BlueBERRIES!

Right now I'm in Autlan and I have a bowl full of blueberries from Oregon, which means I'm the luckiest girl in the country.

Growing up in Oregon, berries were like all I lived off in the summer. Rasberries, blueberries, blackberries, I love them all. Every summer for as long as I can remember we always went out to the fields and picked them ourselves. Of course, I usually ate twice as many as I put in my bucket, but hey, that's part of the deal, right?

After we moved to Mexico though, fresh berries were no longer available. Every once in a while you find them in the store here, but they're usually really bitter, and for like 15 berries it's like $5. What a rip off! But on the other hand, since I've moved to Mexico I've been introduced to fruits I never even knew existed, and special tropical fruits that cost a fortune in the US, and usually taste horrible, are now available a block away from my house, and are the best you've ever had. Mangos, papayas, star fruit, guavas, pitayas, tunas, ciruelas, you name it. No, I don't like all of them, but mangos? my favorite. =)

So, you're probably wondering how on earth I have a bowl of fresh grown, delicious, Oregon blueberries in my kitchen? Well....my mom went to Guadalajara a few days ago, and she found them in Costco. We had seen them there before, but they were way too expensive. This time though, she decided to buy two boxes (it was like $7) for a treat. When I opened the fridge and saw them, I almost died. I sat on the ground right in front of the fridge and opened them. And holy cowbells were they delicious! I hadn't had a good, fresh blueberry in over two years. I forgot how much I loved them! I would LOVE to work at a fruit stand one summer. It would be so much fun! And I'd definitely get my fill of berries. =) Hopefully this August when I go back to Oregon I'll make it back in time to go pick some.

Haha, okay, you're probably thinking I'm some kind of crazy missionary kid that gets way too excited over normal, every day things. But what can I say, I am a crazy MK!