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March 8th 2012

Published: March 9th 2012

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Aquatic Scooter

Chaney assimilating well

Dietz family has adopted a sweet rythym to life in here Mexico. So easy to absorb oneself in the friendly, relaxed pace of living. Any sense of urgency stops when we get the kids out the door for school at 8am. Whether it is a trip to the store, or a visit to the Kid's Spanish tutor, ample time must be budgeted - or better yet, have no time budget at all. Any preconceived schedule or time allotment, shall simply return one frustrated. Those who are most successful adopting are those who let the breeze of the day carry them. Talk to people in the store; buy what they have, not what you want; turn right when you planned to turn left.

Being back in the US for work this past week, I was struck by how orderly everything was. Things that generally go unnoticed in my wake of frenzy back home, all the sudden caught my eye. Look at the spacing of the posts on the guardrails of the interstate; the bathrooms in the airport all have toilet paper and hand towels; there are prices on all the menus. Everything is mapped out and predetermined. With so much of

Chaney

Chaney in her tela class at Entre Amigos, the community center in San Pancho

life predetermined, I shocked that the US is able to still retain such an entrepreneurial spirit.

Mexico at its core breeds entrepenuers. It's not just because it's inate in the psyche, it is because there is some much left for people to figure out on their own. Want to make an extra buck, start selling tacos out of your house - no one here to tell you not to. My favorite is the cars and trucks that cruise daily through town selling whatever they have. A hood or roof mounted speaker is obgliatory to shout some catchy jingle to bring the people out of their hammocks to buy your stuff. Out of these speakers comes the most wonderful sing-song spanish you've ever heard, expressing why they have the best shrimp, papayas, mattresses, propane, etc in town. We have set a family goal, before we leave, to sell something in town out of our car. We will get a speakerphone and brush up on our San Pancho Spanish - need to sound legit. I am leaning towards selling Guanabanas, mostly because it is fun to say. Guanabanas are a prickly green fruit, that grows the jungle, about the size of

Chaney in Tela Class

Classes held at Entre Amigos, the San Pancho Community Center

a rugby ball. "Guanabanas ricas, guananbanas frescas, guanabanas grandes. Compra una, compra dos, compra hoy. Un kilo vale 20 pesos, buen precio para ti. Venga a comprar."

Please have a look at the photos and video below of some of the sights and sounds of our adventure in San Pancho. Miss you.

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