It’s always curious to me how it’s necessary to kind of shift gears once you get hereto slide into a different pace of life. I’m so used to heavily scheduled days and no time to just ………BE……….that when I first get here, to our little paradise escape in Los Barriles…………(that’s in Southern Baja)……..there’s this kind of growing pain that comes with finding yourself in such a freeing place.
There’s always the first few days, which are packed with planning and unpacking and going through all of the treasures left from earlier visits and thanking God for such a wonderful place to be………excited chats about …we’re going to this, or we’re going to THAT, running around saying hello to friends not seen for too long…….Those days feel normal, full of tasks and the “to do’s” of the day and preparation for weeks of life near the water. In our little 600 square foot condo near the Sea of Cortez, the 4 of us feel a little like we’re camping………………. in a glorified way. :o) There’s never enough room for stuff. It’s really important to be efficient and flexible and if you don’t put something……….EVERYTHING away, you can’t even walk through the room!
Then comes a few days into the trip,……..It’s the first day when the food has all been bought, you’ve roasted the ribs and they’re in the frig, the cake has been baked, the veggies bought from the vendor on the street. You’ve found all the wet-suits(cut the locks of the bag, because we can’t remember the combination). You’ve taken care of getting the car, though it’s still covered in a thick layer of dust(We used the broom on the car, so we could see out). Anyway, when all this is done, you have kind of an uncomfortable little tug……….an uneasy feeling that something is missing, something must not be right………What day IS it, anyway………and the process begins.
We’re at that point, now………getting into a Mexico mindset, finding our Mexico legs, you might say. I actually have time to spend with my guitar. I think that over the next few days, we’ll fall into our routine………which means NOT having as MUCH of a routine, at all……..I’ll have to remember what day it is so I can go to see patients on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays and of course to sing at Road Runner on Sunday!
I think I’ll be able to share my new song Fernando, my first Love on Sunday. I should probably play it about 30 more times to have it presented with feeling.
Thank you for reading and feel free to drop me a note. So many of you tell me that you’re reading this, but most of the time I can’t tell you’ve been here until I see your face! :o) And I KNOW some of you, I may not SEE faces of………
The moon is beautiful, now and I’m going to go out on the terrace and serenade it and the dusk of the day.