Yea baby! Got my permanent residency card today for Mexico. I have my card in my hand...so it must be true. Woot Woot!! It's good forever!! FOREVER. I can do everything except vote. That will come with citizenship. I could have applied for citizenship now, but it would have been a huge hassle because we would have had to have gone to Mexicali for the process. Not sure but the process might (might) be simpler from permanent resident to citizenship, but probably the same, ha ha. Anyway I have this thought in my head that required or not, I want to be fluent in Spanish prior to applying for full citizenship....out of respect, you know what I mean?
Good day today. I woke up refreshed, felt like I slept really well after not so good the nite before. Sleep comes and goes for me, sometimes sooo elusive. It's another thing I hope changes after November when I am no longer (yes NO LONGER) taking the arimidex (anti cancer meds). 5 long long years and my symptoms seem to be ache-y joints, not great sleep, and hot flashes that mean I have been wearing no sleeves for YEARS and in cold weather I just carry a jacket or sweater...because at any given moment I want to tear my clothes off ha ha...and that just wouldn't be good for anybody!
Ok so I woke up good. Then with coffee I turned on a news station in Spanish- because I just couldn't bear to hear one more word from the U.S. slant on whatever country we are decimating ...or uh..."supporting". Anyway the really cool thing was I realized I was following the story completely!! They were talking about opportunities for young Mexicans; education, jobs, etc., how to discourage some behaviors and encourage others. The challenges young people face and how it's different in different states of Mexico....money or environment, ect. Anyway I jumped up yelling- I get it I get it!!! Everardo had been listening to some Mexican political news on his laptop with his headphones and looked up at me....Honestly, he doesn't really get how much I do NOT get. I mean I'll understand the idea or the subject of a news story or a conversation, but no details....so much to me us "blah blah blahdy blahdy blah" and then I catch another couple of words. So my total comprehension just thrilled me.
Then we left and headed out for the immigration office, with no expectations. Actually we were talking about getting a juicer. Last nite I watched U Tube videos and read reviews about juicers until I found out way more than I ever wanted to know about juicers ha ha. 3 types....many brands....prices all over the map. Different uses. Used and new. We want to make beets and carrot juice. So we need the strong kind...(centrifugal as opposed to masticating or auger...or a 4th- twin gear...see how informed I am??). Yesterday I posted on a local bulletin board looking for a used one and got some replies, only one fit, but it was pretty far from here and close to the original price. We did look at another one that was centrifugal but too small. But I'm getting ahead of myself. We arrived, went in....and...wait for it...................I GOT MY RESIDENTE PERMANENTE card!! Yippee. You know what I say about Mexico: If you don't have it in your hand you got nothing. So I got it!! I was giddy.....singing a silly "yo soy residente permanente" song. Poppi was smiling his head off and laughing.
Ok laughed thru Costco and Comercial Mexicana getting dog food and looking at juicers in both places...then called the guy we thought had a used one that would work for us. Based on his answers we thought ok good- let's go. Ha ha One question was can you put a whole apple in it? Yes he said, we made beet, carrot apple juice every day. Aha. So when we got back from Ensenada we called for directions, went over there....but alas...semantics....he did put an apple in it....after cutting up into about 6 pieces...ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. So yes you can put a whole apple in it, but what I meant was- can you drop a whole intact applet into the juicer.....if I had asked it that way, the answer would have been "nope". In the end we decided to buy one online and get it shipped to our friend Tim's address in San Ysidro (in California). He's going to the states next week and will pick it up on his way down when he comes back...or worst case his mail service will bring it down and we might have to pay $5 or $6 for that.
Everardo made some carrot beet celery juice with the juicer borrowed from the neighbor willing to sell his used one....the juice was good but the juicer not so much....ha ha that ended up being the straw that broke the camel's back and hence the decision to buy one. Anyway I'm excited about it, Everardo has been stopping at stands and buying veggie juice all along, but it's new for me. It fits right in with my current efforts to be healthier, & to make better food decisions. I'm thinking that mid afternoon when I get hit with a craving or really just need a snack this will be perfect. Protein shake in the late morning after my workout, then a veggie juice in the afternoon....then dinner, then good. I only noticed a couple of days ago that I'm not wanting a snack after dinner, like 10 pm. Before all this new plan (5 months ago...) it was an ice cream bar or some cookies, or a bowl of cereal. Once I started I started trading sweets for golden delicious apples or a scoop of yogurt...but lately I have just not needed anything else....yippee.
Ok other great thing about today!! Everardo is celebrating 5 years clean and sober today!! He's going to come with me to the English speaking meeting tomorrow nite, and my friend Jan is making him a special bakery delight. I told her nothing with icing....not because of me, but because he's not a big sweets eater. He's feeling pretty good right now...and I'm so happy for him- he is such a gift in my life. 5 years is a big deal. Every milestone is a big deal.
