Thank you, jetBlue. You've been good to us, but this weekend we're staying home.Oh man, did we ever deserve it! Seriously, we both took it very easy this past weekend. I think we earned that after four straight weekends of jetsetting. Sleeping in, going to bed early, eating better, sitting in one place for more than 90 minutes ... these are the spoils of travel war.
We didn't take it too easy, though. For starters I had to cover a local parade in Tolleson, the small, rural city where I went to high school. The Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church puts on their Fiesta de Amistad event every year, and every year I cover it. And every year I enjoy it. And with the passing of SB1070 here in Arizona — the controversial law that makes being in this country illegally a state crime, not just a federal crime — it's nice to support and participate in the other cultures here in this diverse state. Specifically, it's fun to experience Mexican culture. Mexicans are a festive people, and they throw down when it comes to parades.
Native dancers, mariachi bands, Knights of Columbus members carrying the Blessed Virgin Mary, vaqueros (Spanish for cowboy) and their lasso tricks, low riders and folklorico ... the parade had it all. Sara went with me, so she brought Jack and sat in the front lawn of my high school — like 50 feet from where I had sophomore English with Mrs. Williams. Jack was well-behaved, as was Sara. Ha! Jack just chilled out and seemed rather confused when people would walk by banging their drums or spinning in their colorful dresses.The parade was over in less than hour, so we were back at my house in no time flat. It was definitely a change of pace from our jetBlue schedule.
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