We are two months into this six month adventure. In many ways we are exhausted. But at the same time we are in awe of the things we’ve been able to experience with our children. Today is our last day in Mexico City, and even though this city is beautiful, and rich in culture, and enormous. I will not miss it, and it certainly is not on my list of places to re-visit (I’m looking at you Athens, any part of Germany, Iquitos, and Florence). The main gripe I had with Mexico City was the traffic, there aren’t any traffic laws being enforced, unless you look foreign. There are rarely any stop lights and even those seem to be more of a suggestion. The buses will run you over, taxis will stop in the fast lane of a freeway and let people out for a few minutes. Also I’ve noticed it is very common for people to cut in front of you here in any line. One woman was so blatant about it today and it was during our youngest having an almost tantrum in a place I wanted to leave immediately. Oh well, I do like you México City, but I won’t miss you.
Day 61 we fly back to the city we are living in. It is going to be a very busy day because I have to fax file so many documents for Wednesday court hearings in the Bay Area. This brings me to the elephant in the room.
I’ve been trying to avoid discussing the pandemic going on. Mexico has it locked down pretty hard, they have 17 confirmed cases, and they have a type of CDC website h that meticulously tracks not just cases of the Corona Virus, but even suspicious cases that are being tested. The government proactively closed all sporting events to the public, we were going to see a soccer game this morning at the Aztec Stadium but we’re turned away. So now we have this anxiety about my flying to the US for work.
I need to fly to the US for work, that’s how we are mostly paying for this trip, the problem is México is concerned about American tourists infecting them, and rightly so. I sneezed today at a playground and a couple families got their kids and walked away from the area. I am monitoring Facebook and I see the school district my kids are in has been shut down for three to four weeks. The grocery stores have been pillaged to nothing, and parents are struggling trying to find child care so they can still pay bills. I can’t imagine how crazy it is from 1700 miles away, and I’m praying for all of you constantly. My biggest fear is not that Mexico closes its borders before I fly to go to work, my concern is they do it while I’m in the United States, stranding me from my family.
Please keep my family in your prayers as I keep all of you in mine. Let’s hope this blows over fast, and with as little fatalities as possible.
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