Home Sweet Home

So since I have started with Schlumberger I have lived longer in a hotel then anywhere else. In all I have lived in a hotel for almost 8 months, and I have been in Mexico for 11 months!! It was time to have a space that was mine!!

Well, that finally came true last week when I moved in with my roomie from Reynosa, Karina. There is also another engineer that lives with us that works for Haliburton. Her name is Stephanie, and she is also Mexican. This is good for me because then I will be forced to use my spanish outside of work more!! When all the other engineers heard that I was living with someone from Haliburton though, they said I was a traitor because I was sleeping with the enemy which I though was really funny!

I have a fairly large room with a nice closet which is pictured below. However, right now I do not have much to fill this space . . . there is only a bed and small dresser with a mirror and the closet is practically empty!! Thats what you get when you live out of 2 suitcases!!

I share my bathroom with Stephanie . . . I don't mind because it is big and clean, and I have always shared a bathroom my whole life with someone so it is no big deal!!

Below is my living room that I have never sat in because by the time I get home from work I get something to eat and then go to bed!! Eventually we will put the sofa together and get a big tv so we can watch movies . . . then maybe I will sit in this room!!

Dining room/kitchen . . . I can not put into words how nice it is to have a kitchen where I can cook!! Though I do not get to do it often, I am thankful that when I do have time I can do it!! Plus, I am sooo excited about not having to eat out all the time or eat in the hotel restaurant!!

Here is a picture of the outside of the house . . .this is a typical mexican developement for big houses. You are always attached to the houses next to you. There is also a nice little courtyard in the back of the house that is really private . . . I can't wait to put a hammock back there!!

Lastly is a picture of my street. It is in a gated community with security guards and it only has 2 streets so it is small and quiet. Mostly families live there so it is nice to finally see kids playing in the street, hitting a tennis ball like I used to always do with Becca. Kids never did this in Reynosa because it was to dangerous and Poza Rica was just to disorganized and dirty.

Soon I will buy a TV and then a car and then it will definitely feel like I live here in Mexico rather than me just visiting for an extended period of time! I do not mind riding in taxis all the time but it is time to have control of when I can leave and go so a car is a must!!