TGIF

Another Friday is finally here.  It's been a long week.

Gerald and I discussed a lot of things this week - some positive, some negative.  In the end I think we agreed on some points and agreed to disagree on others.  We have a few ideas for the future and for Mexico, but nothing is set in stone, which is a good thing.  We don't want to commit ourselves to something right now only to be disappointed later on.

Two of the ideas were our original idea to spend 6 months to a year in Mexico sometime in the next few years, or to make a few shorter trips down, take an early retirement in ten yrs or so and relocate either for part of the year or permanently.  I doubt we'll decide between the two until, and if we actually decide on that option.

I had ordered 2 more books from Amazon, and they arrived today.  The People's Guide to Mexico looks like a great book with a lot of information and great stories built in.  I think that it's going to be a great resource!  The other book I ordered is The Canadian Snowbird Guide - everything you need to know about living part-time in the USA and Mexico.  This one isn't as entertaining, but addresses a lot of important things from a Canadian point of view.  It deals with more of the 'red-tape' sort of issues.

I was also researching ways we can learn spanish.  There are a few interesting options out there.  I found one software that looks promising, but I'm in no big rush for that  We've got lots of time.  Meaghan is really excited about the whole idea.  I did finally ask her if she'd like to go live in Mexico.  She was really excited and wanted me to teach her some spanish right away!  My spanish is pretty limited at the moment, so the first thing popped into my head was, "Hola!  Yo es muy importante."  We both laughed like idiots while we walked around Zellers (which is a large Canadian department store chain), and she kept repeating "Yo es muy importante!"

One thing that kind of saddens me is that Gerald and I both know that Chorney, our German Sheppard will never get to go with us.  She will turn 13 in April and will be gone by the time we go.  Our greyhound Trap, who turns 5 in April could possibly make it to the beach, and I'm sure he'd be grateful!  The poor boy came to Canada after living and racing in Florida!  Talk about a change in temperature!  I'll post some photos of my fur-kids in the next couple of days, but I really HAVE to sit down and write my paper for school this weekend.

That's it for now though.  It's getting late, I'm tired, and I'm anxious to curl up in bed and read my books!