Day 10
This will be brief. I am not in Oaxaca. I am in Houston at a Park Inn, which I am not paying for thanks to United canceling my flight. At first I felt pretty bummed, especially since our rescheduled flight LEAVES at 6 am (note: that is 4 am California time, which I am on). Then I realized what a privileged problem this was. Tomorrow I will cross the Mexican-U.S. border in a matter of minutes, merely flashing my U.S. passport, in the comforts of Oaxaca International airport. I can only reflect on the extremely different border crossing experiences had by some of my undocumented students and others that have the right paperwork but rub certain border officials the wrong way. As I said, I am having privileged problems, which put into context are really no problems at all. I will try again for Oaxaca tomorrow. Goodnight.