A Good Day in San Miguel

This has been a good day! First, the weather has cooperated: sunny and warm all day. Although there have been some clouds hanging around, they have just provided variety and have been very scenic. No piddly little clouds here in San Miguel, but big, robust ones.

Second, I was able to retrieve my credit card from the bookstore at Biblioteca. Biblioteca is the English/Spanish library in town supported by its members and various fundraising events, not the government. In addition to books, it sponsors many educational programs for Mexican youths and scholarships for worthy kids. The House & Garden tour we took on our first full week vacation in May was such an event as was the realtors’ trolley tour of several homes a week ago Wednesday. We’re not members yet, but will be soon. And their café serves Margaritas – good ones!

Yesterday when I noticed the card missing I figured the Tienda was the only place I used it (to buy a traditional Mexican cookbook). A call to the Biblioteca was fruitless (it was late in the day), but an email to the manager of La Tienda (the bookstore) was promptly answered even tho’ she was on holiday. This provided the first opportunity for Michael to drive the van through El Centro and he did just fine. It helps if you have some idea of where you’re going and which are the one-way streets – which we did.

Third, Miyake came through her surgery just fine. She’s downstairs in a crate in the living room with a couple of ice cubes for water, whimpering a bit occasionally, but the vet said she’d be just fine. She got a pain shot that should last about 72 hours – which is better than the meds given at our L.A. vet’s office. She'll get half rations when we return from dinner.

Fourth – I nearly forgot – we heard from our moving company that they are just waiting to be released by customs and then they’ll be on the road to San Miguel. Within the week should do it. Guess the customs brokers who must verify each load and set the duty are just overwhelmed with the backlog! So we can start our household helper’s duties on Saturday if she’s available. Maid/ housekeeper/ helper/ Margarita; I think we’ll just call her by name.

Remember the novels set in an earlier England where the upstairs maid was always ‘Rose’ regardless of what her name really was? The house was professionally cleaned before we arrived, but we’ve had two weeks to get it messy – even without much in the house.

Fifth, once Miyake is settled in, we’ll probably head downtown for dinner at La Posadita, our fave restaurant. It’s on a rooftop across the street from La Parroquia and on Thursday nights they have this great French singer, Myrna. A perfect evening in San Miguel.