el crispito

While our house still looks like it was hit by a tornado, with stacks of half-full boxes piled in every available cranny, today I received two important packages in the mail: a replacement part for my soda siphon that I've been missing for years and a box full of clothes with the newly selected uniform, appropriate for Latin America. Unlike the jeans and t-shirt look that has served me well for so many years, the new ensemble is more like that of the Blues Brothers, sans sunglasses and jacket.

I also picked up my car today, which I had taken to the body shop to have fixed. Over a year ago, I was rear-ended and I figured I'd better take care of the damage before retiring the car to Illinois or I'd never get it fixed. Besides, my ability to claim it on my insurance would expire in April. But it looks beautiful again. There will be times when I really miss that car, but I just don't think it's a good idea to have it in Mexico. At least not yet.

The majority of my kitchen tools have been packed, apart from the things I will be using before we go. But the vacuum sealer, decorative peelers, Silpat sheets, pastry bags and tips...all have been boxed up. It will be interesting to see just how much I've come to depend on such things once we get an apartment and I don't have them with me. I feel like I'll be "getting back to basics" as I will only have things like a cutting board and a sole kitchen knife at first.

Ah but for now, it's back to packing away the old life to get to the new.