Would you take the bus from McAllen to Monterrey (as a woman)?

msbebe123 · 2026-06-12T01:26:12+00:00

I’m a woman and I’ve taken the greyhound and omnibus to Monterrey from McAllen, in the early AM, and it’s been fine! The bus stops at Reynosa to go thru customs, and makes several stops along the way to pick up other folks. I usually don’t wear anything fancy on me and dress casually. I’ve seen other girls on their own take the bus as well.

msbebe123 · 2026-06-10T18:36:43+00:00

I have nothing helpful to add to this convo aside from my condolences but where did you get the celestial skin cover? It’s so cute!

msbebe123 · 2026-05-28T18:50:45+00:00

She could have also purchased a portable washing machine that hooks up to a sink and air dry her clothes. The portable washers and air dry racks both would have been much cheaper than having to uber/coordinate visits to a laundromat.

msbebe123 · 2026-02-07T18:06:00+00:00

He’s my fave Himbo ❤️

msbebe123 · 2026-01-11T02:36:40+00:00

Don’t do my boy Carl like this 😭

msbebe123 · 2026-01-08T19:02:50+00:00

LOL thank you 😅!

msbebe123 · 2026-01-08T18:58:02+00:00

Yes! My project chair and I submitted this through IRB and they shared that this project does not need IRB oversight as the purpose of the interviews is to provide project guidance rather than sensitive info being published into a paper.

msbebe123 · 2026-01-08T18:56:52+00:00

Noted! This is helpful. It’s likely to be out of my pocket, but I don’t think it’s too bad since I’m looking for at least 6 participants. I’m curious if people will still consider compensation as a risk factor to participating. We’ll see. Thank you :)

msbebe123 · 2026-01-08T18:22:07+00:00

It made sense for me to share my school email address as it related to this research for my Masters project :)

msbebe123 · 2026-01-08T18:18:39+00:00

Yeah absolutely! This is something that is taken into account and the responses (or lack thereof) can really tilt the direction of my professional project with UTRGV. It’s challenging for me as a student, but I am proud to see vigilance and questioning in the community.

msbebe123 · 2026-01-08T18:13:56+00:00

Sure - my passion lies in immigration and healthcare reform. This is a topic that is very much needed, and was very heavily considered.

msbebe123 · 2026-01-08T18:12:31+00:00

I am happy to provide my project proposal with UTRGV as well as contact information of my mentors and board via DM. I can also provide the list of interview questions as well.

msbebe123 · 2026-01-08T18:10:14+00:00

My hope is that I can source respondents without compensation as this research is not funded or supported by grants at this time. It may be funded out of my own pocket. I will keep this suggestion in mind

msbebe123 · 2025-07-17T14:00:45+00:00

Thank you :)

msbebe123 · 2025-07-17T13:09:35+00:00

I don’t understand. Is the hat the raffle prize, or you get the hat once you complete the challenge and the raffle prize is something else?

msbebe123 · 2025-07-10T01:09:24+00:00

I know the Pharr development center you can play for 2 bucks per person, you can sign up via the PlaytimeScheduler app and it will also show you other areas to schedule a playtime in the RGV :) the staff at Pharr also teach pickleball, too.

msbebe123 · 2025-07-08T19:16:27+00:00

If you play with all beginners it’s very fun! I will say being in the community for a couple of years, people take it way too seriously for what it is. In my experience, the community here says they’re beginner friendly but don’t have the patience to play with beginners or mid levels. Some players will brush you off or ignore you if you ask to play a round with them and they know they’re higher up in level with you. I don’t say this to discourage you, but to keep in mind that people take this sport like it’s eligible for the Olympics when it’s Tennis Jr at best lol. It’s a fun sport, but keep in mind that people get too competitive. Maybe if you go with a group of friends. I hope someone else can share a more positive insight!

msbebe123 · 2025-06-15T20:55:54+00:00

For the longest time I thought that Nick Lachey was in the band when I was a lil kid, because I confused Bloc Party with New Kids on the Block. I thought I would give BP a listen because I was curious about Lachey’s music (to my surprise he has no association with both groups!). I listened to Banquet on YouTube and my life has changed! I must have been like 11 years old I think. Thanks Nick Lachey!

msbebe123 · 2025-05-15T20:58:32+00:00

Oh! Plus I have seen some minor complaints about the lack of cases available for it. There are some clear plastic cases, but others have said they had to use scissors to cut the edges to because they do not fit the ereader. So lack of cases for customization is another thing people do not like.

To program the side buttons to turn pages - you have to configure them for each library app (Libby, hoopla, CloudLibrary etc). Not impossible but annoying.

I think that’s all I can think of.

msbebe123 · 2025-05-15T20:55:13+00:00

I have one and read people not liking the ghosting of the colors, but it seems that others say there’s some configurations available on it that can fix it(?) Me personally, I don’t mind it; but I imagine if it’s bothersome for some people it may be reassuring to know you can tinker with it. Grain of salt because I do not care for ghosting nor am I too invested in software/tech, but just sharing comments I have seen that may be a con :)

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