Sucking on 

   Walgreens nicotine lozenges

In my dark air conditioned cave hotel room

In Baja 

and drinking tequila

All the workers must think I'm nuts

Every time I walk out they're looking at their phones

while picking their nose

It's a "Boutique" hotel

It's very clean 

AC on Turbo! 

It's fucking hot out

I had an idea I'd change my name!

to... 

    Hugo DeNaranja? (Orange Juice) (it's so good down here)

-  at least the room is clean 

She folded my clothes

And lined up my toothpaste and sunblock

I told the maid she could clean

She's always smiling- for real

She seems so happy

Alejandra

  "Voy a somewhere"

She laughed 

  So I went out for breakfast (was it oatmeal?- at some point I was like I need healthy food!) and then waited in

line at the Turistica Aguila bus station

-crowded on a Friday am 

I like bus stations - it's been a while

Large woman with a tiny little boy 

(He's all go go go!)

In front of me -she's trying to manage both

 Boy started crawling behind the luggage counter

Mom grabbed his shirt and dragged him back

like a fat lion w a pesky cub

Meowrr!

Next woman had an array of 

xeroxes in a folder

I think ID photos 

Buying tickets for a group. 

Gal who helped me was very nice

and worked with me even though

no puedo entender nada

(my standard ice breaker phrase- yo soy Americano, no entiendo nada!) Lol