GETTING SETTLED IN

I’m an early riser.  I think sunrise is one of my favorite moments in the day.  It always reminds me of a line from an old song by Melodyen”watch a baby day be born.”  Each day holds such new promise. We enjoyed a leisurely breakfast on the balcony where we were entertained by a roof cat.  I swear they go miles with out ever touching the ground.

Today is a busy day, well not really busy as  I’m on Mexican time but  I did get our phones restarted.  This is so the Senor and I can stay in contact with each other.  The Senor is very content to just relax at the apt,me I need to be doing something so I run most of the errands do the majority of the shopping and now he can track me down.  After the phones on to try  to find a microwave turntable plate.  No luck, but after going to the local internet message board I have several suggestions to follow through on.  One of which was have one of your friends from north of the border bring one down to you.  I think this is a great idea, any volunteers??  Of course enroute I stopped by the local fabric stores.  They are fantastic places with huge varieties of fabric and very reasonable.  Last year I made a pants and tunic set I wear when I perform wedding ceremonies which cost about $23 american.

I returned in time for lunch and siesta. We eat our breakfast and dinners on the balcony, but lunch is inside and with the air conditioner going.

We cooked in tonight and as we were finishing our dinner 5 young Mexican youths were setting up their band instruments on the pedestrian street directly below our balcony. As they tuned up we kinda wondered what we were in for, but 3 guitars, a drummer an a gal on keyboards began pumping out CCR and other vintage rock and roll and were really quite good. And very respectfully quit promptly at 10 pm.

I get restless in the evening and want to get out and see what is happening. When you have alzheimer’s they call it “sundowning”. Maybe I have an early symptom,but the evenings are so lovely here i just can’t bear to be inside and love to walk about as do so much of the Mexican population.

I had hoped to see Jimmi Mamou play at Don Memo’s, but he wasn’t there so I headed to the Barracruda where the “Steve Allen” Show was in progress.  They are both local boys, Kitsap and North Mason counties. It’s now 11 PM and from my balcony I can still hear them play music from the Barracruda as it is only a 1/2 block away. While there I ran into friends Charlie and Christine.  While visiting with them I learned that other friends, Will and Sylvia from Canada won’t be coming this year. It’s disappointing that folks we had hoped to see this year just aren’t coming for one reason or another.  We have plans to meet with Charlie and Christine at Juan’s place on Ixtapa Island tomorrow.  I’m anxious to get in the water, it’s been a week since I’ve been swimming and Saturday is my big ocean swim event.  Well I guess it’s time to call it a day, signing off. KO

Author: zihuathyme

I'm a traveler, not as frequently as I would like , but I plan on doing more. After working full time at Mount Rainier National Park during the summer of 22 I have decided to retire completely and forever. Prior to that I was semi retired as a Wedding Officiant I officiated at about 20 weddings a season, and with my small delivery service I handled the distribution of a local high-quality Home and Garden magazine . Prior to my "semi retirement" I was in corrections and before that I owned and operated a bail bond agency. I now plan to travel to new places and exciting places, getting ready to do that as a solo as the Senior is no longer with me, his choice, and I am OK with that. For hobbies I'm a reader and love my kindle. And I enjoy writing. View all posts by zihuathyme