feliz navidad

the house is clean. well, relatively. a half-load of dishes is washing, and we'll transfer the load of towels now in the washer to the dryer before we leave. the trash is bagged and by the door, waiting to be carried out. the plants are watered and the lamps are turned on to suggest our imminent appearance from upstairs. our bag is packed and the rejected clothes have been put away. in only four hours, we get back out of the bed into which we just now finally climbed, and then we're off to houston on the 6:10 am flight. from houston, we're going to try for oaxaca (to which neither of us have been), but it's close, so if we don't get on that flight, we're getting on the guanajuato flight. we've been to guanajuato - nearly five years ago! - and would be happy to go back.

so one way or the other, this time tomorrow, we'll be calling it a night in mexico. or not. you never know.