Unexpectedly Chill Oaxaca
Note: This blog ended up taking way longer to write than I'd planned it to, less for lack of time and more for lack of mental bandwidth. There have been a few different life events since our trip, one of them being the loss of my grandma who passed away earlier this week. That's something we are all still processing. She always read my blog, even when it was about esoteric bird-related topics, and I like to think she's still out there somewhere reading this post as well. If so, Grandma, just know that we all love you and miss you very much. After returning from my work trip to the Philippines in March, I barely spent a week in DC before heading right back to the airport for another international trip. Thankfully this one was for fun rather than for my job: at long last, Nikki and I were both able to get a week off of work for a trip to Mexico. This marked the first time Nikki had been able to get out of the US since coming here in 2024, and her first time taking a proper...