will write for tacos: of hummus and goldfish crackers (and togas, what else)

Fact.

So, funny story. A little over a week ago I was in Mexico. Yeah, that country RIGHT BELOW us! The story of how I ended up in Mexico is one of pure happenstance, but most spontaneous things I do are like that. A month ago I didn't think my Thanksgiving would consist of

a) chasing dogs down a dirt road in Mexico
b) picking up strange Mexican children off the street in Mexico (and offering them licorice. Okay this is sounding worse and worse as I type it. HE WAS GIVING US DIRECTIONS)
c) changing a busted tire on the side of the road in the dark in Mexico
d) eating turkey on the beach
e) introducing goldfish crackers to the Mexican people (they loved them, duh)

Here is my tip for driving in Mexico:

Sorry for the lack of apostrophe. I didn't make that image because who has time to make the pictures for their blog???? Definitely not this human (*points to self*).

We did so many cool projects. My eyes were opened nice and wide to the poverty which most of the world lives in. The sad part is that these people don't really know what they're missing out on. Maybe that's better, I don't know. But it would be so frustrating to live in a Mexican resort town in a shanty village and to see the fancy hotels down the road. The hardest/most fulfilling part for me was giving away our leftover food to the homeless. This was the food that probably most Americans would waste (brown bananas, stale rolls, etc), but they were so, so grateful for it. In fact, the kids were clamoring for the manzanas (apples) like they were grilled cheese. It broke my heart but also filled it up at the same time. To see true gratitude on Thanksgiving was the best way I could've spent that holiday.

Also, did you know that traveling for 30-something hours with perfect strangers will either make them your BFF or your worst enemy? DID YOU?! Everyone knows that when you're dating someone who you think is the one, there are one of two tests you can perform: the long hike test and the long road trip test. Both must be long, so you can see a) what their taste in music is like b) how they act after being trapped in a confined space for a long time or c) how they act after physical exertion and no sleep (long hike test, waddup). Also, you get to see them with pretty much no makeup/no shower/no change of clothes ever. #marriage or #breakup ???

My Christmas wish is to go on a road trip with someone who has the exact same taste in music as I do. PLZ BLESS, SANTA. PLZ BLESS.

I'll be real widchu, pretty much errybody on this trip became my BFF. Kenzie was already my Bacon And Eggs, but I think the real hero of this trip was Skylar SomeCoolMiddleName Call. Ps Skylar what's your middle name..? I know everybody on the trip knows my middle name now, because Alejandro insisted on calling me by that name instead of my first name because Kenzie has the same name and calling us by numbers was too easy.

And now this post shall turn into Shiz Skylar Says: (heheh you didn't know I wrote it all down did you)

"Oh...he just a got a picture of my butt. Good thing I accentuated it."

Me: Skylar why are you looking at us through the seat hole.

Skylar: You can do anything with a beard and it's weird.

Kenzie: So, it's 3 o'clock, we're driving to Arizona, and your dream girl calls you up and says she wants to get married tonight, but it has to go down before midnight. Who is it? What do you do? What will everyone wear?

Skylar: Well, obviously it would be Nicole Margarine (name has been changed to protect the innocent). And Morgan Freeman would officiate the wedding.

Kenz: Do you know Morgan Freeman? How do you have the hookups?

Skylar: {ignores question} Oh yeah and Bill Murray HAS to be at my wedding. He shows up at people's weddings all the time.

Kenz: What! But how do you know these guys?

Skylar: BILL MURRAY IS COMING TO MY WEDDING.

Kenz: Okay, okay and what about Nicole? What's she gonna wear?

Skylar: Well, she'd wear a toga, because togas look good on everybody.

Everyone in the car: ......

Skylar: And she'd wear one of those Caesar rings on her head, you know with the flowers? And her dress would have the interwoven stringy things. And I want twizzles in her hair.

Kenz: Twizzles?

Me: You mean like crimped hair?

Skylar: Twizzles.

#twizzles

Skylar: And we'd go to a private island on a boat. And we'd have a private skipper.

Me: What's a private skipper?

Skylar: Just an exclusive captiain of our ship. And he'd take us to an island, probably around Seattle. And THERE WOULD BE HORSES. Everyone has to be on a horse.

Me: Including Morgan Freeman.

Skylar. Yes.

Kenz: Who would the photographer be?

Skylar: Oh we'd just wear GoPros on our foreheads.

Kenz: I'd be pissed if my husband did that.

Skylar, in the car randomly one day: My mom won't let me go running on the mountain because she thinks people will think I'm a crazy person and I'll get shot.

Me: It's your beard.

Kenz: Want some hummus?

Skylar: Maybe a little.... {pause} Heheh yeah right (A PERFECT SUMMARY OF SKYLAR, YO)

Skylar: I was born on Harriet Tubman's birthday.

Me: Did you know that Harriet Tubman is E.T.'s doppelganger?

Robbie: Doppel-what?!

*everybody having a deep discussion about something in the car*

Skylar interrupts with: Ooh, that is an old wall.

Maybe all of these are pointless to you who do not know Skylar, but now you'll want to know him. And that definitely was not really the point of this post.

Happy THANKSGIVINGZZZZZ.