May

It's been over 2 months now in complete lockdown. Last time we went out to sit on a terrace and being surrounded by people was the 15th of March. It was in Tequisquiapan and we went to buy our sparkling wine from Freixenet Mexico. 

We could have gone to where they have their production of the sparkling wine but we wanted to take a walk in the town so we just went to their bar and store in the heart of Tequisquiapan. Here you pay the same price for the bottle when you take it home or consume it on their terrace. In other words a lovely, lovely, lovely price. It was a wonderful day. The sun shining and people smiling. A street artist playing music and people dancing. Very every day Mexico style. I was so caught up being happy that I forgot to take pictures, except this one.

We both had our blue converse shoes on that we had bought a few weeks earlier. We were thinking we would buy our little one a matching pair a little later when he would be in need. We are getting close to him needing his first pair of shoes now but we can't buy them for him as no clothing stores or shoe stores have the right to be open. The supermarkets that carry some clothing don't give access to that section. The government say it's not a necessity, so they forbid them to sell clothing. It makes zero sense to me. Since when has supermarkets been selling haut couture? Seriously? If I buy clothing at a supermarket it's because I desperately need it. It's a pair of socks, because my feet are bleeding or it's a pair of underwear because I'm in my period and I was unprepared. 
Now since we have a baby I have bought highly necessary things for him. Well before this insanity started. Everybody knows babies grow out of their clothing in a rapid pace. This is our first child. We didn't know how he will grow and what he will need at the age of 8 months. We all know May in Montreal and May in Mexico is a bit different. And if things would have gone the normal way, we would be in Montreal by the end of May. I read a funny thing on Facebook. Why this month is called May in Canada. It may snow, it may rain, it may shine. That's true for Finland as well. This year it did all that already half way through the month. In both countries. Here it's still warm and sunny. We may get some rain in a week or we may not.
It's really easy to be frustrated as there is no logic to this battle against COVID-19 here in Mexico. I think they have the wrong people in power who finds pleasure in forbidding things just for fun. Today will be a day of groceries for the next 1,5 weeks and I don't look forward to seeing what sections they have closed off. May it not be the wine.