I am home! I am home!

I made it home alright yesterday. I made one teensy weensy little error on Thurday night however... so let me just start there.

**does Wayne and Garth's fading out sequence*

Thursday night after work, I got early enough so I decided to head out to the movie theater to catch Harry Potter, Order of the Phoenix. It ws offerend in English, so I decided to go ahead and watch it there instead of waiting until I got back to the US.

Good movie overall, not my favorite in the series as far as movies go but none the less it was a good time. It was missing a lot from the book as the moves always do, but I feel as though if I had not read the book some things would not have made a lot of sense or held the same importance.

But as usual I digress. After the movie ended, I went to get some pesos for the cab ride to the airport in the morning. The bank was closed, so I had to find random ATM. Found the only one in the area, however it did not take American Express. I ended up taking money out of my hotel room. Thank goodness otherwise I would be in big trouble!

So I get back to my room, order dinner in, and then start my packing. At about 11:30PM I decided to review my plane trip for the next day.

Somehow I thought that my plane left at 8:30AM, so I would have to be at the ariport at 6:30AM, nd awake by 5:30. ERRRNT Wrong. My plane left at 6:30AM! I would have to be there at 4:30AM! Holy crap. I would have to wake up at 3:30AM, and it was already 11:30PM. Needless to say, I got so very little sleep before heading out on my return home. I really need to check my return trip plans well in advance!

I slept as much as I could on both planes, but the problem is that I have no idea if I was out for hours at a time or minutes. I kept waking up, readjusting myself, then falling back asleep. When I finaly landed in Detroit, I headed over to Mike's terminal and hung out with him until he took me home. After a nice dinner of chinese food, I came home and brewed some tea... then crashed. It was fter 10:00PM. I had been up for 18 1/2 hours and needed some major sleepage.

I am still a little tired today. In fact I am contemplating taking a little nap before I work on some chores and head to the gym to get in a nice swim workout. I was going to bike today but it is rainy so swimming sound just as fun. Tomorrow is a nice long 9 miles running.

I hope that you all had a good week!

RunnerGirl - out to go sleep just a little more!

Mexico is Hot and Rainy.

My hotel in Guadalajara, MX

I tricked Blogger so now I can post! W00t!!!


Today I re-discovered that Mexico is actually pretty cool. Yeah, I knew this already, but have been sort of bitter about this trip. It just interferes too much with my life, lol. But hey - I can consider it a little mini-vacay even though I am working.

Let me recap my day:
*Got up at 4:30AM (3:30AM Guad local time) to head out to Aeropuerto.
*Made it in good time, went through security no issues. Boarded the plane (GOLD ELITE Baby!!!!!) and narrowly missed the 1st class upgrade that I am offered due to my GOLD ELITE status. (Can you tell that I am freaking excited about being GOLD elite? Travel has paid off!) Slept on the plane a lot. I was tired!
*Landed in Hot-Lanta, GA only to see that my connecting flight had no gate listed... and I was in an airport that has 7 concourses... none anywhere near the others, and NO departure boards. So I ran to end end of 1 concourse (time check 9:20AM - my flight to Mexico boards at 9:45AM) only to see that I need to be over one more concourse... which is like 20 minutes away. So I run. In very uncomfortable shoes. I get to the correct gate JUST as they were calling my name to switch my ticket and board. *whew*
*Had the most annoying plane trip ever to GDL! Two loud screaming kids in back of me kicking the seat, beating the seat, and all around being annoying, plus the guy sitting next to me kept picking his nose, sneezing, and wiping his hands all over the place. SKEEVES ME OUT. I am a germ freak - and that annoys me. Oh and to top it off, he kept blowing his nose... ewwwww. So I slept some more. Well between kicks and screams that is. And I made a huge dent in my Tri book.
*Make it through customs with no issues, and even got the green light (you have to press a button on a stop sign, green you are free to leave. Red you must surrender your bags and have them searched. Yeah. While you leave. You have got to love customs!
*Co-worker picks me up and drops me off at my hotel. The workers here are almost TOO nice. *Get to my room, settled in for a few minutes then enjoyed some comida at one of the casual retaurante's (Frutas y Flores - es muy delicioso!),
*Headed out to the pool to get in a few drills before the rain hit.
*Rain hit HARD
*Ate dinner in my room then went back to the gym and got in my chest and tri workout.
*Yes people - I worked out twice today!!!!!

It is actually slightly warmer in Michigan than in Guadalajara right now. But it is still muy caliente!

One observation as to how much this city has changed in the year and a half since my last visit - they have tons of Starbucks now! And a lot of American resturants like Chili's and McDonalds. I will not be frequenting those establishment, but still... it is odd to me. At first glance, I would think that I was in El Paso, or someplace in Arizona. But then I see the crazy taxi cabs and all of the street vendors, and the people backing up on the highway to make a wrong turn... and I remember that I am definitely in Mexico. DEFINITELY IN MEXICO.

Guad is the "Silicon Valley" of Mexico And it shows. Holy cow. There are TONS of shopping centers. Lots of car dealerships (some pretty cool Renaults and SEAT's here). In fact I am right across the street from the largest and oldest of such shopping centers, Plaza Del Sol.

Rest easy my friends - I have plenty of Iced Tea to get me through. And one of Mike's shirts so I am sure to sleep well tonight. *awww*

I am bummed because my cell phone does not work properly here. I have an International plan, but somehow it does not allow me to call FROM Mexico - only TO it. Yeeeaaaahhh.... that is not going to work for long.

Tomorrow and Wednesday I am at our Periferico plant (AKA the Ghetto Guad plant) and then Thursday I am in La Tiejera (AKA the Garden of Eden Guad Compound). Friday I leave for home.

This week my co-worker Daniel (From Germany) is going to take me all around Guad so I can see more than this block. I really wish that I had my camera, but a lot of the pictures would be exactly the same as last year, so no real loss I guess!

All this and I have been up since 4 30 AM. Time for bed soon!

I am just impressed that I managed two workouts... while in a foreign country, for business. *pats self on back* Ouch that hurt... my tris are still sore.

On another note - running oddly enough - I am scheduling just 3, 2-mile runs this week. Guad is a death trap for pedestrians. So I am chained to the dreadmill by my boyfriend, as he does not want me to come home in a pine box. Trust me I am not complaining. The man loves me, I love him, and I sorta want to live out my life not being crippled... or dead. So this week not only am I swimming my heart out, lifting weights like Draper, I will be running on the treadmill. Just not so much like Dean. I can only take so much, you know?

I feel so bad because I missed my 8 miler Sunday due to travel stuff. Ugh. So I am definitely getting in at least 2 miles at a time just to even things out and not loose my running mojo!

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RunnerGirl

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