Stood up. I hate it. When you say you will be somewhere at a certain time, you should be there at that time. I’m relaxing that thought a little after having lived in a Latin culture for 3 years. I now don’t mind waiting about 30 minutes for someone to show up. BUT, when they don’t show up at all, you just have to blog about it to get it out of your system.
I’m sitting here in my office waiting for a student to show up. It is now 2:42 pm according to the clock on my computer. We were supposed to meet at 2:00 pm. That’s 42 minutes ago. I don’t know where he is. (he showed up…a little late…now it’s 3:22 and we’re finished talking).
Another interesting thing that happened this week: Tuesday, my entire class was late to class 15 minutes. I went to look for them. It turned out that they were waiting for one of the guys to finish getting ready for class. I gave them an assignment and didn’t allow them to enter class that day.
I sure hope I learn how to deal with this problem without too much stress in my life. For now, though, I’m going ot eat lunch.
I can’t wait for tonight’s game between Miami and Pittsburgh. I’ve been waiting a long time for this. It’s going to be a fun season. I just hope my fantasy football team will win at least a game or two.
Well, they officially declared Felipe Calderon the President-elect of Mexico. That doesn’t mean that the problems are over. They could just be beginning.
Today, the Federal Electoral Tribunal will make their announcement about the disputed election in Mexico. I have written about it before. Apparently, they are going to declare Felipe Calderon the winner. This is not going to make the thousands of people who are protesting happy. Here’s the article.
Some interesting things in the article:
- Lopez Obrador is considering setting up a “parallel government.”
- Lopez Obrador’s party controls Mexico City. This is why they haven’t been removed from the main square and have been allowed to keep up their protest.
- Business leaders said Monday they plan to file lawsuits against Mexico City’s government and Lopez Obrador’s party, alleging they are responsible for $369 million in lost revenues due to the protests.
- Hundreds of supporters of leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador set up an overnight camp at the court’s headquarters late Monday, vowing to prevent the judges from declaring Calderon president.
This is definitely a big day in Mexican politics. This also means a lot for the stability of the country. The reaction to today’s declaration will determine a lot about the future months.
