Our arrival into the 5th largest city in the world.
We are off! What a feeling!!! Butterflies in my stomach and a zing of excitement! It’s so stressful and exciting all at once!! Last night, even God gave me the sweetest note to not worry. I opened our hotel door to find “Bien” written there. I cried…. And then laughed. Stepping out in faith, here we come!!!
PS: for all those who have prayed over us… THANK YOU!!! So many God moments. My heart is beyond full!! Hasta Luego!!! 
3 AM came hard and fast. Not that we had much sleep the 3 weeks prior as we navigated life in transition purgatory, but I was flat out not sleeping tonight. My anxiety was not having it! That night we resorted luggage to fit our 50 lb. maximum, and I failed miserably! I just couldn’t think, or concentrate. The Summer Olympics were on and Simone Biles was about to perform. Of course I stopped and watched in awe at how God has blessed her stamina. Man she is incredible! I felt very far away from any champion state, and fatigue tightened its grip.
Kids all tucked in and clothes are all over the place. I have got to get this together, we have worked so hard to get to this point! I can do this, I have no other choice!!!
3 am arrived and I just put crap into a container. I had no clue as to what crap and what container, but we were packed!
Hello 3Am, I really do hate you.
Kids up, dressed, hat on, dogs on leashed, and so much luggage I am embarrassed to mention. Todd retrieved the rental and as clowns squeeze into the tiny car, so did we. As Todd returned the rental The kids, dogs, all our crap, and I waited at the large Delta scales outside the doors. There I sorted and worked on weight again. One suitcase is just going to take it for the team weighing in at 96lbs.!!! Yeah Me!!! No coffee, no sleep, cranky kids and dogs that want to smell every crotch that walks by!
Ready or Not…. Here we go!
Now where is Todd??? Its 5am and he is nowhere in sight!! ugh. FINALLY he shows up and we roll in like the Clampets’ go to Maui! All we needed was a grannie and a rocking chair! The check in took forever and Delta politely told us that they can’t take dogs, nor check all this luggage.
Now we are nice people, but not then…. we flipped…. a little….. Sorry Delta people. We showed our paperwork, that only took 3 weeks to get, as you remember the previous post. 6Am a few phone calls and paperwork later we are a Go! Then to turn to dogs over to their personal Hell. Sorry perros, I promise it won’t last forever, though you two have no idea the hell I just approved for you. I am sorry.
Through security, and in our seats! Holy Crap!!! Holy Crap!! Holy Crap!!! I need wine!!! I can’t believe that we are on the plane and so are the kids! We got us all here, and we are sitting in our seats! I am so wired that I can’t sleep!
I hear the announcements in Spanish and English and look around. We are now immigrants, and no longer in familiar, and at that point of it all… I didn’t care. I am on a plane with all the people that surround my daily life, dogs too! We made it! I Finally took a deep breath, and the tears came. Softly, and quietly the welled and rolled as I pursed my mouth under my mask, I quietly cried through those announcements and felt the plane lurch into motion. Thank you Jesus for getting us here. I feel relief.
We flew a peaceful flight, very comfortable, and I highly recommend Delta for this stretch. Todd bought me a glass of wine and we celebrated with our favorite people and very cheap yet expensive airplane wine!
“Please fasten your seatbelts as we will be approaching Mexico City in 30 minutes.”
My friend told me before we left….. ” When you land and you know it is no longer your country, or home, you will panic. It is normal. Knowing this will help you.” She was so very right! I thought I would feel relief, but panic was exactly what I felt. I don’t speak Spanish. Not near enough to be here. Oh crap what have I done, and I have thrown my whole family into this too!! Oh no what have I done!
This isn’t the first time I panicked like this, but I was feeling just as my friend told me. Like before I took some deep breaths looked around, and remembered the “Bien” God showed me.
Forward we move and I am not answering questions. Don’t ask me and I won’t tell you…. I am feeling too much to have normal conversations now… Todd leans over, “You ok?” “Yup” I answer!
The kids, well all my panic was for not. They are in a state of mind closer to “Hold my Beer”!!! I get our carry ons to head out of the plan only to look at the cockpit and see my KIDS!!!!! They managed a cockpit seat! My shy girl was out of herself ready to set flight to who knows where!!! Sydney yells, “Mom get a pic with my camera”. So I did! I said thank you to the pilot with the perspective of approaching a conversation at the last part. I had no idea what was happening in that cockpit! But there they were!!!
We did it. We made it. I wanted to vomit, but one step at a time we proceeded to baggage claim. I took those deep breaths and began to relax. We are going to be ok, and that sweet “Bien” message God gave me the night before spoke to me again. You are good Kam, I have you. Do not fear. Which I needed because when we got to baggage claim the dogs arrived and they were NOT happy!!! Bailey was a nervous mess. Who can blame him!! ANNND Max crapped all in his crate!!! It was awesome to say the least! I just kept on doing what I needed to do to make it to the next stop! I have never been more thankful for mandatory mask wearing than at that moment. I can only imagine how bad we smelled!! But I didn’t smell a thing!! I had a mask on!
We have now begun out “figuring things out”, and all those hours of Spanish lessons have paid off!! even though I was VERY rough. We are actually communicating better than I thought. The people here are incredible!
Our team met us at the airport and loaded us up. I no longer had to lift anything! We were driven to our hotel the W Mexico City where the staff quickly evaluated our world arriving and the situations we are in. God bless the door staff at our hotel. This gentleman offered to clean, yes CLEAN, that nasty poop crate for just $500 pesos. We gave the guy $600!! That’s $30 dollars!!! Worth every cent!
the next day, yes that is right, the very next day we did orientation for the kids at their new school! Justice found a way to start a soccer game with an empty water bottle, Sydney struggled. I walked over to her, said a prayer and then let her be. I turn around to see a new friend talking to her!!! She got a photo, and I introduced myself to her parents. Her family started in the US, but arrived to MX from Argentina!!! They have moved 5 times so far!! The community of kids at this school is very different. They are ALL traveled. But Sydney seemed to like that. So after parent volunteers signups, browsing art, PE uniform purchases, and ID photos we survived our first day as legit residences. Bienvenida a la Cuidad de Mexico.
