It is SO good to be home :-) I needed a vacation from my vacation! Our trip went very well, without any major problems. Mr. Man and I are now officialy TTC, and having a great time ;-)
Snugglebug and I set off on our journey on Friday, February 24th. We crossed the border at 9am on Sunday, February 26th. We could have crossed earlier, but I set my GPS to arrive at 8am, so that we would cross in daylight. When we got close, we stopped and I slept a couple of hours so we wouldn't be running around in Nogales while it was dark outside. My brother- and sister-in-law were there waiting for us when we crossed and we set off right away for Ciudad Obregon so that we would be there before dark. We got to the famous KM21 where we had to get our visas and a permit for Big Bird (our truck) and thought everything would be fine, but they wouldn't accept the copy of the title that we had. Mr. Man and I thought it would be easier if the truck was in both our names, instead of just his, so we transferred it and have not yet received the new title. This means we only had the copy of the transferred title, and not an original. Everything was OK, though, because they said that as long as I had my marriage certificate, they would let us use the registration which was only in Mr. Man's name. Back to the parking lot I went to get the registration out of the glove box. Lo and behold, the registration was expired, and Mr Man, while trying to be helpful and clean the "unnecessary" stuff out of the truck before we left, had taken the new one out of the glove box. About 4 hours and a lot of international phone calls later, we decided to take our chances that farther on, where the "free zone" ended and we actually needed the permit, we would be able to get it. In Empalme, Sonora, there is another spot where you can get the permit, and we hoped we would get a sympathetic ear.
Around 4pm we pulled into Empalme, and with a lot of luck, and yours truly engaging the agents in conversation so that they didn't have time to pay much attention to what they were doing, we walked out with the permit and hit the road again. We got to my in-laws house at around 630 Sunday night. The next day we set right out to do sightseeing and visiting. There are SO many members of Mr. Man's family that came to meet us, and it was a little overwhelming, to say the least! We went to eat cocos at the laguna, went to this cliff where there is a beautiful painting of La Virgen, and a huge altar to her...we also went to the church near the house where they have a very large San Judas Tadeo. The next day, we went to Mass and went to the clinic where the doc sent me for some pre-op testing and gave me the note I would need to admit myself on Thursday the 1st for my tubal ligation reversal. We explored downtown Ciudad Obregon for a while, and then hung around the house. Wednesday I spent getting ready for my surgery on Thursday, going for the preop blood tests and picking up the results. Then I had to take the results back to the doctor and make sure everything looked good for surgery the following day. It was a GO!!! Went home to eat my light supper and prepare myself mentally for the next day. I went to Mass Wednesday night, too.
I will tell you guys later about my surgery and recovery, but that right there was pretty much the extent of my sightseeing in Obregon. I did a couple of things after surgery, too, and will get to them in the next post. Take care all!!!
