It's been a few days since I posted; well been all about the puppy. His name is Lucky and we brought him home last Thursday afternoon. He is between 3 & 4 weeks old, way too soon to be away from his mommy, but he was just thrown away in the street with his brothers and sisters. I know I've written about the dog problem in Mexico, and this is another one. Throw away puppies. Yeah, last week while I was there, some ladies brought in these cardboard boxes, and there was a momma and 2 day old puppies in one, and the momma had a rope around her neck, tight. Everardo had to find a knife and cut it off. The poppa was in the other box, shaking, a rope on him, too. There was a third box in the car, nothing in it. Ah but a hole torn in the backside...yes an escapee. Later after I left, they showed back up, and Karen told me the box was sealed. SEALED!! And they said, oh be careful, he's mean...hmmm well DUH! He's in a sealed small box....poor thing was trembling so much Karen took him home with her that nite.
Anyway....Lucky is tiny, and has to learn to eat solid food. He'll get the hang of it for one meal, and the later you gotta show it to him again. Thurs and Friday we gave him this puppy formula. Actually Saturday, too. Then Sunday we started giving him Pedialite for the electrolytes. Wow what a difference, right after he drinks a little of that he's all peppy for a little while, then crashes. He eats, poops and sleeps. And drinking also has to be learned. He learns and then forgets how to lap water in a bowl. I have a injection thing, like you add a needle to it to give a shot? It's the part you fill up with the medicine, or in this case, water or Pedialite. It's a plastic one Karen gave me from out at the center, and it works great. I was putting water in a cap from a water bottle and forcing his mouth open. For water I basically still have to do the same thing, for the Pedialite- as soon as he tastes it, he open wide ha ha.
The first 2 nites he slept in a box next to the bed on my side, and I got up at 2:30 and about 4am both times, to take him out...and it was good since he did his business. But for me....my kids are adults! I don't get up for middle of the nite feedings, and haven't done it about 19 years. But the amazing thing about Lucky is, he doesn't need company at nite. We put him in the kennel we borrowed, outside with a piece of chicken wire in a half circle so he could come out and poop but not wander around the yard. He was fine! Yipee! So now he and Sam are sleeping outside. Of course Sam is so insulted by it and jealous over the whole thing. He ignores Lucky, which is easy cause he is soooo small he fits in my hand. Well today actually he's a tiny bit bigger than my hand. But not much...did I mention he's only 3-4 weeks old? My guess is now he's 4 weeks so I'm going with that. So 4 more weeks until he's old enough to be taken away from his mommy....wow. I worry about him all day, but he's growing and figuring stuff out...and actually playing, just a little bit. So I'll keep everyone posted on his progress. I posted pictures of him on facebook, yeah he's pretty cute, and Poppi is falling for him too. Oh last thing- what kind of dog is he? Ha ha good question! Well he looks like a tiny mouse...part chihuahua for sure, but his back legs are kinda bowed, like a boxer or something....unless Chihuahuas have that? Have to google it...He's brown mostly, kinda of a square head, and a black stripe from the middle of his shoulder blades down his back and his tale is black. He is sooo tiny (did I already say that?) and his legs are tiny twigs....ok so yep he's takin' up most of my time! (yipee)
Ok what else? The weather is definitely starting to change...getting hotter, not Playa Ventura, maybe cause of the wind...thank God for the wind, but it getting hotter. And the humidity....that lovely feeling when everything is sticky....ha ha back to the toilet seat sticking to me when I stand up so it falls down and sounds like a guy was just peeing. It's hard to get dressed cause you're sweating as soon as you get up. But very unlike Playa Ventura, you can sleep on top of the bed and not be eaten alive by mosquitoes. They are around in the early evening; if I want to lay in the hammock after about 4pm, I need to put on my bug stuff, but they have the same stuff, Autan up here and it's only 32 pesos (less than 3 bucks). I am hearing however that July gets increasingly hotter, and that August & Sept are unbearable. Everardo and I are laughing....bring it on! Been there done that, except it was every day all the time. We can do 2 months...or maybe it will be 3, cause it's only July 1, and if the wind stops, we will be in trouble. So, vamos a ver....
I'm doing Rosetta Stone faithfully, well it's only been 2 weeks ha ha. The Spanish teacher now has contacted Melody, a woman I had a couple of classes with, and first said she was available in August, then changed it to Sept (again). This class will be just Karen, Melody and me, so an intermediate to advanced. I agreed and think that if I stick with Rosetta Stone and then the class in a couple of months, I can only be...fantastico! We want to work from a book with her this time, not just her showing us notes on her laptop, and that will be good, too.
