We just finished Christmas shopping. Surprisingly, here it doesn’t seem like there is much traffic. Maybe I’m just used to the traffic in MC now. It’s been pretty easy. We got the first parking spot at the mall today, and we were done shopping by 10:30. Sweet! Now there’s the wrapping. Ugghhh!!!
Fog closes Mexico City Airport, disrupting 71 flights: This is what happens when you mix fog, smoke, and smog in a city surrounded by mountains. I’m just glad it didn’t happen yesterday (although there was a lot of smoke yesterday morning.)
They say that missionaries live with something called “background stress.” This is stress related to doing everyday things in a second culture. We experience that a lot in Mexico. Sometimes, the traffic, people, and culture get to you, making everyday events so very difficult. We don’t talk about it much. It is amazing, though, when you return to your home culture, how easy everything is. Today was one of those days. It’s nice to have a few moments without any “background stress.” We went shopping, out to eat, and basically just fit in without traffic or very much stress.
Photo: Janell’s sister Tina blowing out her birthday candles (birthday on Wednesday).
Yeah!!!! Two sports reasons to be happy today:
San Diego ends Indianapolis Colts’ hopes for perfect season, keeping the ’72 Dolphins as the only undefeated team in history.
Miami beats New York Jets. Unfortunately, because San Diego won, Miami is out of the playoff race. They are, however, at .500. Plus, remember, they beat San Diego last week.
We don’t know where home is. We often say we have two homes. We arrived at our home in Florida today after waking up at 3:30 am, leaving our house at 4:30 am, and being on planes all day. We almost missed our connecting flight in Dallas. Unfortunately, our luggage did miss the connecting flight. We even thought we were being smart by packing different stuff in different bags, but we didn’t get any of our bags. We didn’t even get Nathan’s car seat. So, American Airlines loaned us one, and we are waiting for them to deliver our luggage to the house. It could be tomorrow before we get them. This is the first time that’s ever happened to us. Frustrating. Stay tuned to see what happens. UPDATE: Our luggage arrived at 11 PM last night. Finally, we can put on new clothes, take out our contacts, and we have diapers!!!
