I didn’t sleep a whole lot last night, nor the previous night. After finishing my book Wednesday night (and covering about 120 pages in total over the course of that day, plus feeling good about classes) I felt energized, and despite my best efforts, my mind was racing until about 4am. This didn’t mess me up too badly though, because I have succeeded in finding a TRUE instant coffee, one you don’t have to boil. Now I can get up 25 minutes before class starts and still get a cup of coffee in. Just add to the cup and stir. Lukewarm coffee in seconds. A miracle of modern science.
Thursday Spanish class was good, and the Advanced and Conversation level English classes went well, but I’ve been having some trouble holding the attention of my Beginner level class. 8-year-olds don’t have an attention span that is very conducive to online learning, and we can only do very simple activities, else the instructions get lost. After class I consulted with my parents for a while, thanks to my dad I think I have some ideas for how to make next week run smoother.
For dinner I got some fried chicken at a local chain; they told me it would take 15 minutes, so I got some churros while I waited. Once again a great decision, although they weren’t as fresh as last time.
Then, the cockroach. I had planned on getting things done last night, but I didn’t. The cockroach interrupted me mid-post and I didn’t know what to do (it was like two inches long and flew, so smashing it with something would have been both difficult and messy) so I turned off the lights, opened the balcony door, and tried to go to sleep. I went to bed with a mask on so it wouldn’t crawl in my mouth while I was unconscious. Today I bought roach killer and sprayed the room down. Hopefully this will be the end of them, but I kind of doubt it. Besides, if there weren’t giant fucking bugs everywhere, what would I even write about?
Anyway, the gist of what I was writing when the roach came was the the Zapatistas have been a uniquely successful leftist social movement in the era of neoliberalism/globalization, and anyone with an interest in local democracy and/or sustainability would do themselves well to learn a bit more about them. Most of their present day activity takes place about an hour east of where I am, and while they normally hold a fair amount of educational seminars for foreigners, the pandemic has put those on a temporary hold. Nevertheless, I’m hoping for a chance to talk with some people who were involved in the movement if I ever make it to San Cristobal.
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