Mexico is amazing. Health care is one of the amazing things. The cost is SOOO much cheaper. As a permanat resident I can get Seguro Popular, and the first year it's expensive...like $800 USD and then drops to about $80 USD per year. And honestly, $800 for one year is not that expensive. I don't have all the facts yet, but as I figure it out I'll share. One other thing though- when European countries approve drugs that the US then puts thru the FDA for at least 10 years, well Mexico goes with Europe, so many more drugs are available. And as I said before, even my prescription drug for cancer, Arimidex (brand for another name) is over the counter. I'm having a problem with Kaiser right now so it's really on my mind. I thought I changed my plan the first of June so my monthly premium would go done July 1, and interestingly enough, "oh sorry it didn't go thru, but would you like to make a payment?" ha ha when I stopped laughing I said NO, you fix it...then maybe I'll pay....anyway a long involved ridiculously frustrating ordeal that everybody goes thru with big companies. So I won't go on.....except to say altho I'm waiting to see what the Affordable Healthcare Act will offer me, which will be available in Oct....do I even want US health insurance.... they have doctors here, right? But Mexico is amazing in others ways- haha in some ways it's like living in the 50's, and people just make things work. Cars are all beat up, nobody wears a seat belt, and the stops signs continue to be just a recommendation, but I don't see alot of accidents, in fact I haven't seen one since I've been here. Kids play in the street here. Parents don't watch their kids closely on the beach. People sit outside, in front of their houses in the warn weather. There are corner stores on EVERY corner, and usually some in the middle of the block. The stores and resturants, well the people live behind them or above them. There are hot dog carts and taco stands every where. And right up the street you can get a huge styrofoam cup of lemonade for less than $2. And somebody just made it fresh. Of course they call it limeade cause yellow or green they call it lime....People build things in small shops, like the furniture we had built in Playa Ventura, there's a guy down the street we're talking to about something we want for the kitchen. And we saw a guy painting a fantastic mural all across a wall around someone's house, and he will do one for us, much smaller area, for about $50! The back wall of our yard is white brick, and my hammock is right there, and now I have some nice pots, some the brightly painted type and others the earthy look, and my big Buddha I've been dragging around Mexico, well it's my little serenity corner, and the guy is going to paint some palm tress and maybe a garden...yeah for $50 USD
In Mexico, every thing is possible...yeah you might have wait....but it's posible....
OK fun fact:
The first printing press in North America was used in Mexico City in 1539
Anyway....Lucky is tiny, and has to learn to eat solid food. He'll get the hang of it for one meal, and the later you gotta show it to him again. Thurs and Friday we gave him this puppy formula. Actually Saturday, too. Then Sunday we started giving him Pedialite for the electrolytes. Wow what a difference, right after he drinks a little of that he's all peppy for a little while, then crashes. He eats, poops and sleeps. And drinking also has to be learned. He learns and then forgets how to lap water in a bowl. I have a injection thing, like you add a needle to it to give a shot? It's the part you fill up with the medicine, or in this case, water or Pedialite. It's a plastic one Karen gave me from out at the center, and it works great. I was putting water in a cap from a water bottle and forcing his mouth open. For water I basically still have to do the same thing, for the Pedialite- as soon as he tastes it, he open wide ha ha.
