The "I don't like it here" phase of culture shock....

This has been a draining week! Each day it seems like something happened that was annoying or not what should have or would have happened if I was in Iowa.
On Monday we did not have electricity at school and it was a rough first day of school. Also, I found out that my grandpa had a heart attack and his appendix burst (he's 91).
On Tuesday we found a dead bird outside our house and ants and other rodants trying to eat it.
On Wednesday I went to the emergency room since they wouldn't let me go to a normal doctor and ended up spending a lot more money than I needed to.
On Thursday there was a cockroach in my shower. He was on his back and couldn't move so I had to kill him and then Senor Burbujas (Mr. Bubbles) my shower.
On Friday I found out that I was getting a new student and that my 3 students who are still yet to come may not come for another two weeks or so.
On Saturday we found a dead mouse in the bucket we have outside our house to wash our feet with. Plus we had a very creepy possibly drunk taxi driver drive us home.
On Sunday my roomate Emily got an email that her friends dead passed away and she took a bus to Monterry and was in tears and stressed out about everything. I took her to the bus station and waited with her until she got on the bus.

Okay...so not everything is bad here. We have had a lot of fun and gotten to do some fun things. On Monday we went out for lunch at a really nice Chineese restaurant and they gave us resh squeezed lime ade.
Tuesday night we went and found another street place that has really good ice cream-ish stuff that was close to home and cheap :-)
Wednesday night we went to watch our roomate Katie play soccer. She is playing on a womans league here in Torreon and has games twice a week.
Thursday I had a suprise meeting with our principal she said we'd have them every couple weeks or so (such a strict schedule :-p). She told us we don't have to come back in January until the 7th. We are also trying to get to leave earlier in December because the contract dates and the school dates don't match up so we'll have to see what we do there....
Friday night we had a cowboy and indian party at some of the other teachers house (casa e) and ended up talking to some Mexican friends until 4am. They told us all about places we should visit and things to make sure we do.
Saturday we went to 4 Galerias which was a giant mall full of clothing stores, a big food court, a little train that drives children around the mall instead of walkinig.
Saturday night the casas b girls came over and we played phase ten and just chatted.