Más Mexicana Cada Día

When you live in another country, after a time, you find yourself slowly assimilating to the customs and typical behavior in that country. This is perfectly normal as a means of survival and also as a means of expanding who you are–which is one of the best benefits of being an expat.  It’s only weird, if you stop to think about it. So, that’s what I did…

Más Mexicana Cada Día (More Mexican Every Day)
-My sugar bowl is filled with Knorr Suiza Caldo de Pollo, not sugar
-I am genuinely and pleasantly surprised when there is not an accident or broken down car that has caused a back up in traffic, when on my way somewhere
-I know where the potholes that are big enough to swallow my car are located
-I am grateful everyday that the hot water heater is working
-I wear a jacket inside my house in the winter
-I am not at all surprised to see pedestrians crossing the highway nor am I surprised to see people on bicycles on the highway
-I wore a dress (and heels!) to a kids birthday party
-I arrived 30 minutes late to an event that I planned
-I cut off a bus
-I drank wine in the park with a friend while our kids were playing
-I scraped mirrors with the car next to me and ignored the driver as she yelled at me—didn’t even flinch
-I wore a necklace to the pool
-I left the baby with the nanny and went to coffee with my friends–for over 2 hours!
-I turned left from the right hand lane
-I flagged down the bottled water guy in the street and had him come to my house to deliver water
-I went to the pool with my kids and didn’t get in the water
-I started eating salsa and chilaquiles
-I decided that raw vegetables really do taste better with lime and Tajin chile powder on them
-I went to the gym with eye make up on
-I buy bread from a guy who sells it out of the back of a truck outside my neighborhood
-I know that the fresh warm tortillas are kept in a beer cooler in the bakery section of the grocery store and you serve yourself
-I know where the unpainted speed bumps are
-I tip the “viene, viene” guys who tell me when it’s ok to pull my car out of my parking space, even if there’s no on else in the parking lot
-I honked my horn when the light turned green and the person in front of me didn’t go immediately
-I had a party and didn’t care about how loud the music was or that the cops might come and tell us to turn it down
-I listened to “Banda” and liked it
-I watched the U.S. News and thought, “Crazy Gringos”

Más Mexicana Cada Día…

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