The first 2 nites he slept in a box next to the bed on my side, and I got up at 2:30 and about 4am both times, to take him out...and it was good since he did his business. But for me....my kids are adults! I don't get up for middle of the nite feedings, and haven't done it about 19 years. But the amazing thing about Lucky is, he doesn't need company at nite. We put him in the kennel we borrowed, outside with a piece of chicken wire in a half circle so he could come out and poop but not wander around the yard. He was fine! Yipee! So now he and Sam are sleeping outside. Of course Sam is so insulted by it and jealous over the whole thing. He ignores Lucky, which is easy cause he is soooo small he fits in my hand. Well today actually he's a tiny bit bigger than my hand. But not much...did I mention he's only 3-4 weeks old? My guess is now he's 4 weeks so I'm going with that. So 4 more weeks until he's old enough to be taken away from his mommy....wow. I worry about him all day, but he's growing and figuring stuff out...and actually playing, just a little bit. So I'll keep everyone posted on his progress. I posted pictures of him on facebook, yeah he's pretty cute, and Poppi is falling for him too. Oh last thing- what kind of dog is he? Ha ha good question! Well he looks like a tiny mouse...part chihuahua for sure, but his back legs are kinda bowed, like a boxer or something....unless Chihuahuas have that? Have to google it...He's brown mostly, kinda of a square head, and a black stripe from the middle of his shoulder blades down his back and his tale is black. He is sooo tiny (did I already say that?) and his legs are tiny twigs....ok so yep he's takin' up most of my time! (yipee)
Ok what else? The weather is definitely starting to change...getting hotter, not Playa Ventura, maybe cause of the wind...thank God for the wind, but it getting hotter. And the humidity....that lovely feeling when everything is sticky....ha ha back to the toilet seat sticking to me when I stand up so it falls down and sounds like a guy was just peeing. It's hard to get dressed cause you're sweating as soon as you get up. But very unlike Playa Ventura, you can sleep on top of the bed and not be eaten alive by mosquitoes. They are around in the early evening; if I want to lay in the hammock after about 4pm, I need to put on my bug stuff, but they have the same stuff, Autan up here and it's only 32 pesos (less than 3 bucks). I am hearing however that July gets increasingly hotter, and that August & Sept are unbearable. Everardo and I are laughing....bring it on! Been there done that, except it was every day all the time. We can do 2 months...or maybe it will be 3, cause it's only July 1, and if the wind stops, we will be in trouble. So, vamos a ver....
I'm doing Rosetta Stone faithfully, well it's only been 2 weeks ha ha. The Spanish teacher now has contacted Melody, a woman I had a couple of classes with, and first said she was available in August, then changed it to Sept (again). This class will be just Karen, Melody and me, so an intermediate to advanced. I agreed and think that if I stick with Rosetta Stone and then the class in a couple of months, I can only be...fantastico! We want to work from a book with her this time, not just her showing us notes on her laptop, and that will be good, too.
Mexico is amazing. Health care is one of the amazing things. The cost is SOOO much cheaper. As a permanat resident I can get Seguro Popular, and the first year it's expensive...like $800 USD and then drops to about $80 USD per year. And honestly, $800 for one year is not that expensive. I don't have all the facts yet, but as I figure it out I'll share. One other thing though- when European countries approve drugs that the US then puts thru the FDA for at least 10 years, well Mexico goes with Europe, so many more drugs are available. And as I said before, even my prescription drug for cancer, Arimidex (brand for another name) is over the counter. I'm having a problem with Kaiser right now so it's really on my mind. I thought I changed my plan the first of June so my monthly premium would go done July 1, and interestingly enough, "oh sorry it didn't go thru, but would you like to make a payment?" ha ha when I stopped laughing I said NO, you fix it...then maybe I'll pay....anyway a long involved ridiculously frustrating ordeal that everybody goes thru with big companies. So I won't go on.....except to say altho I'm waiting to see what the Affordable Healthcare Act will offer me, which will be available in Oct....do I even want US health insurance.... they have doctors here, right? But Mexico is amazing in others ways- haha in some ways it's like living in the 50's, and people just make things work. Cars are all beat up, nobody wears a seat belt, and the stops signs continue to be just a recommendation, but I don't see alot of accidents, in fact I haven't seen one since I've been here. Kids play in the street here. Parents don't watch their kids closely on the beach. People sit outside, in front of their houses in the warn weather. There are corner stores on EVERY corner, and usually some in the middle of the block. The stores and resturants, well the people live behind them or above them. There are hot dog carts and taco stands every where. And right up the street you can get a huge styrofoam cup of lemonade for less than $2. And somebody just made it fresh. Of course they call it limeade cause yellow or green they call it lime....People build things in small shops, like the furniture we had built in Playa Ventura, there's a guy down the street we're talking to about something we want for the kitchen. And we saw a guy painting a fantastic mural all across a wall around someone's house, and he will do one for us, much smaller area, for about $50! The back wall of our yard is white brick, and my hammock is right there, and now I have some nice pots, some the brightly painted type and others the earthy look, and my big Buddha I've been dragging around Mexico, well it's my little serenity corner, and the guy is going to paint some palm tress and maybe a garden...yeah for $50 USD
In Mexico, every thing is possible...yeah you might have wait....but it's posible....
OK fun fact:
The first printing press in North America was used in Mexico City in 1539
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