It is all working out for Gracie’s return later on today..she is now on the flight which left Newark at 9.30 am and she will be in Mexico City around 2pm....
The arrangement we have is that she will exit the terminal and get on a first class bus to the city of Queretaro.......and I will drive to QTO to pick her up at the bust station.
So first things first this morning I tidied up the house for the arrival of Lilly at 10 am, she is the house cleaner that Gracie has employed for five years.....
Then I took the car and left it at the car wash place where they will give her the works for 100 pesos....
Walked the dogs a couple of blocks to the pet groomers where they are having hair cuts and spa treatments....
I then walked home got the scooter and did a few errands and bought some fruit and veggies...
Next I did things in reverse order..went and picked up the car which looks awesome......picked up the dogs they look so cute and so different with hair cuts....
Packed up a few drinks and snacks and off to poker....we have changed locations again it was just not working out at the testy we were at for the last few months so we now play at Mort’s house......I told them I would have to leave by 3pm but that was enough time to continue the win streak with a 120 Pesos windfall!!!
Then drove to QTO...this is one of the largest growing cities in Mexico and the traffic is always very congested..the bust station is easy to find and I got a parking spot and only had to wait a short while for Gracie to arrive.....
It was great to see her again and hear all the baby stories.....the drive home was easy and we arrived back around 7pm...
The dogs were overjoyed to see her again and I know now I am second fiddle again!!!!
So those three weeks went by quickly and we can now resume our regularly lives and activities!!!
This is an interesting and unknown fact to me about border security in the USA!!
Do most illegal entries take place at the southern border?
Illegal border crossings are not limited to the southern border - in 2017, for example, there were also 3,027 illegal apprehensions along the Canadian border and 3,588 from the coastal border.
While cross-border migrants often make headlines, the largest number of illegal migrants settling in the US each year is those who stay in the country after their visas expire.
According to the most recent reports by the Department of Homeland Security and the Center for Migration Studies, a non-partisan think-tank, the number who overstayed their visas has outnumbered those who crossed the border illegally every year since 2007.
Canadians make up the largest group of these illegal migrants, followed by Mexicans.
In 2016, there were a total of 739,478 overstays, compared to 563,204 illegal border crossings.
It's also important to note that, according to the Pew Research Center, overall the number of immigrants living in the US illegally has actually declined since 2007, in large part due to a dip in the number of people coming from Mexico. Apprehensions at the south-western border peaked in 2000, at 1.64 million.
In total, Pew estimates that in 2016, there were 10.7 million unauthorised immigrants living in the USA!
Yashi Kochi!!!
2 comments:
Life is back to your normal routine. Welcome home Gracie!
Yes all is good. Lp
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