Yessica la Giganta

One day weekends are fun. I slept for a long time yesterday afternoon, and it was so nice and sunny and warm out. Bummer. I hate it when I do that on a nice day! So today I think I will go for a nice walk. Maybe a LONG walk, or a JOG. Yesterday, I pulled out a skirt that I hadn't worn since September, and I put it on to wear for church, and it was too tight. I've been noticing that lately. One of my favorite shirts, I put on, and it looked icky on me. I'm wearing that same shirt in a photo of me up on El Picacho in Tegucigalpa, and I enlarged that picture for my parents for Christmas, and I look good in that shirt then! So I think working at Great Harvest is catching up with me. That's bad. I guess weight gain happens to the best of us... I'll try to stave it off, as I really don't want to buy an all new wardrobe in larger sizes before going to Mexico. You know, I was told by a girl who used to live in Queretaro who is about my height, that pants and shoes for people over 5'4'' and wear shoes bigger than size 7 are basically non-existent. Good to know before I leave. I already have hard enough time trying to find long enough pants here! Haha! Maybe I'll find a good Mexican friend who is as big as me, like I found Luisa in Honduras! (As BIG as me, you ask? Well, although I'm not tall of large particularly here, pretty much females aren' taller than 5'4'' in Mexico/Central America. Luisa is about 5'5'', and built about like me, so I don't feel like such a giant around her. We even share clothes!) Anyhow, I guess I shouldn't be self-concious about my height/size. I can't do anything to pretend I'm really a latina! And I can always remember going to the Marubo tribe in Brasil with my friend Joann - she's 6' tall, and has bright red hair and really white skin! She stands out here in the States, so going to a tribe where everyone has dark skin & hair and the tallest man is shorter than me was really interesting! Fun times!


Here is me with Luisa and Omar in Honduras. I'm really not THAT much taller than Luisa, I'm wearing tall sandals that day!