Today is my mom’s birthday and she is a grand 60 years young!
Ellen has thrown up the last two nights running and last night I managed to sleep from sometime after 6am until 8:30. Yippee! Since it was the second night, my brain is running very much on empty. As such, we didn’t leave for the US today and Jamie and Michael spent the day cycling and finding a place that we all MUST visit tomorrow, so barring any further vomiting episodes tonight, we’ll head for what Jamie is calling “Little Yosemite”. We’ve always loved this side of the Sierra Madre, but he was really taken with the spot they visited today. We tried to get there last year, but due to Hurricane Emily, it was underwater along with any and all roads leading there. Ellen has been drinking soy milk today and eating bread and cream cheese but she is still very hungry. Since the vomiting has come out of the blue; she is fine all day and eats well but wakes after midnight vomiting her poor little guts out for hours and hours, I’ve really been holding her back from eating. She’s not too happy about that. Jamie thinks it might be the green pommegrantes the kids are eating. They’ve found green (but ripe!) apricots, membrillo (also green, but it is always green) and pomms (green, of course) and have been eating with abandon. This is truly their idea of heaven; all kinds of their favorite fruit trees all free for the picking.
Well, I’m using up the very little of what is left of my functioning brain, so please wish my lovely mother a Happy 58th birthday and light 25 candles for her cake! We are hoping to head to the US the day after and honestly, the miser in me is glad. In Morelos we paid 40 pesos a night; here it is two hundred and fifty! Course, we have pools and playgrounds and courtyards and biking areas, a gym and fruit trees all at our disposal.
The flowers you and Chistina sent are BEAUTIFUL – make me think of some of the colors of Mexico you’ve documented!
My health says I’m in my 20s, I look like I’m in my 80s, but I’ll take the 25 candles and the pretense it was my 58th. Thank god for good genes!
We hope Ellen is feeling better and that you all can enjoy your last few days (for awhile) in Mexico.
Let us know more about “Little Yosemite!”
Safe travels!
Love,
TaTa
Your Mother is 60? Sheesh! You want to get me in trouble? We’ve been married 47 years! You want me to be accused of wedding a 13 YEAR OLD? It’s bad enough I’ve grandparents that were second coiusins. Now this! Arghhhh…..
love, dad
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Happy birthday to your mom. Sorry Ellen is feeling bad. Hopefully it has worked its way out of her by now. Strange how it only effects her at night and not durning the day.
I will be interested to know what is said when you re-enter the states after so much time in Mexico. Hope you all have good travel days. Glad you have the computer back, what an adventure trying to get it back!! Talk to you later.
DeeDee