G-20

So this was a big meeting involving 20 countries of the world hosted by our little mexican tourist town. There was a big push for a lot of workers to get the 4 lane highway looking landscaped & nice and to build a convention center.
For us it meant seeing (& hearing) lots of planes, helicopters, buses, and official looking people and LOTS of police officers and military personnel.
It meant waiting in our car at check points while the police eyed every vehicle carefully and each car was gamma-scanned.
It meant knowing the president of the USA was staying in the development next over from ours, and seeing our crazy local expat friends Facebook photo posts of themselves waving flags and hands wildly to the presidential motorcade as it passed by in front of our houses.
It meant that we got to have an extra long 5 (yeah!) day weekend because they didn't want us little people out on the roads.
All in all-- it was just GREAT to have some days off school! : )