T-1 day to departure

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 Yeehaa! It is early Friday morning and I was able to book my flight from Mexico City to Guatemala City with my Volaris Annual Pass for Monday April 1. With the travel pass I can only book a flight up to 3 days in advance. I was a a little concerned because there were no tickets available for Saturday or Sunday because it is Holy Week in Mexico "Semana Santa".   A big travel time for Mexicans. Monday was my prefered day to fly, so all is good.

Tomorrow morning at 10 am I will be taking a bus from Oaxaca to Mexico City. I will be in Mexico City for 2 nights arriving before 5pm. I will have all day Sunday and a half day on Monday to explore before catching my 7 pm flight on Monday. This is not my first time to Mexico City, so I have seen the major attractions there. It's a huge city with many more things to see and do.

I have accomodations reserved in Guatemala City for 2 nights. Because me flight will arrive late on Monday, that will give me only one day to see the city and find out were to catch a bus to Antiqua on Wednesday morning.

My day today will be relatively full. The Oaxaca Lending Library (the library) is
closed today, but we have workers scheduled to remove and replace the translucent roof over the main hall. I will have to open the library at 8 am and lock up when they finish at the end of the day. The work will continue tomorrow and Sunday but others will open and close on those days.

I will occupy myself during the day working on the security cameras. We had 4 in the past. We have purchased an additional 4 cameras that I am in the process of installing.

The guys made good progress on the roofing. Much more than my progress on the cameras, but finally did get one more camera working.

Now all that's left is to bath, sleep, pack and get on the bus tomorrow morning. 

I am mostly packed, just misc stuff to add to my bag. Looks like I will have room for all essential stuff. Whatever I forget, or need to add, I will do enroute.


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