Just give me 3 minutes!

How was your week? Let's say, early yesterday morning at 6.30, I was wishing it was Friday night. For some of you, it's already the weekend! Start enjoying it! It's Friday afternoon here and the girls are playing 'monsters' with each other. Now, I am simmering ... slowly detoxing from the week of manic school runs, incoherent Spanish conversations, the traveling husband, the endless mundane errands. But the traffic, the mindless tussle with the other drivers ... ahhh, sometimes it feels like I'm in a very bad computer game. I wish it was less stressful, especially so that the girls don't get a glimpse of their crazed mother during the morning rush ... and again, in the afternoon. I know, EVERYBODY has to deal with routine and the best kind would deal with it elegantly and with much acceptance. I'm still working on it ...

And I've learned yet another specifically Mexican expression, 'ahorita', which means, 'immediately or right now'. So for example, the electrician would say, "Ahorita!" and you think he means he'd be back in 5, or maybe 10 minutes. But in his mind, he actually means, tomorrow or maybe ... in 2 days, if you're lucky. I do NOT exaggerate. This week, on top of my usual mundane routine, I had to deal with a few of these 'ahorita' episodes. Give me a second while I take a deep breath! My Spanish teacher said that to live here (happily), one has to accept the way of the people. Yes, for me, coming from Singapore ... it's not easy especially when 'compromiso' here is rare and not practiced.

Ahh, but now I will cease complaining because I've finished my cup of instant coffee (actually Yassy drank half of it!). And I've decided that if I'm allowed 3 minutes of griping every now and then, I can deal with all the 'ni modos' or 'ahoritas'. Goodbye for now ... I have a 'compromiso' to take the girls to the playground ... Ahorita!