Back In the Swing of Things

Ok so I am back in the states and back in the swing of things.  I slept a total of 13 hrs last night and feel rejuvenated. 

I was feeling like I had been dragged through a mango orchard with bug repellant on, everything seemed to stick to me and weigh me down.  My last day in 5 de Mayo started Monday morning at 5am.  I had to wash a load of wet musty clothes before leaving or else they would have started growing roots. I then swept the house and did a light clean up so that I didn't leave it looking like there had been a rooster fight held inside the house.

After a little house clean up, I had a light breakfast which consisted of coffee and Emperador cookies.  I didn't want to risk taking in anything else as I fell ill 2 days before.  I then rushed a cold shower and literally threw everything into my suitcase as I didn't have much that I was taking back with me. 

The 2hr drive to Vallarta was somewhat painful as I have grown to be very delicate on car rides when I am not the "chofer."  Things started looking up as we arrived at my sister-in-law's house in Vallarta (about 5 min. from the airport).  She had buttered chicken with potatoes and jalepeño's in the oven.  When we arrived she threw on a pot of white rice with carrots and peas and made a limonada.  I had some good home cooking that reminded me of a meal my mother would have made and I knew would sit right with my stomach. 

After a quickee lunch I headed to the airport where B and I said our goodbyes and got on the plane to Phoenix AZ which didn't leave on time rather a half hour late.  Once at the Phoenix airport I got lost looking for my connecting flight, that airport makes San Francisco's airport look tiny.   Rushing to get to my connecting flight I had 20 minutes to spare before boarding time and I decided to scarf down to slices of Pizza because I was very hungry at this point.  After eating I went to the boarding area only to find out our plane was delayed an hour due to SFO weather.  An hour later our plane was delayed once again another 2 hours due to the weather.  Our flight which was scheduled to leave at 7:41pm and arrive at SFO at 9:36pm didn't leave until 11pm and arrived at SFO at 1:00am. 

During that long wait at the AZ airport I came across some interesting people...A man that passed gas while standing in front of me as we looked for our connecting flights on a tv screen, a woman that made a bar tender very angry as she complained about our delayed flight, and two older women at a pizza hut that talked about all the good looking "papasitos" that walked by the restaurant. 

Once at the airport my mom was waiting for me and I made it home, trekked up the stairs and went to bed for about 3hrs.  Needless to say I was very tired the next day at work and desperately needed those 13 hrs of sleep.

I always find it hard to post while down in Nayarit as I don't have convenient access to the internet but will bring everybody up to date shortly.  I will also get up to date myself with all of you on what's been going on while I've been gone.

When I get home today I hope to get unpacked and settled in for this last home stretch to the big move down south.