Being "Home"

We have been back in Zihuatanejo for one week. Our biggest fan, "Cori", was very happy to see us come home. It seems he has developed an extraordinary fear about suitcases. Our friends Jim and Gaya had to move the suitcases out one at a time, with the other holding him as he cried and shook with fear. Since then, we have seen the behavior when we drove our friends Iris and Bob to the airport and rolled their suitcases to our car. Cori seems to be telling us, well you've had your fun, but never do that to me again!

Home means comfortable beds, good quality sheets, homemade food and swimming...both in the wonderful ocean and our pools. It also means yoga...both for me and Gene. And it means having visits with our friends. Having friends here means a lot and we've gradually caught up with most of our friends and learned how they have spent the last few weeks in our absence. This was a traumatic year for many of our friends at the 2 condominiums where we live. The LaCeiba/Casa Ceiba families' were rocked by the events surrounding the arrest early this winter of one of our neighbours and are still troubled over the lack of clarity around both the charges and his subsequent behavior. The downside of condominium living is that what affects one, tends to have a ripple effect on many.

And what was once one of my biggest pet projects here, The Cooking School at Patio Mexica is running beautifully. Monica who is the owner and teacher of the popular classes is a friend and a wonderful woman. She can see the potential as the class grows in popularity and our discussions are no longer on what I can do to help, but are more about how she can expand and incorporate her chef trained daughter, Jimena, into the operation in the future. Having travelled to San Cristobal has given me a lot of ideas on what she could do to attract more customers here in the future.

And our last month here will allow us the pleasure to spend more time with our wonderful Nino's Adelante family....we are having a pool party/ barbeque here tomorrow and I'm hoping to make some chocolate chip cookies, just so the girls have a taste of Canada!

Oh, and did I mention how great it is to be back in a place where we can watch the Olympics and are so proud to say we are Canadian!!! Now if I could only remember how to say this all in Spanish.....it's amazing what two weeks without practice can do to my recently acquired skills.