Monday, January 26, 2004

posted by: copernicus on 1/26/2004 01:04:00 PM
I really will get the 2nd Mexico entry in, at some point. I've been distracted by things since getting home from the trip. Once again I come home from warm sunny beaches in Mexico to a Midwestern winter.

When we got on the plane in Cancun it was 85 and sunny. When we got off the plane in KC at 9 p.m. wearing shorts and t-shirts, it was 28 degrees and another ice storm was due to hit in 3 hours, followed by snow around sunrise. Just standing in Baggage Claim we were freezing, waiting on our luggage so we could dig out our heaviest clothes. For most of us it turned out to be just jeans and a flannel shirt. I went from snorkeling to ice-scraping in 24 hours.

When I went to Mexico the 1st time in '97, it was with my Mom & Stepdad. I came back after 7 days and they stayed 3 more. And, of course I had parties at their house while they were still down there. When I got off the plane in KC, it was the middle of February, 2 feet of snow on the ground and it was still coming down heavily. I was sunburned, so I couldn't even get into the hot tub at my own party. I set up bar stools around the edge and everyone partied outside in the heavy snowfall, the rising plume of steam melting all the falling snow in a 3 foot radius around the tub and keeping us warm.

Molly:
So the girl with the secret birthday wants to know mine, eh? ;)
You've got the birthday book, what do you think my sign is?