Querétaro

Sorry for our absence in blog posting. The truth is we have been busy trying to make some big decisions, and are too exhausted at the end of each day to formulate complete sentences. We do, however, want to give you a quick update with a promise of another more detailed post to come soon.

First things first, we have chosen a city to live in- Querétaro. It is a big, industrial city (1.2 million people) that seemed to best fit our needs of work and language exposure. Our other exciting news is that Anders is now a workingman. He accepted a position at a company called Servicios Profesionales-RECA where he is a salesman, translator, and teacher. It is a relatively new language school with lots of promise, and his boss has been a great help to us as we make our home here (he took us to look at houses for rent in nice neighborhoods, invited us over for a bbq at his house, and answers any questions we have about life in Mexico). I am still trying to figure out my work situation. I accepted a job, but it looks like it may not work out. I have another job lined up just in case, but it does not start until January so I am still trying to figure out what to do. I would like to take language classes, but they are expensive so we are trying to figure out how to work them into our budget.

Sadly, we still do not yet have a mailing address because the apartment hunt has been a slower process than expected. We were hoping to get a furnished place, but are finding out they may be too expensive if we don’t want the dirty once, twice, three times recycled furniture. Whatever we end up doing, we will have to at least buy a refrigerator because they are not included with an apartment (the things you learn when living in Mexico). I have two appointments scheduled to look at places tomorrow so hopefully one of them will work out.

In the meantime, we are happy to be settling down and finding pleasure in not going out, making our meals at “home,” and watching a movie before going to bed. So although we miss the adventure of travel, we appreciate new victories like being able to get on a bus and not wonder which stop to get off on or finally finding a store that sells lemons (they only sell limes here).

Hopefully now that things are falling into place we can do a better job of letting you know what we are up too on a more regular basis. We really do want to keep in touch, and miss you all terribly!