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Thursday's highlights:

*I had a amazing latte this morning with my nutella covered toast and melon cubes. Four plates and a cup later I finished my breakfast.
* It was Karina's birthday (Karina works here in the office and does all the errands, in addition to delivering to and taking orders from the local restaurants in Cuernavaca with Nora's dad). Kristina brought us all cake: a tres leche that had a strip of flan in the middle for filling...deliciosa.
*I sat with Gerado as he completed the invoice and export paper work for the week's shipment of Albahaca verde (basil) and Romero (rosemary) to our cliente in Canada.
*We had dinner at Nora's dad's house which I always love: one day we played El Gato (tic-tac toe) and he royally beat me; he announced his intentions two moves before my defeat. Another day he shared his tan and red block of candy flavored by the seed of the sweet squash (pumpkin). That was the same afternoon he took me around the house to show me how he and his late wife had planted 10 seeds (trepadores:vines), that 50 years later now completely cover three sides of the house: beautifully framing each window and french doors out the bedroom onto a small awning. He pointed out the little arms of the trepador trying their best to sneak there way in the house.
*We had nopalitos (little pieces of chopped cactus with cilantro, queso and tomatoes.) Rice soup with lime and fresh onion. Chicken enchiladas verdes. Beans. Mango juice. Gelatin for dessert. Delicious dinner.
*We drove the FAST car. So the suburban went 140 k/h. Today the car went 190 k/h, Luis has gotten it up to 280 k/h and the speedometer is reads to 300 k/h.
*We went to Liverpool: the big huge newest mall.
*Nora's favorite song came on the radio. She turned it up all the way and sang and danced like a "locita", as she called herself...there were police in the truck in front of us stareing, but weren't as amused as we were. ;)
*We went grocery shopping at Superama. I got to see our products in the store for the first time. They were priced 4.75 pesos for .20 gram cucuruchos(packages). Nora pointed out our competition, love this Kari, organic: 19 pesos.
*Something else I learned: Walmart isn't just Walmart here. Walmart also owns: Sam's Club, Bodega Aurrera, Superama, and the large chain of restraunts called Vips.
*Both of Nora's daughters, her father, and grandson are coming for dinner tomorrow. The table is going to be outside somewhere. We are having mushroom soup which I can't wait for because Nora does such an amazing job seasoning everything. Kari's response to this tid-bit was, "of course, she's an herb farmer." Perhaps tuna too?