The purpose for this blog is to share my thoughts, hopes dreams, lessons learned ext. I hope that in some way my experience will bring some comfort to others. Just remember you are not alone in your situation find your peace that passes all understanding and have fun with your life no matter where you are.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Staycation
Well today my husband went back to work after his almost week and a half off. At his work you don't really add up hours for vacation time. You get one week a year for the first few years then after that they slowly add more time. You also don't get to pick when you go. As a matter of fact they changed our week on us twice, once a month before the dates and the second time a week before. So now we know not to buy any tickets ahead of time next year. He got more than a week because of some recent overtime he had done. The don't pay you for overtime here they just give you time off which is fine with us also. We were not planning on going to far but we did want to visit some friends (Leslie) and head down to Lake Chapala and see some of Issacs old friends down there. Well the first day of his vacation we headed to Guadalajara to hang out with Melissa (Refried Dreamer). As always it took us as long to find where we were going as it took to get to Guad. As we were searching for the right street our truck started acting crazy. We did make it though and because of the truck situation we decided not to do much but to hang out with them at their shop. Melissa did take us to Costco which is a treat for people who don't have any stores that big in town. We got quite a few things that wont run out for a long time. ;) We brought the truck in to get looked at and over the next few days got several different opinions on it. No matter where we went it all came down to the fact that our Vacation money was going into the truck. So for my husbands first time off in over a year we got to stay home. I suppose it worked out for the best at least we didn't spend all the money then find out the truck was broke. Since we weren't going anywhere we decided to have some people over for cake and icecream for our now 3yr old. We celebrated early which was a good thing because by the time the birthday came she had a stomach flu. Poor baby thank goodness shes feeling better now. The good thing about Mexico with sick kids is that there is always a tienda very close, for us its downstairs. I remember in the states having to call someone to either bring me the pedialite and soup or to sit with her while I went to get it. Well on Fri night one of Issacs cousins stopped through on his way down to the lake and he stayed here with the girls so we could go out on a date. So at least we got to go out. We went bowling and I kicked his butt. hee hee. Then we played pool and he kicked mine. Funny how a date turns in to who kicks whos butt. lol But it was so good to get out and knowing we may not get to again for a bit made it so much nicer. We then went our for tacos. Yummmm. Well I seriously thought he was going to be sick of us after all that time at home with us but he wasn't. And I miss him already. Its nice to know that after 4 yrs of marriage and a year of living together that we could spend every waking hour together and still miss each other. I love that I still miss him when hes at work everyday. And he feels the same way. Once again just more reassurance that this is where Im suppose to be.
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Im glad you always see the glass half full, it makes life so much easier! YAY for going to Costco, I love it there :)
ReplyDeleteGood to hear about your vacation and the date. Isn't it great to still be madly in love with your spouse?? :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had great family time which is the really important part!
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed your time together! Sometimes not doing anything is the best kind of vacation. What does Issac do if you don't mind me asking?
ReplyDeleteMama- to tell the truth at first we were pretty bumbed out but then we made the best of it.
ReplyDeleteAlice- Yes it is so wonderful
AMM-We did get a lot of together time that we prob wouldnt have goten if wed been running around
Rebbeca-Issac works at Soriana its kinda like the Mexican Walmart. He does stuff with the computers.
Keep up the "look on the bright side" attitude...it is something too easily taken for granted here "al otro lado" and although I have only been home like 4 days now, I see how it is going to be a struggle, and a challenge, albeit a welcome one, to continue my "go with the flow" attitude I chose to polish in Navojoa...a friend once told me: "Does the stres get the things done FOR you?" and I was all, duh, no, lesson was basically that flippin´out when things take the road of the unexpected...doesn´t change them, just prevents you from enjoying ANYTHING at all....so best to just roolllll with it.... oh man, a husband who works at Soriana----to this day my nickname from my friends from QuerĂ©taro is "Sori" jaja
ReplyDeleteThanks for coming out and hanging out for a bit!!! We FINALLY moved... so whenever you're ready for a bbq... you let us know!!!
ReplyDeleteActually, if it's cool... next time we'll head up your way!!! :)
hmh26-I hope you are enjoying being back home. I hate that I cought your blog so late in your stay here in Mexico.
ReplyDeleteDreamer- We would love for you to come this way. The truck is still in the shop so we deff wont be your way for a bit. E-mail me and we can make plans.