Shelbert has an ear infection.
She doesn't seem bothered by it and we didn't actually even know until we took her to the groomer yesterday for a trim and nail clip. Lydia, the groomer (who clearly doubles as a pet detective) spotted it after she cleaned and trimmed The Berts right ear.
Shelbert has special ear cleaner now, and really good meds which means she'll sleep in the car the entire way to Guaymas, Mexico tomorrow. Our little family is crossing the Nogales border after we drop off JohnnyDisco at the RV dealer for annual maintenance.
A lot of folks have been warning My Fella and I about driving into Mexico this year, and to be honest, the drug violence in the border cities does seem worse than past years.
I've been exploring Mexico (cruising around in a rental car alone) on and off for the past 15 years and My Fella and I have been driving across the Mexican border together every winter since 2007.
We have never witnessed any drug related activity or experienced problems of any kind.
We didn't want to bring JohnnyDisco into Mexico this year because he's new. And he's our full-time home.
But I was pretty disappointed that we wouldn't be going further south as this would be the first winter since 1995 that I wouldn't touch Mexican sand; and My Fella was bummed out about missing out on his fave homemade churro snacks.
So we decided to pack up and take a mini road-trip while JohnnyDisco is getting some RV lovin'.
My Fella and I will stay very alert on the highways, follow our intuition and keep our eyeballs peeled. Neither of us is showy or loud, nor do we wear expensive clothes or jewelery. We speak enough Spanish to be comfortable in most situations and we're both respectful towards everyone, although My fella is much better at shutting up than I am. Blame it on my birth sign ... I'm a Gemini :)
In the next couple of days I'll post about our border crossing at Nogales and let you know if it's any different from past years.
In the meantime, say 'hola' to my feathered little pelican friends who may, or may not be using this photo op to laugh at my Spanish.
Oh, poor Shelbert. Was he scratching his ear a lot? Sparky had the ear infection thing going on this last summer, it's something I'll have to pay attention to. He swims so much that I didn't think clean ears would be a problem. I meant to say too that the picture of Shelbert snuggling with fella was SO cute.
Posted by: Jacq @ Single Mom Rich Mom | January 07, 2011 at 03:55 AM
Thank you for noticing my Spanish. This last Thursday I started a Spanish lesson with A lady who lives in El Caracol rv park. She speaks pretty good Spanish and offered free lesson for anyone interested. She even had a printout of what we were going to learn in the first lesson. Me gusta Carol. She's on the ball and she is going to try and speak Spanish as much as possible. I understand my Rosetta Stone lessons much better now that I know the verb tenir means to have. duh.
Both Mike and I are taking Thai yoga classes every morning. I started after Christmas and Mike a week later. It's very energizing. We both want to keep it up when we go home.
Bev and I are going to Tonala on a ladies bus tour on Jan. 19. We will be back on Jan 21. Anything you want or need?
Hope San Carlos is warmer than Tucson.
Luv
Mom and Dad
Posted by: Mave | January 08, 2011 at 06:34 PM
jjolie - yup, that's my fave pic of those two. Tell Sparky that Shelbert says 'hi'. "Arf".
Posted by: kelsi | January 08, 2011 at 08:29 PM
Wow, Thai Yoga?? I'm not even going to touch that one but good for you guys. Glad to hear that you are enjoying your trip there.
Take Care
Posted by: Peanutt | January 09, 2011 at 10:07 PM
Mavey - good for you with the Spanish lessons. Have you been dropping `catorze` into the conversation every few days?
Posted by: kelsi | January 10, 2011 at 06:56 AM