BUENAS NOCHES PATAGONIA

It has been a week now since most of the family has returned to our home in BA. Dad and the dog are still south, on a roadtrip north of Junin exploring new rivers. They are the lucky ones.

Re-entry has been difficult for those that returned. The kids all got the stomach flu within 24 hours of arriving back(lots of barfing). Monday was the return of the 7:00 alarm, school, afterschool activities and the worse, homework, extremely distasteful for Mom. Driving in total chaos, waiting in long lines at the hypermarkets, and neighborhood parties complete with fireworks at 2:00 in the morning, all part of the charm of living in a metro of 12 million people.

Being back here drives home the fact of what a special place we have in Junin. We will be back several times before summer returns next December, but it wont be the same. We had a great summer and I guess we are just not ready to let that go. I guess that is a good thing, to want something that you have had, something you have again if you wait awhile. I guess we are all really lucky.