surprised by a parcel that had arrived for me from Australia! Inside was birthday cards and presents. It took a month to get from Perth to Veracruz!

My Birthday Package

One of the presents- a Pandora bead


On the way to the doctors on Monday, we drove past an electronic sign that had a count down on it. The count down is for the Central American and Caribbean Games which is held every 4 years. In Australia we have the Commonwealth Games and this is the equivalent event for Mexico. The games will be held this year in Veracruz from the 15th of November to the 30th of November. It involves the following countries:
Participating Nations
 Antigua and Barbuda Aruba
 Bahamas Barbados Belize
 Bermuda Colombia Costa Rica
 Cuba Dominica El Salvador
 Grenada Guatemala Guyana
 Haiti Honduras Cayman Islands
 British Virgin Islands United States Virgin Islands Jamaica
 Mexico Nicaragua Panama
 Puerto Rico Dominican Republic Saint Kitts and Nevis
 Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname
 Table from:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Games

The count down is on!

Spring break has officially started and I am so glad I can now sleep in! So far I don't have much planned for the two weeks of break but I'm sure I will enjoy the Easter celebrations.

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