Dar and I are less than two weeks away from our trip to Pittsburgh to see the Steelers beat the ever living tar out of the malevolent (and probably syphilitic) Baltimore Shitbirds. Looking forward to kicking it with some San Antonio friends, having a great time in The Burgh, and whatever else this trip back to the US holds. Go Steelers!
We're also using our trip back to the States to pick up a few things we are not able to find in Mexico. Minor things we can certainly live without, but that do add to our quality of life. They're mostly supplements and personal care items. Vitamins are really expensive here, for some reason. On the other hand, I can have my testosterone delivered with my groceries without a prescription! Choose your battles, I guess.
Rather than waste time shopping while we're in Pittsburgh, we're having Amazon deliver what we need to the hotel. Yup, you can do that. Prime makes it pretty easy. I need to contact the hotel to make sure they're expecting our box of stuff.
Last weekend was Thanksgiving -- we enjoyed a very nice dinner at the JW Marriott. The food was great, but I think the staff was a little overwhelmed. No worries, it was great to have a traditional meal with all the trimmings. I also enjoyed the crowd. Our fellow diners were made up of expat US families -- most with small children. Sprinkled in were random hotel guests from other countries, as well as several tables of Mexicans. I couldn't help be speculate why the Mexicans were there? Had they lived in the US for some time and embraced the holiday? Who knows? I think Thanksgiving has a little something for everyone. After all, we should all take the chance to be thankful for something; if only the breath passing through our nostrils.
Mexico City is beautiful. I can't even describe how much I love this place. Every corner you turn is truly a thing on to itself. There is a real rejection of the ordinary or sameness here. We spent a lot of time walking around Colonias Roma, Centro, and Doctores this weekend. Blocks upon blocks of infinite, effortless richness.
I guess what's on my mind today is that a month has gone by and I still don't feel like I've found my feet here. Leaving San Antonio was disruptive and doubtless the right choice -- but that was a month ago. We worked diligently to reduce "The Noise" in our lives. I truly have very few things to worry about now. Work is going well, and Dar and I are happy and having fun. No more cars, no more house, and we're living with a subset of our belongings. There's less to be worried about or distracted by in every way. But it's been a month and I feel like I haven't done anything significant with my time. Worse, several things I thought would gel frankly haven't. While we've been walking a lot, I've done little in the way of working out. My diet has not been great. I'd like to say these are due to the altitude and all the great food I have access too -- factors for sure.
It's really all due to a lack of discipline -- a lack of habit. I'm changing that today. Every day for an hour, I'm either writing in this blog or on another project. Diet and exercise can come later -- for now, invoke the muse and make it happen.
Nothing else for now --
Presently somewhere,
Andy
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