lots of travel time but back in Merida

first of all, when Craig said to me Tuesday night that I could stay out late because I didn't have much to do on Wednesday but travel--I should have known better. So after about 5 hours of sleep and then a long day on Wednesday en route to Merida, including a very bumpy flight to Houston, arriving close to midnight and then having to be at the Faculdad de Educacion for quarter to eight am (I can't find the colon button on the Spanish keyboard) on Thursday...well, I didn't get much sleep. The air conditioning didn't work in my hotel room and then I had to figure out how to set my cell phone to be an alarm clock but since it didn't have a Sprint signal I had to manually set it...I got about 4 more hours sleep. Then on to Campeche and Champonton and then finally Palenque, which is about 8 hours on the bus. I slept most of the way. Alas, we made it back to Merida today and I am now waiting for Mark and Susie et al. to swing by the Caribe to get me for dinner. I'll check email and work tomorrow and prepare for Tuesday's lecture I am doing. So far the students are particularly great so I am really looking forward to this week! More fun stories to come, including why I now know the Spanish word for cheerleader.