The last week was very short for us because it was only about three days including the trip home. Because of the swine flu in Mexico and the risk of flights being cancelled, we chose to leave early.
On Monday we said goodbye to all of our students because they closed the school down. It was very sad knowing that I wouldn't be able to see the kids anymore. We were able to take pictures with the students and I gave the students a way to keep in touch with me. I am definitely going to miss the students.
Tuesday, we just hung out at the house and read a lot of online news about the swine flu. Tuesday night, the CDC warned Americans that they may have to stay in the country until everything ended if they didn't get out soon so we decided to have our flight switched to Wednesday, April 29th. I was very overwhelmed and sad that we had to leave so suddenly but also glad that we had made a decision about whether or not to leave early.
We woke up very early Wednesday to get on the bus to Mexico City. Margarita recommended we wear our masks on the bus and while we were in Mexico City. We thought that was a very smart idea to make sure we didn't pick up anything airborn. When we arrived at the airport we check our bags and then bought food and spent the last time we could with Margarita. When we checked our bags and before we went through security, we had to complete a checksheet of syptoms.
Lindsey and I needed to finish up some souvenir shopping so we did that inside the terminal. After we our plane took off, some people took off their masks but I decided to keep mine on the entire flight. The flight was long but not bad, even though it was a full flight.
Coming home was very weird for me. I definitely experienced some reverse culture shock adjusting to everything at home. I really enjoyed my trip and will never experience the things I did in Mexico again. I learned a lot about the culture and the schools.