There's alot going on in the world right now, but for this moment in time...I just wanna enjoy the moment. So that's it for now. Viva
Good day today. I woke up refreshed, felt like I slept really well after not so good the nite before. Sleep comes and goes for me, sometimes sooo elusive. It's another thing I hope changes after November when I am no longer (yes NO LONGER) taking the arimidex (anti cancer meds). 5 long long years and my symptoms seem to be ache-y joints, not great sleep, and hot flashes that mean I have been wearing no sleeves for YEARS and in cold weather I just carry a jacket or sweater...because at any given moment I want to tear my clothes off ha ha...and that just wouldn't be good for anybody!
Ok so I woke up good. Then with coffee I turned on a news station in Spanish- because I just couldn't bear to hear one more word from the U.S. slant on whatever country we are decimating ...or uh..."supporting". Anyway the really cool thing was I realized I was following the story completely!! They were talking about opportunities for young Mexicans; education, jobs, etc., how to discourage some behaviors and encourage others. The challenges young people face and how it's different in different states of Mexico....money or environment, ect. Anyway I jumped up yelling- I get it I get it!!! Everardo had been listening to some Mexican political news on his laptop with his headphones and looked up at me....Honestly, he doesn't really get how much I do NOT get. I mean I'll understand the idea or the subject of a news story or a conversation, but no details....so much to me us "blah blah blahdy blahdy blah" and then I catch another couple of words. So my total comprehension just thrilled me.
Then we left and headed out for the immigration office, with no expectations. Actually we were talking about getting a juicer. Last nite I watched U Tube videos and read reviews about juicers until I found out way more than I ever wanted to know about juicers ha ha. 3 types....many brands....prices all over the map. Different uses. Used and new. We want to make beets and carrot juice. So we need the strong kind...(centrifugal as opposed to masticating or auger...or a 4th- twin gear...see how informed I am??). Yesterday I posted on a local bulletin board looking for a used one and got some replies, only one fit, but it was pretty far from here and close to the original price. We did look at another one that was centrifugal but too small. But I'm getting ahead of myself. We arrived, went in....and...wait for it...................I GOT MY RESIDENTE PERMANENTE card!! Yippee. You know what I say about Mexico: If you don't have it in your hand you got nothing. So I got it!! I was giddy.....singing a silly "yo soy residente permanente" song. Poppi was smiling his head off and laughing.
Ok laughed thru Costco and Comercial Mexicana getting dog food and looking at juicers in both places...then called the guy we thought had a used one that would work for us. Based on his answers we thought ok good- let's go. Ha ha One question was can you put a whole apple in it? Yes he said, we made beet, carrot apple juice every day. Aha. So when we got back from Ensenada we called for directions, went over there....but alas...semantics....he did put an apple in it....after cutting up into about 6 pieces...ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. So yes you can put a whole apple in it, but what I meant was- can you drop a whole intact applet into the juicer.....if I had asked it that way, the answer would have been "nope". In the end we decided to buy one online and get it shipped to our friend Tim's address in San Ysidro (in California). He's going to the states next week and will pick it up on his way down when he comes back...or worst case his mail service will bring it down and we might have to pay $5 or $6 for that.
Everardo made some carrot beet celery juice with the juicer borrowed from the neighbor willing to sell his used one....the juice was good but the juicer not so much....ha ha that ended up being the straw that broke the camel's back and hence the decision to buy one. Anyway I'm excited about it, Everardo has been stopping at stands and buying veggie juice all along, but it's new for me. It fits right in with my current efforts to be healthier, & to make better food decisions. I'm thinking that mid afternoon when I get hit with a craving or really just need a snack this will be perfect. Protein shake in the late morning after my workout, then a veggie juice in the afternoon....then dinner, then good. I only noticed a couple of days ago that I'm not wanting a snack after dinner, like 10 pm. Before all this new plan (5 months ago...) it was an ice cream bar or some cookies, or a bowl of cereal. Once I started I started trading sweets for golden delicious apples or a scoop of yogurt...but lately I have just not needed anything else....yippee.
Ok other great thing about today!! Everardo is celebrating 5 years clean and sober today!! He's going to come with me to the English speaking meeting tomorrow nite, and my friend Jan is making him a special bakery delight. I told her nothing with icing....not because of me, but because he's not a big sweets eater. He's feeling pretty good right now...and I'm so happy for him- he is such a gift in my life. 5 years is a big deal. Every milestone is a big deal.
There's alot going on in the world right now, but for this moment in time...I just wanna enjoy the moment. So that's it for now. Viva
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