Saturday, December 31, 2011: Happy New Year Sam! 2011 ends with mixed emotions. The year was better than the previous two in terms of business. I am not where I was in 2007 or when the economy collapsed in 2008, but I am nowhere near the dire straits that was 2009 and 2010. We saw the ridiculous criminal case Adriana Coronel Tenorio (AKA Adriana Howitt Coronel, Ari Coronel, Ari Coronel Tenorio, Ari Howitt, Ari Howitt Coronel) started, finally end. Are we really any closer to resolving this situation? Overall I noticed that I have become really good at compartmentalizing when it comes to dealing with this situation. I am proud of that because I have struggled with it over the years.
So here we are the last Saturday of 2011. Maria Guadalupe Tenorio Toledano (AKA Lupita Tenorio, Marsha Tenorio) and Omar Mireles Martinez are gone and it does not look like they are coming back. Omar for sure is not coming back. He finally decided to spend time with his own family instead of babysit us every Saturday. I have no idea what Maria Guadalupe is thinking. Its scary to think what would have happened if I allowed you to travel with her before Christmas like she wanted. Would you even be back? Would Adriana have disappeared too? This is how I have been conditioned to think because of these people, right or wrong. I certainly hate having to ask these questions.
Your grandfather actually made a surprise visit to see Adriana. I was shocked too. He is a nice guy. He loves you Sam. You can see it on his face. Thus the great hypocrisy that is this situation. Adriana is trying to play up the “I want our relationship to work” angle again. I am not taking this seriously Sam. It’s like the hundreds of other times she says this and the second her impulses take over, it’s on to the next batch of carnage she has to create for me/us.
That did not stop us from having a great Saturday. It was off to eat fish tacos. Then it was off to Mundo Diverdido, at your request. We had a blast as we always do. Even if it is under the watchful eyes of your abductors. I live for your big hugs Sam! I got a few of them from you today! Thank you!
Of course, the day could not end without some drama. Adriana gets a frantic phone call from Axel Alvarez Coronel (AKA Axel Coronel). Adriana had let her father take Isaias Palomeque’s (AKA Isaias Uzziel Palomeque, Isaias Palomeque Vergara, Project Manager at DJO Global) truck and went paint-balling with Axel. The poor guy has not been to Tijuana in a long time and allegedly the map Adriana gave her father was a complete failure because they found themselves making a wrong turn somewhere and staring smack-dab at the United States Border crossing. Had they kept going, they would have met the same fate Adriana met when she tried to run the border illegally.
Lucky for Axel and Jorge the border traffic was light. There was a way out of this without anyone getting in trouble. I told her I would go look for the truck and see what I could do, which I did. I like Axel and Jorge. They have done nothing bad to me. Jorge was there to try and talk some sense into Adriana. Trying to get him out of a jam was the least I could do.
When I arrived, it became clear the only option was for me to drive the truck across the border since there was no place to just turn around. At least not without having to explain it to the Tijuana police. Axel and Jorge would meet up with me at the McDonald’s right next to the border on the Tijuana side. So, here I am in Palomeque’s truck, driving it through the border into San Diego hoping to God there was nothing wrong with the truck. I checked everything out, it was empty. I could only imagine what Adriana, Axel and Jorge was thinking at the time. Luckily, everything went off without a hitch. All’s well that ends well. And for once that act of kindness rendered Adriana emotional and speechless all at the same time. Adriana is screwed now because her father loves me more than he already did. I will take that for what it’s worth.
2012 is going to be a great year Sam! I can feel it! I cannot explain it. It’s something in my gut. I am so thankful to call you my daughter. You are such an amazing little girl. Someday all of this will make sense. I LOVE YOU!!! MANY KISSES!
