How can this be, no Snicker bar? As an American, I never thought
I would utter those words. A sunny Saturday afternoon after closing the store
my son comes cruising through the front door with Snicker in hand. "That
looks really good, run back to the store and get one for me" and he says
"there are no more".
In my life Snickers have been
solace to gloomy days or just a pick-me-up in late afternoons after design
sessions lasting too many hours. Today was an internet day sporadically working
in the store and playing online. It just looked yummy! I stopped and laughed.
Whoever heard of not having stock on a Snicker.
Small pleasures and taking
things for granted...constant themes living in this tiny High Desert town in
Mexico. Oreos can suffer this same dilemma, I know because my daughter loves
them and I hear her whine when they are not gettable. Hot dogs are another one.
I have only found all beef hot dogs one hour away at Costco. Everywhere else it
is a nasty mushy mix of beef and turkey by-products. Unacceptable to our
American palettes so we just do without.
I received an inquiry last week
from an American asking if he could get all of his needs met within a block
because he has spent his life going to the 7Eleven, and he was not willing to
give that up. Of course I could not even respond. What would I say! Statements
like that make me wonder how we are still a semblance of a society....maybe it
is all a charade.
We have a lovely Mexican couple
staying with us this weekend in our B&B and they arrived with goodies in
hand requesting the use of our frig....tupperware of sliced ham and various
other snacks. I am sure to them ham is like a hot dog or a snicker to an
American. It turns out a previous guest who had referred them for our Bed and Breakfast Guanajuato, told them to
bring their own ham because we did not serve it! So funny. Mexicans LOVE sliced
ham.
As a family we have learned to
be grateful and do without. At least once or twice a month the electricity goes
out for 12 hours which means no water either. The first time this happened I
thought I would lose it....on every bout after that, I adjusted. We go into
bootcamp mode now when the thunder starts to roll, fill the water purifiers at
every sink, wash all the dishes, shower if you stink and get ready for no
water. We once went three days when the town pump broke. It's all good! Life is
so much more than the what you expect.
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