Ok I'm back home in Mexico! Actually I've been home since Tuesday afternoon; Everardo picked me up on Monday nite at the airport in Acapulco and we stayed at the Holiday Inn so we could shop Tues morning, and then come home. Airports are always "fun", I say in quotes cause everybody has an adventure when going thru airports, connecting flights changing terminals, etc. I had been told by the Immigration Office in Acapulco to only use my residency card while in Mexico and use my passport in the US. Ha ha wrong. I needed my passport to get out of DF to Houston. Then coming back I got in the wrong line off the plane; I got in the Mexicans line and should have gotten in the foreigners line- I showed the lady my residency card and she pointed at the other line, which had grown by about 200 people while I talked to her ha ha. Then I had the small pice of the form- the depart piece instead of the larger piece for arrival- ha ha when I got it in DF on the way out; the lady said - DON'T LOSE this or you won't get back into Mexico. So instead of putting it with my tickets and passport, I put it in my wallet for safekeeping. And...promptlt forgot sbout it. I told the woman at the counter- no this is the piece she told me not to lose! And she said- fill this out! Over there! But at least she let me back to her counter after I filled it out and not the back of the line!
The Tuesday we went to Home Depot and Costco. If I didn't say it before- Costco in Mexico is a HUGE RIPOFF!! So expensive and the packaging is smaller. We will NEVER go there again. We went for dog food, peanut butter and steaks- I know for sure we can get the first 2 at Wallmart and they may have meat- but it was so expensive. No wonder it's almost empty. Man I thought this after the first time but decided to try it one more time. Nope! Big rip off!!
But now we're home. Yesterday a huge storm hit, winds like a hurricane and rain that was so hard it hurt when it hit your face, but only lasted maybe an hour and a half. We went down to the beach and it was exhilarating- the wind and the waves were so loud and the water crashing onto the beach- and it was bathtub warm! So we went in and paddle around in those little pools in front of the rocks, but the water started coming over pretty hard and I backed up and backed up.
So the phone and internet was down until today, but the tv stayed on. I decided to pick a novela and try to stick with it until I can understand it. I don;t know what they're talking about and I'm not asking Poppi, but I'm gonna try to stick with it. I thought about it this wknd in Houston, and I need to watch more tv in Spanish, even just to get used to the rolling sounds of the language. I also bought a CD to listen to with level 2 & 3 Spanish so we'll see how that goes.
I walked down the road last nite before dark and bought a juice from Ono and chatted with her and her daugter a bit, and said I want to try to chat with them every day for practice and they said of course. ha ha I missed today- I hurt my foot, it's called something like Planta Flaceitis, and I had it before.It's a pain in the heel, my left heel; it something about the muscle that comes down your leg and meets something in the heel, a nerve maybe? Anyway like I said I had it a few years ago, and there's nothing to be done except treat the symptoms. There is a surgery but the doctor told me then Ijust have a new set of problems, so I passed on that. I wore a "boot" for awhile that cushions your foot and also stretches out that muscle. I also had a brace I bought online and luckily I still have it. The thing is I was told no more going barefoot and I need to wear a shoe with a heel. I have inserts for my tennis shoes and any other covered shoes, but for flip flops, well I just have to wear the ones with a heel. I put the brace on for a couple of hours this morning and then pretty much stayed off my foot all day- yes folks I laid in the hammock and read most of the afternoon- it was niiiiicceeee....
Yeah I haven't been wearing shoes as much as I should, and never on the beach. The thing is I think it's ok on the beach, but around the house and yard and street I need to wear at least the flip flops. Then I had the great idea to go upstairs and open the suitcase with all the shoes I have never worn here, and get my Danskos. They're especially for this problem, and very comfy. I of course, being totally vain tried to think of how they'd look with my shorts- but ha ha the jokes on me. Almost 4 months of no shoes in the heat- ha ha ha ha I couldn't get those shoes on my fat feet! I think I need a size or maybe 2 sizes bigger!
I went to a women's AA meeting tonite- very cool. I still barely understand anything that's said , but it was nice to be with just women. I went to a couple of meetings in Houston and they were awesome, but now I'm back in my town and I it felt good. Apparently when ever there's more than just a couple of women, they break off and hold a meeting in the back room.
