Viva Mexico!

Hello Everyone,

Well again I am trying out the whole posting thing. So, I thought I would post some pictures and tell some things that I have been up to for the last couple of weeks. By the way, using your camera as a bouncy ball and then a camera after does not produce good pictures after. Humm. First, I was able to graduate with my bachelor's degree in Speech and Language Pathology. I will start graduate school on the 9th of June and then I fall off the planet for the rest of...two years. Anyway something that was also alot of fun was for my Assistive Technology class, we were able to go work in an orphanage for children with disabilities down in Ensenada, Mexico. It was a great experience. The picture shows alot of the kids. Most of them are in wheelchairs and the ones that are not have HIV. We went down to help with assessments of their communication and gave them communication devices to help them. Most of them are non-verbal, but they are as smart as ever. I was in charge of assessing two kids. One was Christian, a thirteen year old boy with Cerebral Palsy and the other was a four year old magnet, Omar with HIV. I fell in love with both of them and wished that I could take them home with me. Here is a picture of Omar. I say Omar was a magnet because the first day we went to meet the kids and get an idea of what we were going to do the next day. I played with Omar for maybe five minutes and the next day, he saw me from across the yard. Came running and latched on to my leg and didn't leave my side for about four hours. It was alot of fun.

Funny Moments from the Trip:

First we went to "The Buffadora". It is a blow hole, where pressure from the waves of the ocean build up and shoot waves about 70-90 feet in the air. It was pretty cool. Well we went back to our...hotels!?...apartments!?...anyway, place of residency. It was nine girls and two guys, Chad, my professor and I. It was very educational. Anyway we got back and the bathrooms were amazing, because we had a toilet that when you flushed it you had to jump back because a steady stream would get you if you were not carefull. So I named our toilet "La Buffadora".

Second, is our professor, Dr. Foley decided to give us all wake up calls or to be our alarm clock. She asked Chad and I if we needed to be woken up. Well we agreed, so in the morning, Dr. Foley came and knocked on our door and told us to get up and that it was our "alarm clock". Chad, my professor, then rolled over...BRRRRRRRRRR!..."Hey Richard, there is your alarm clock!" Let's just say that over all you get to see a whole different side of your professors when you have to share a room with them.

Anyway I will finish this entry because it is getting a little long. Take care and I hope things are rock'n for everyone. Hopefully, I will be able to keep in better contact through the BLOG!

Peace out,
Richard the Lemon