The best coca cola I ever had!...and rain

It was today, tonite really, just a little while ago. The best coke I ever had. I swear I could taste the shiny-ness, the sharpness of the bubbles, the sugar was like a thick wave inside the coldness of the wet. I never tasted anything like it, anything so complete, anything so good. I was dead after zumba, in fact about the second to last song I started thinking I might puke. I was so hot, so tired, so.....sick. As I danced I thought I can't stop because I might fall down and then everyone will look at the poor old chubby white lady....and I will be breathing so loud, and my heart will be beating so hard that I will only hear rushing in my ears and so won't understand what anyone is saying. And of course I'm totally insecure about my weight (yes even at the ripe old age of 56) so I'll think they're laughing, and then the teacher will want me to take it easier.....yeah I was thinking all that as I kept pushing and as the song ended looked towards the outer sides of the area where there were bushes I could run over and throw up in.....So the next song started and I pushed just as hard, then mercifully that song ended and the cool down song started....I was shaking and put very little effort into the cool down.

Everardo showed up right after it ended as he always does. He either runs the track for the hour or works on the equipment doing push up, sit ups, pull ups and jumps rope. He always shows up at the end and carries the huge speaker the teacher uses to her truck for her. The teacher told us that tomorrow we're joining another class in the "pencil park", and while she was talking Poppi asked me if I was ok. No- I think I'm gonna throw up...just like last nite, I thought I was going to throw up last nite, too...but I started feeling better when I got home. Well this time, he said he thought he was gonna puke, too. I think it's a combination of things; it's SO hot, we both push so hard, and we're trying to figure out how early to eat, what to eat...so enter the coca cola.

When we got in the car Everardo said, I gotta stop on the way and get a coke, I need the sugar. We live 5 minutes from the track and there's a little aborrotes (grocery) on our street, so he stopped and ran in. He passed it to me and said I bet you need the sugar! I don't like soda, I never drink it. I didn't drink it growing up so I guess I never developed a taste for it. When my kids were here a couple of weeks ago, they both said they don't drink soda- yippee I did something right! They didn't get it as kids and now they don't like it.

So back to my story- He handed it to me and I took a big swallow. After a few seconds I said wow- I think I DID need sugar. And it tasted SO good. I took another big gulp before I handed it back. It tasted amazing, refreshing, cold, tart and sweet at the same time, like syrup but cold and sharp. The nausea lifted, I mean it was completely gone! I don't know, maybe we need to split one before exercise? Or should it be after? It was a small coke, 10 or 12 ounces, maybe before is better because I don't like feeling like I'm gonna throw up during my exercise routine. Ok maybe I should google a better solution eh? Poppi says we need to get some Pedialite for our workouts while it's so hot- hmmm that might be a good idea eh?

Ok in other news; it rained last nite- and I mean poured buckets! It was raining so hard it was pounding on the roof. I posted a couple of photos on facebook of the street in front of our house- oh I mean the river in front of our house. And we are one house in on a side road of a main road (a paved road), which is also flooded. There's no sewer system for water run off. I just hope it doesn't rain again tonite. There are intersections all over town that are flooded, it will just take the sun to get the water to dissipate. We took a drive out to a neighborhood called Cholla Bay (pronounced choya), and part of the road out to there is dirt and really messed up. We were driving the truck but what about people who live out there who just drive cars? What a mess- good thing the average rainfall per year is only 2 inches- I guess that's why they don't bother making improvements.

Actually that neighborhood is kinda sad. Lots of fancy houses, some not so fancy; but it looks like not too many people live out there full time, and there were so many for sale! Lots of unfinished huge houses, and lots of houses falling into disrepair. Everardo said when he was here in 2005-6 that this area was booming, and to rent even a camper shell was expensive; a woman wanted to charge him $300 a month for a camper shell on her property- when he stopped laughing I think he told her to go f**k herself...ha ha. Not everywhere was like that, but a small apartment or room in someone's house was $500 a month. There was money here and people here and building like crazy people. I keep hearing it's coming back, not sure I see evidence of that. Well this weekend is Labor Day and "they" are expecting big crowds, I hope so, Everardo would LOVE to make some sales at the beach. It's so freaking hot tho', I'm worried about him walking the beach- but he'll do it, and I know he'll make some money.

Ok talking about rain,we got a call from Jay, the guy who takes care of our house in Playa Ventura, and he said....wait for it.....THE HOUSE IS LEAKING!! In the same F'ing place as last year. Where the new construction meets the old; meaning our bedroom, and the new family is there renting the place. I was pretty surprised, but Jay said there was an earthquake, and also, that it had been raining for 3 days straight down there and it started leaking on day 4. Oh and the kitchen is also leaking. But he knows what to do to fix it, and just needed the ok from us (really- you needed the ok to fix a leak??) The cool thing for me was I answered the phone and I understood everything he said- but to be sure I had Everardo call him back when he got home. I think I'm gonna talk to Poppi about contacting a real estate person in Copala or Marquelia in the next couple of months, before Dec when there's a big tourist time...

