My time at the Guadalajara airport finally ended yesterday at 2:30 pm
My cowardly lion badge of courage and I shuffled around from one part of the airport to another.
we saw a sweet little boy playing with his baby Jesus. Taken straight out of his manger and into the Guadalajara airport. guess he had a plane to catch. I wondered where he was headed.
I enjoyed watching some roughhousing among the spirited airport crew.
In my final hour when I couldn’t keep my eyes open a second longer I amused myself by finger sketching on the iPad. My delirious chuckling kept me awake.
At last the little band of weary travelers from our doomed aeromexico flight dragged ourselves aboard continental into the first class cabin. We were beaming, chattering, eager to eat our lunch, and sleep.
By 5:30 pm I was in a warm car rolling towards home through still foggy streets.
Happy New Year gentle readers. I am drinking coffee and going outside to sit in the sun of my back patio. I have a long glorious week of vacation left. Want to reflect on the budding of the new year. All the potential for starting anew…
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Happy New Year and I’m so glad that you are safe and sound at home! Thank you so much for taking us along on another one of your grand adventures….especially to places I might not ever get to. The city, as well as, your home away from home, seemed charming and I loved the colorful pictures and interesting history. You are now so deserving of a wonderful week at home and a great year ahead!
I had a wonderful time on my Mexican vacation!! Unfortunately, I am back at work already and hating every minute of it–except my lunch hour reading blogs and finding you home safely. What an adventure your return trip was!! Whew.. bet you’re glad that’s over!! Is it too soon to ask, where to next??? And when??
Happy New Year and welcome home Mary Ann.
I’m glad you have a whole nother week of vacation you lucky puck….wish I did….
enjoy and thank you for taking us along on your adventure once again!
Hugs to you,
Dawn
Happy New Year Mary Ann, glad your are back home, all snug and cozy and enjoying a few more days of quiet bliss. You sure know how to end one year and begin a new one with a whole lot of ‘ups and downs’ thrown in for good measure. Enjoy each and every second of the week.
Happy New Year! Glad you finally got home safely! Enjoy your final days of vacation. 🙂
What’s happening to my Mexico!!! A big black mark on Aeromaybe and a gold star to Continental for rescuing you (even though you had to pay big bucks for 1st class). Loved living vicariously through this last trip. Glad you’re save and sound once again in the Moss Cottage. Happy 2012 and future travels. Toni in Denver
Well we’re all glad you’re home safe and sound. That week to reflect and just meld back in sounds perfect. Just relax. Inhale and exhale..keep repeating.
Happy New Year! You must be glad to be back home in your lovely cottage. Enjoy the rest of your vacation, and looking forward to your new travel journal!
Welcome back home and welcome into the New Year – may it filled with wonderful possibilities, much happiness, health and glorious travel experiences for you!
Enjoy our sunshine!!! Great writing yesterday, I was exhausted just reading it.lol
Welcome back! Bet the go-go boots and orgasm lady are still standing in line somewhere. What a way to ring in the new year. Get some rest and then start designing a new class. Isn’t that one of your resolutions? Perhaps you could think up something really cool and arty to use up old cereal boxes, or Doritos bags…I’ve got lots of those.
Glad you are home safe and sound with another full week to play and ponder. You have to admit, these sorts of adventures make incredibly good journal material. :o) Donna
I just realized that I was so happy to read that you’re safe at home, I forgot to leave a comment saying how happy and relieved I am! What a great adventure! And I’ve fallen in love with your Cowardly Lion badge of courage! I must make one for myself! I love it to bits!
How about pondering the book I hope you are writing.
So thankful you’re home safe! Happy New Year 🙂
Checked first thing to see if you made it home in one piece. What an adventure! Being along on your colorful, lovely trip sure cheered me up. Mary Ann, I wish you a beautiful, wildly creative and adventurous new year!
Glad you know what matters…..reflection and beginning again.
happy you got the 1st lass ticket.
Welcome back! You sure had a fab and adventurous trip. Rest some, hug the cats and thank you for sharing your holiday with us.
What an adventure in quick thinking and being fleiable, that a way teacher of craft monkeys. Enjoyed our trip, the color of the buildings and clothing makes my soul sing. Glad you have another week left before you have to go back and face your craft monkeys who have been sugared out all vacation. Enjoy
Happy New Year and welcome back home! I thoroughly enjoyed my vacation with you….well of course I didn’t leave the confines of my little abode in Portland, but I felt like I had a vacation with you! Thanks so much for sharing your adventure.
Welcome home! Love that courage badge;) Here’s to a New Year with no airport adventures. Enjoy your week off. I have one more week too. Yay!
glad you are home safe and sound. Happy New Year!!
What at tale!! It may take you a week just to get it all down in your Mexico journal!!! So glad that you had that emergency credit card!!!! Have a nice restful week!!!
Happy New Year!!
Welcome home and Happy New Year! I enjoyed each and every one of your messages from Mexico! Thanks for the adventure!
Happy, Happy!
I’m so glad you’re home. I always find it nice to have a little Home Vacation after an Away Vacation before returning to the responsibilities of everyday life. Enjoy it!
So glad that you made it home safe and sound without further drama or trauma. Thanks for taking us on your lovely Mexican vacation!
Aloha, Kate
welcome home and happy new year!
Thank you for taking me on the trip with you, I’ve enjoyed so many trips with you!! Can’t wait to see where we’re off to next. Happy New Year!
what a nightmare trip home!! Glad you followed your instincts and asked that man who jumped out of line, what he was doing, lol. Welcome home!
YAYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!! Now I can stop “stalking” your blog to see if you are safe and sound. HAPPY NEW YEAR…..RUTH
Welcome Home! And lucky you to get one more week of glorious vacation before heading back to the throngs! As always, looking forward to what you be up to next! Happy New Year Mary Ann!!
Glad you are home safe & sound! That was a wonderful trip–I loved tagging along!
Glad you are finally home. Wishing you a wonderful 2012!
Glad you are home Mary Ann! Happy New Year from sunny Grass Valley! I have hurried home from work each day this past week eager to get to the computer and read about your daily adventures. Thanks for taking us along on your trip. I look forward to seeing the travel journal pictures sometime in the future. ‘Wishing you a joyous 2012!
I am so glad you are back safe. YAY!! Happy New Year, my friend.
Glad you made it home. Happy New Year! Enjoy your week in LA before you go back to school/work!
Thank you for sharing your trip with us. Living in San Diego with news of poverty and violence just across the border gives me a warped view of our neighbors to the south. Your writing and phototography have given me new insights into the beauty and history of Mexico and her people. I discovered your website just as your trip began and look forward to more enlightening posts.