54 Hours

As so many of you know, we have a revolving door of guests, which we love. I love that 2.5 years/3 winters of living in Oaxaca and we still have guests visiting and enjoying Oaxaca. We love Oaxaca, so it is never hard to show people our adopted home. Most recently our friends Erin & Jodi left (Sunday morning at 8), we subsequently did a fun (paying) tour to Yagul, Lambityeco and the Sunday Tlacolula market, arriving home around 3 in the afternoon.

The Last Suppoer at Origen.

Pete & Barb, Ralph's sister and brother-in-law, arrive tonight, Tuesday, at 8:30 p.m. From the time we got back from tour to the time when we will go and pick up  P&B, we had 2 sleeps and a rough 54 hours or so on our own.

Whoa. What to do?

• I gave myself a pedicure. Long overdue, the last one I had was about 6 weeks ago, in Florida, with my sister.
• We had nothing but junk food for dinner - chips, cookies, ice cream, chocolate. 
• We slept naked. I got up in the early morning and walked around naked.
• I took a 12 hour "alone time" break and went hiking in the mountains. People think because I am an extrovert means I need no time alone. Incorrect. Extroverts also enjoy their alone time so they can enjoy their together time even more. How true this is. I went for a hike at La Cumbre. About 10K, and I now have my technique down for managing roaming herds of horned cows with calves. Took a picture of a blooming bromeliad and my "authentic" cup of mint tea.

• Ralph tooks naps. I took naps. We napped.
• Ralph did some volunteer work for the Oaxaca Lending Library.
• We made mango chutney.

• We sat in our little new service patio outdoor space and chatted over breakfast and coffee.
• We dropped our van off to get cleaned.
• We had tortas (big sandwiches) on a bench in the shade at Conzatti park.
• We attempted, once again, to pay our "tenencia" - the annual tax on our car. Maybe Thursday...
• We'll go over to friends a little later and have a cocktail and a visit.

Whoa.

Time for a nap!