Well it looks like I have some catching up to do. I have been quite busy doing many things trying to best fill final time here. Its hard to believe that I have been here for 3 months already. There is so much I still want to do so Im trying to fit in.

I have been spending a good amount of time playing with the kids. Are classes have turned into more playing but totally in English. Gonzalo and I have been playing a lot of basketball together and he has came up with two phrases that are now used daily between us "totally tonto"(totally stupid/dumb) and my favorite "Are you ready to get oxidated?" He just made that up one day and we use it in place of: Are you ready for this, you ready to lose, etc.

Last thursday I believe it was I saw something that was quite unusual and it makes me think about using the metro at nights now. This event took place actually at like two in the afternoon. I was followed onto the metro by a guy and girl. The guy was much younger in his twenties and didnt look so good. He was having a hard time walking and sat on the floor next do the door. The girl took a seat on the same bench about three from me.

It was going to be a long metro ride so I put in my music, relaxed, and wasnt paying that much attention to either of them. I could here this girl mumbling something in this deep raspy voice while digging through her pockets and purse. I thought she was talking to herself but she was talking to the guy that boarded the metro with her. I now noticed that he was sprawled out on the floor, back against the wall, head hanging down and responding to what the woman was saying.

I never thought I would ever see what happened next. The girl pulled out of her a small, straight glass pipe. I wasnt paying any attention and didnt realize she had done that until she sparked her lighter. I looked over in disbelief that anyone would smoke in the metro. As soon as I layed eyes on her and her pipe. Im glad she wasnt paying attention she was to fixed on her task at hand.

This wanst no marijuana pipe, but a crack pipe. I was just staring, completly shocked to see this. It was incredible to see someone so hooked on a drug that she didnt care about smoking it on public transportation with twenty or so people around. It didnt just stop at one puff either she was going to town and it smelt fucking terrible.

Soon her pipe starting getting to hot for her to hold so I figured great she will take a break(by this time I was using my peripheral vision and fully paying attention to everything). Nope I was wrong she pulled out of her purse: rag, two metro tickets, clothes pin, and roll of tape.

Put the pipe on the rag so it would quit burning her leg. Rolled on ticket up slid in onto the pipe, taped it so that it wont come unraveled. Fastened this new extension to the pipe with the clothes pin. Took the other ticket rolled it up and fit it over top of the the other ticket and tapped it together. Now she can still get her fix without burning her lips and hands.

This whole time I forgot about the guy that came with her. He was still looking in some ruff shape head still flopping up and down with the movement of the metro. Finally my stop came and I got off the metro not bothering to look back. Well Im smelly and sweaty from traveling, hiking, getting rained on, and spilling things on me; Im gonna shower and shave, check out my pictures i put up, toledo and maybe some new things with the kids. Ill put up segovia tomorrow as well as another post