Everardo tried to fix the water so I can figure out how to rinse the clothes I wash. Washing is fine, but at this point I take the clothes into the shower to rinse them. He bought a couple of new faucets and was struggling with the very rusted faucets trying to get them off. I think he was halfway sucessful, so by next week when I want to do laundry again it should be good. He also bought bricks and today cement was delivered, and tomorrow he and Gume and I think another guy, Romero are going to build a pizza oven in the back. It can't go right next to the kitchen, that's where the gas is, but down the stairs is good. They're gonna do all the bricks, and then the rest is cement and mud; and Poppi says he and I can do that part together.
The Tuesday we went to Home Depot and Costco. If I didn't say it before- Costco in Mexico is a HUGE RIPOFF!! So expensive and the packaging is smaller. We will NEVER go there again. We went for dog food, peanut butter and steaks- I know for sure we can get the first 2 at Wallmart and they may have meat- but it was so expensive. No wonder it's almost empty. Man I thought this after the first time but decided to try it one more time. Nope! Big rip off!!
But now we're home. Yesterday a huge storm hit, winds like a hurricane and rain that was so hard it hurt when it hit your face, but only lasted maybe an hour and a half. We went down to the beach and it was exhilarating- the wind and the waves were so loud and the water crashing onto the beach- and it was bathtub warm! So we went in and paddle around in those little pools in front of the rocks, but the water started coming over pretty hard and I backed up and backed up.
So the phone and internet was down until today, but the tv stayed on. I decided to pick a novela and try to stick with it until I can understand it. I don;t know what they're talking about and I'm not asking Poppi, but I'm gonna try to stick with it. I thought about it this wknd in Houston, and I need to watch more tv in Spanish, even just to get used to the rolling sounds of the language. I also bought a CD to listen to with level 2 & 3 Spanish so we'll see how that goes.
I walked down the road last nite before dark and bought a juice from Ono and chatted with her and her daugter a bit, and said I want to try to chat with them every day for practice and they said of course. ha ha I missed today- I hurt my foot, it's called something like Planta Flaceitis, and I had it before.It's a pain in the heel, my left heel; it something about the muscle that comes down your leg and meets something in the heel, a nerve maybe? Anyway like I said I had it a few years ago, and there's nothing to be done except treat the symptoms. There is a surgery but the doctor told me then Ijust have a new set of problems, so I passed on that. I wore a "boot" for awhile that cushions your foot and also stretches out that muscle. I also had a brace I bought online and luckily I still have it. The thing is I was told no more going barefoot and I need to wear a shoe with a heel. I have inserts for my tennis shoes and any other covered shoes, but for flip flops, well I just have to wear the ones with a heel. I put the brace on for a couple of hours this morning and then pretty much stayed off my foot all day- yes folks I laid in the hammock and read most of the afternoon- it was niiiiicceeee....
Yeah I haven't been wearing shoes as much as I should, and never on the beach. The thing is I think it's ok on the beach, but around the house and yard and street I need to wear at least the flip flops. Then I had the great idea to go upstairs and open the suitcase with all the shoes I have never worn here, and get my Danskos. They're especially for this problem, and very comfy. I of course, being totally vain tried to think of how they'd look with my shorts- but ha ha the jokes on me. Almost 4 months of no shoes in the heat- ha ha ha ha I couldn't get those shoes on my fat feet! I think I need a size or maybe 2 sizes bigger!
I went to a women's AA meeting tonite- very cool. I still barely understand anything that's said , but it was nice to be with just women. I went to a couple of meetings in Houston and they were awesome, but now I'm back in my town and I it felt good. Apparently when ever there's more than just a couple of women, they break off and hold a meeting in the back room.
Everardo tried to fix the water so I can figure out how to rinse the clothes I wash. Washing is fine, but at this point I take the clothes into the shower to rinse them. He bought a couple of new faucets and was struggling with the very rusted faucets trying to get them off. I think he was halfway sucessful, so by next week when I want to do laundry again it should be good. He also bought bricks and today cement was delivered, and tomorrow he and Gume and I think another guy, Romero are going to build a pizza oven in the back. It can't go right next to the kitchen, that's where the gas is, but down the stairs is good. They're gonna do all the bricks, and then the rest is cement and mud; and Poppi says he and I can do that part together.
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