My apologies to John Milton for borrowing his title. We arrived back in Ajijic yesterday without any serious problems, although we were over half an hour late on the flight and took a long time to get through customs and immigration. There was no problem with the latter, except that now that we have our FM3 permanent visa for Mexico, there is a different form that we have to fill out. On the plane, the attendent gave us the wrong form.
Jack and Kate met us at the airport with Bijou and all were very welcome sights as we were tired; we had been up since 2 a.m. Central Standard Time and it was after 5:30 p.m. The house, yard, fountain, flowers seemed even better than when we left. Being away helps to raise one’s appreciation. We immediately got some wine and went outside to sit in the gazebo. We went to bed quite early (before 9). We only took time to email relatives of our safe arrival and I had some emails from students. The new class started as of yesterday, but there are problems with a new program for online courses. Fortunately, I have the syllabus and lectures on my own web page and I can get them to work, even if they haven’t access to the online course.
It was of course very different here compared to conditions when we left Nova Scotia. The temperature in Guadalajara on our arrival was 27 C while it was about -5 C or so in Halifax. Barb is still feeling the effects of being away and the journey back. She is at the moment on her 2nd nap today. I had not jogged for 3 weeks so that was harder than when I last did it before we left. I guess that we are going to need a few days to get back to normal. There are so many things to do (concerts, bridge games, etc.) that we want to get back at it quickly.
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