back in Mexico

I have a few updates to blog about- I made it back to Los Reyes safely after many delays at the airports last weekend. I was supposed to arrive in Guadalajara at 8:30pm but did not arrive until almost 4am. There was bad weather in Houston, which was supposed to be my layover and we were diverted to New Orleans to wait out the weather. We sat in the plane for 2 1/2 hours, luckily I was sitting next to a talkative Mexican guy and we kept each other company during the wait. We finally got approval to take off to Houston and then we had to circle for awhile as the airport had been shut down for 2 hours and there was a lot of air traffic to deal with. I arrived in Houston at 8:30pm which was supposed to be my arrival time in Guadalajara and found out my plane hadn't left yet for Guadalajara. It was rescheduled to take off at 10:30pm but kept getting pushed back and pushed back. We finally took off at 1:30am after many delays and gate changes and arrived in Guadalajara at 3:45am. I met some people in the airport and one of the girls offered to give me a ride to the bus station. I had planned on staying in a hostel overnight but I didn't want to pay for a hostel for just a few hours so I decided to tough it out and catch an early bus. I got to Los Reyes at 10:30am after not sleeping for 30 hours. It was brutal but I had the entire day to relax and sleep.
On another note, we got a new teacher to replace Angela finally. He arrived on Sunday and is Australian. He seems fun and laid back so far. Brian decided suddenly to leave and took off on Tuesday to travel a bit and then try to find a job elsewhere. We had no notice so we were once again shorthanded. Needless to say Eloisa was very stressed out. They must have had someone on the line already because we got a new guy last night. He is older- maybe early 60s and rode his motorcycle down here from Florida to take the TEFL course. He seems like a nice guy but he mumbles his English and it is a little difficult to understand so I'm not sure how his students will like him.
The news has just been slaughtering Mexico lately- I have had a few questions about the swine flu already. It has not affected this area yet- I'm fairly certain nobody even knows about it here. I'll keep everyone updated on here about the progress, right now it seems to be isolated to the Mexico City area which is approximately 8 hours from here. I think it will eventually get here but for now I'm safe and healthy!