I need to call my grandma.

If you don't know, my grandma on my mom's side was born and raised in Cuba. She moved (floated in a raft) to America when she was in her 20's I believe. But after 60+ years in America she still has a shockingly think Cuban accent. Additionally, she's completely insane and overly opinionated. Have a conversation with her about anything, and I guarantee she will disagree with you, just for the sake of arguing. I love it. Because of how awesome my grandma is, I've always been really interested in my family history, especially the Cuban side. Well, the fact that my grandma fabricates a lot makes it a little bit more enthralling. My mom and I have always wanted to go to Cuba, and to take my grandma back to visit. This little thing called the embargo has been making that difficult. I had plans to study abroad in Cuba, but it hasn't worked out. My grandma tried to convince me that she has some special permission to travel freely to and from Cuba because she isn't a political enemy of the Castro regime, but for some reason she hasn't taken advantage of it. Hmmm.

So apparently America is having friendly talks with Cuba. Eventually this may result in lifting the embargo, and allowing us glorious Americans to travel to Cuba as we please. Woohoo. I actually really don't want this. I mean, I'm all for countries being chummy and world peace, blah blah blah. But I feel like Americans tend to ruin everything. And I can just imagine Cuba turning into the next Cancun. I want to go to Cuba, but I want it to be real Cuba, not Americanized Cuba. And I'm sure my grandma agrees with me on this one thing. Cuba has always held a fantasyland image in my head. I want it to stay that way. I know that there are plenty of benefits to having better relations with Cuba, for both countries. But I am selfish and I don't want to share Cuba with all of you other Americans. Sorry. 

In other news, I need to take a Spanish class because I am losing it. And I can't justify having a Spanish tattoo if I don't speak Spanish.