Time flies

It's been exactly a week since I was sitting down to breakfast with Syd, Brian and Dana at the Flamingo Vallarta for the last time. After breakfast, I walked around the Marina to do one last bit of shopping and saw Oscar, the guy who booked Dana's zipline adventure. We talked for a minute and then I went on my way. When I got back to the hotel, I realized that we didn't have to check out until 1:00 p.m., so I put on my swimming suit and went to the pool. I sat out in the sun after cooling off and got a little sunburn, so that I would look like I had been on vacation. I read Pres. Obama's book until I thought it was time to go and get ready to leave. It's a good book, The Audacity of Hope, but a slow read. I still haven't finished it. I remember being so impatient to leave and go home. I had a lot of fun in Mexico, but was sooooooo ready to go home. I missed my life, my kids and my pets. In Mexico, I was Dana's wife and he was the photographer. At home, I have my own identity and I was really ready to be myself again.
I can hardly believe it has been a week since then. The days go more slowly in Mexico, but go fast here, especially when I am working. My kitty missed me. He hardly lets me out of his sight. Even when I am taking a bath, he sits on the edge of the tub. The dog follows Dana around the house all the time now. I think she really missed him. Tori actually admitted that it was pretty boring while we were out of town, so I think she missed us, too.
It snowed here on Monday and I was almost ready to go back to sunny Mexico. But it has been sunny since and the snow has mostly melted and the bulbs are pushing their way up. The crocuses have already bloomed. I need to get out into the yard and get going on gardening. I am really going to do it this year. I always have big plans and then don't do it because it gets too hot and it's easier to sit in the cool house. But this year, no!
I also found out that I have to audition again for Susanne and the auditions are in 12 days!. I still have a hoarse voice from that huge cold/ear infection that I had about a month ago. My right ear is still fuzzy. So I have been practicing and immersing myself in opera music to get ready for the audition. I am going to sing "Voi che sapete" from Il Nozze di Figaro. It helps that the Opera company is doing that one right now, so I will be able to see it before I have to do it. This past year has been such a miserable one physically and I am raring to get back into the thick of things. My knee is good, the worst of my vein work is over and I am healing from that and my plantar fascitis is better, so now I just need to get back into shape physically. I can't run, so I am biking to do that. So far, only in the living room, but I will try outside soon. I rode Cloud a couple of days ago for 15 min. She did well and I didn't notice any pain in my leg from the vein surgery. I mentioned that to Dr. Hadjbian yesterday and he cautioned me to not ride for about 2 wks. longer. He said that I could knock loose some scar tissue and get it into my circulation and form clots, so I will follow his instructions. I feel like the "winter of my despair" is over and only good things are in the future. Even Wallstreet is going better this week. What more can one ask for? Maybe I will get to retire someday afterall. TTFN