Antigua to Miami to Tulsa to DC

It has been many months since my last post. In the words of Inigo Montoya “Let me explain...no, there is too much...Let me sum up”

Antigua

Chris and I decided to make one last stop before coming home. Antigua is only about an hour outside of Guatemala City and most tourists end up there at some point. It’s one of those cities that, the minute you arrive, you know exactly why so many people keep going there. It is beautiful, surrounded by volcanoes, and filled with nice people who don’t seem to have been corrupted by all the tourism.

Miami

Finally, we flew back to Miami. The first night we just wandered around our old stomping grounds on South Beach. It looks pretty much the same except with way more skyscrapers and chain stores. The highlight of the first night was a huge colada we got from David’s Café.

I spent most of the time combing the classified ads and taking advantage of the free internet at Panera (my mother has dial-up!). I also got lucky and was able to see Jeannette and Melissa. We met Jeannette at Jackson’s Ice cream (of course). Melissa was in town to throw her mom a surprise party. I think I got there just in time to rescue her from a meltdown.

When not job hunting or visiting friends we were reading through the stack of books we bought - including Barack’s newest, Edwards book on poverty, and Richardson’s autobiography. We even stopped by at a (rather poorly attended) John Edwards event on Key Biscayne where a very exhausted Edwards made a quick speech, shook everyone’s hand, and disappeared.

Tulsa

The job search was taking a bit longer than anticipated and my mother’s house is in bfe. We decided to ditch the rental car, and the state of Florida, and head back to Oklahoma to see the cats (and Rick and Stacey of course).

Again, I spent most of the time combing ads and sending resumes, but we did get invited to a family wedding. Every time the priest would say something about the wife obeying or keeping a nice home for her hubby, I would give Chris a nudge and make a face - much to the amusement of Chris’s father.

Washington, DC

We finally settled down again. We are in Washington DC with our new jobs, new apartment, and old cats. Loving DC and already plotting our next trip. More on that next post.