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We are 24 hours without running water. The water pipe in the garage broke. Even though we turned off the water, the pipe was still leaking with water and I came up with the brilliant idea to use a wine cork to plug the pipe. I took it upon myself to not let the bottleContinue reading “Day 128”

Today I did some work and then took a walk to the bank. After getting money out, I walked to the grocery store. The below photos are of the neighborhood I walked through. It was very pretty and serene. But I wish I would walk through a neighborhood that didn’t have so many hills. IContinue reading “Day 127”

On the night of Day 125, the kids put on a play for us. It lasted 12 minutes and seemed to be a rehashing or a new episode of PJ Mask. I loathe that cartoon and since we’ve been in Mexico we haven’t watched one episode. But all the kids have matching sweatshirts from theContinue reading “Day 126”

Last night I was writing, and close to midnight a very loud alarm turned on, and stayed on for at least 5 minutes. I looked outside from our locked screen iron screen door and saw police speeding down the street. The police blocked both sides of the street. Some were using their spotlights to lookContinue reading “Day 125”

I forgot to mention that yesterday morning I heard a car drive very fast down our street. We have a speed bump in the street perpendicular to our home so when cars drive by, they always slow down almost to a stop. Well this turned out to be a high speed police chase. The carContinue reading “Day 124”

For breakfast this morning, we made breakfast jacks for our children. Of all the things our third child misses the most from the states, it isn’t friends, or family, it is Jack in the Box’s breakfast Jack. So we bought hamburger buns at the local grocery store, fried ham, eggs and put a slice ofContinue reading “Day 123”

Today was an amazing day. We slept in kind of. Had a great breakfast and relaxed with the family. Our youngest child got his stitches out. A pediatric surgeon with nearly 20 years experience took the stitches out for $35. This country’s medical system still confounds me. Between 11am and 12ish Bonnie and I leftContinue reading “Day 122”

Thank God it’s Friday. We woke up late this morning and Bonnie checked her phone and saw a bunch of alerts. There was no school today. Oddly today is Teacher Appreciation Day, you’d think there would be school. As a substitute teacher, it makes perfect sense to have no school today. I still worked forContinue reading “Day 121”

We have completed more than 2/3 of this adventure. I look back on Day 1 and what I felt when my head hit the pillow after traveling with hundreds of pounds of luggage and 4 children 1700 miles by plane. I’m a little sad it’s gone by so fast, and worried we won’t see muchContinue reading “Day 120”

Bleh. SSDD. If you read Dreamcatcher by Stephen King, you’ll understand the acronym.