Free Vacation!!

Jean Paul has vacations from work this week, they just told him to pick a week in november to not come to work. We fear that this means he won't get vacation in august, but, oh well. Anyhow, we figured that JP would just relax around the house this week, so I didn't ask for days off at the church. But, on Friday, JP came home saying he had a big surprise, and that we could go to Guanajuato. I was bummed because I knew we couldn't pay for that, and that we really couldn't go. But he had won a 2 night stay in any City Express hotel in Mexico! So we COULD go somewhere for MY weekend (monday and tuesday are my days off).

The closest City Express to Guanajuato is in Silao by the Leon/Guanajuato airport, so we picked that one. We left sunday night to drive out there (1.5 hours).

On monday, we went to Leon. There's a pretty cool zoo there, and I LOVE zoos, so we went!

JP with an anteater (we think... there was no sign saying "Oso Hormiguero," but it looks like an anteater to us!

I LOVE giraffes!

And they have CINNABON in Leon!! We previously pick un Cinnabon anytime either of us has to go to the Mexico City airport for any reason, and we don't have these wonderful goodies in Queretaro, so Cinnabon, plus finding "Nacho Libre" for $4 dubbed in spanish was a great way to end our day in Leon!

On tuesday we went to Guanajuato! I had just gone with my friend Sarah 2 weeks before, but JP had never been, and I enjoy visiting there, so we spent tuesday in Guanajuato!

It was an excellent weekend, and great way to start JP's vacations!! And, the only cost to us was about $50!! We seriously needed the vacation too. JP has been working in the mornings until 3pm, going to his practicum at 5, and school from 7 to 10pm... it's been stressful for the both of us. But being able to spend a couple days doing only things that we WANT to do was excellent!!

So, today, Thanksgiving, we're thankful for the time away... almost FREE!!

And, in a coule hours, we'll be having Thanksgiving dinner with Justin, Lluvia, Job, Yetzi, and Sarah. Three of us are gringos, so having Thanksgiving dinner is wonderful! Justin and Lluvia are bringing a BBQ'd chicken (I did a Turkey with my friend Julia for New Year's last year to take to her leutinent husband and the soldiers under him who were all stationed outside of Queretaro, and I DON'T do turkeys anymore!), mashed potatoes, homemade stuffing, green salad, develled eggs (pretty sure JP, Job, and Yetzi have never had those), blackberry cheese cake, and pumkin pie (with no cloves, nutmeg, or ginger... too expensive. But I tasted it last night and it turned out fine).

Happy Thanksgiving!!