Blastoff!

The boys and I are headed to Merida this afternoon to start our journey to the US.  We have been lucky enough to be able to afford an annual trip for a number of years now and this year we’re going back for a bonus party – my folks’ 50th wedding anniversary.  We are first heading to Merida though, so Kilo can get neutered out of Sissy’s sight.  She was so distraught at the thought of further surgery for the puppy, that we decided to take some extra days and have him neutered in Merida.  This also gives us a chance to have Pike seen by his orthodontist for a brace tightening and that will hopefully mean he’ll only go one full month without a tightening.  He has weathered the retainer and braces bit without a peep and I’m really proud of how he is taking responsibility for his dental health.

Jamie and the girls will stay here until mid-August and then fly our carrier of choice (coach is like first class with them), Mexicana, saving his back and allowing the girls to skip the drive portion.  Course, now that we’re all getting ready to leave, they might be second-guessing their choice to fly, but I doubt it.  I’m sure Jamie has decadence planned while the cat’s away.

I spent much of July in denial that we were actually leaving, but it has only taken a few days of dedicated packing and organizing to get things ready.  But we’ll see, when Jamie leaves, just how ready we were, as he’ll have the mop-up when he gets ready to leave.  The trailer A/C is fritzing, the recamera A/C is ok but fritzing less so, and he has a nice little list (which he will probably ignore).   I ran yesterday for the first time since my last injury and my knees are only a little achy (I’ve done 11 miles over the last 2 days but very little of that running) so I’m not surprised.  I’ll try to update from Merida as now that I’ve finished my breakfast I’m itching to attack the lists again.

Right now, we’re thinking Merida, Coatepec, Pachuca (IIRC), Bernal, the Sierra Gorda and Jalpan, Xilitla if only to stop at the women’s cooperative for breaky, Rio Verde, Saltillo, Del Rio, border, El Paso or Pecos, Santa Fe (NM), Klingman (AZ), Bakersfield (CA) and the SF Bay Area.

Looking forward to no mozzies and no tabanos.