Travel day

Spent the entire day on all sorts of transportation - taxi, plane, Uber, luxury bus, and Uber again - to get from Mazatlan, via Mexico City, to San Miguel de Allende. This is a quaint little town about 3.5 hrs north of Mexico City. We got in after dark so haven’t seen much of it, but what we could see was absolutely beautiful. Once we got back to our Airbnb, Jordan said how thankful she was to just not be in motion. The bus ride was awesome - just relaxing, watching the scenery go past in comfort - loved it. Once we got out of the city, it was such pretty country.

Our family has always self-identified with the Winnie the Pooh characters - Rodney was Eyore (often melancholy), Adam is Pooh bear (kind hearted), Jordan is Tigger (fearless and impulsive) and I, I am Piglet (the very cautious scared wee little creature that’s sure the sky is falling). And I seem to become more and more “Piglety “ as I age. I do try challenging things, but boy they scare me like I was never scared before. And once I do something scary, I tend to fall apart after - this is all new to me since Rod died. Not sure why it’s so bad now … maybe cause I’ve seen first hand how life can turn on a dime and the worst imaginable can happen? I don’t know. I gather a therapist could have a field day with it all, but for now, it is what it is. All I can do is keep putting myself out there.

So tonight, pulling into a small Mexican town, in the dark, navigating finding our Airbnb in quiet unknown streets was a challenge for me emotionally. Jordan (Tigger) of course was unphased - probably both her personality and the joys of youthful innocence on her side I suppose. But we made it, safe and sound! I can’t wait to see this city in the light of day because it is amazing lit up at night!Read more