Yeah I thought the storm last nite would make it cooler, but I was wrong, sadly very wrong. The air is like when you take a hot shower with the door shut, and after you turn off the water you can feel the water in the air? That's how it is outside. I don't know, maybe it's a sign that it's gonna get cooler? Oh and maybe a pig will fly over the moon. Arrgghh this heat is killing me! Did I say that out loud??

Ok Mexico fun fact:
Modern Mexicans are a unique blend of many ancient civilizations, including the Olmec, Zapotec, Toltec, Maya, Aztec, Inca, African, French, and Spanish.

It's just so hot!

I can't believe it's actually getting hotter. Walking to the washing machine across the yard has me dripping with sweat. The streets don't have too many people on them, and I understand, I just want to stay in the house with the curtains closed to keep out the heat, and all our fans going.

Sunday we went for a drive, not really to escape the heat, but to do something in it. It's too hot to go to the beach, and the water is so warm it's not really too refreshing, and lately has had so much crap it it; sticks and algae, stuff like sawdust, I think because of the passing storms. It only rained here a tiny bit thru the weekend even though weather channels and websites said we'd be hit hard. I was looking forward to it because I also read it would cool down up to 10 degrees. But- no way. So we took a drive, heading south towards Caborca but then veered left instead of right to head for Desemboque. We left the house at 2pm, and so once we took the Desemboque road we started wondering how far it really was. I looked it up later after we got back home and it's says it's almost 7 hours!

Well after about a half hour we started thinking maybe we should undertake this adventure another day when we leave really early and/or want to spend the night, so we turned back and headed for Caborca. Well I just looked that up and it's almost 3 hours from here, but it was fun driving along the roads. One part we had been on when we moved up here, but at the end of 3 days of 12-15 hour driving days and we just wanted to get here, so I didn't remember too much. It's still desert, but much more beautiful than here- much more green and lush. Hmm using the word lush to describe the desert, but it was pretty, lots of different plants, trees and bushes, and lots of huge rock formations- and I love rocks.

Ok Mexico fun fact:
 Mexico’s flag is made up three vertical stripes. The left green stripe stand for hope, the middle white stripe represents purity, and the right red stripe represents the blood of the Mexican people. The picture of an eagle eating a snake is based on an Aztec legend.

There was also agriculture in some places; I don't know if they had to bring in better soil, but the ground isn't as sandy as it is here, much more dirt. So we saw fields of asparagus, lemons, and grapes. Olive trees, fields of them. It made me think of coming up thru Sinaloa- which I always thought- oh the drug cartels! But what we saw was agriculture- field after field of strawberries, avacados, asparagus, lots of veggies. So all in all it was a nice ride. When we finally hit Caborca we were really hot and tired, and so we really just drove thru the outskirts to head back home. We came down a side road and there was a small checkpoint. Just 2 cops; a man and a woman. She asked if we had any alcohol. We said no, then the guy told Everardo after we asked for directions towards Sonoyta, don't stop for anyone who tries to pull you over- we are the only ones. Wow- we thought he meant on the highway, but we drove down a couple of more streets until we found the highway, and it was a brand new road. Beautiful and paved, with the "chicken lane"; meaning cars would pull over to the right where there is a dotted line so they were half in the lane and half on the side, then you pass them in the middle which is the same passing lane for those going the other way. But we didn't encounter much traffic (the heat remember), and so we followed this road to Sonoyta and then turned south back down to Puerto Penasco.

So we did a big desert circle. If we had been in a more agricultural center, we would have made a crop circle ha ha! So our little drive turned into 5 hours! One nice thing though, as we headed out of Sonoyta, there was a family with 7 little kids, and they plus momma and poppa jumped in the back of the truck and rode with us all the way home. They lived out in San Rafael, in a little blue house with Dora the Explorer painted on it. (cute). It was nice to be able to help somebody out, right?

Well the next day-yesterday (Monday) I had grudgingly agreed to go with my friend Deb to Phoenix to help her friend Sue pick up a car. We had all been talking about driving back alone on that drive and how it sucked cause you get so tired on that round trip- that I had just done taking my daughters to the airport. So when she asked me, I couldn't say no. We went up with her friend and then Deb didn't want to drive back alone. I said yes cause she said we'd go early and just come right back so be back early afternoon. Arrgghh she picked me up at 5:45...AM! Well I brought a pillow and slept in the back part of the way up. Then there were some "issues" with picking up the car, $$ issues which I stayed out of, but ended up not getting home until about 6PM! Oh wait- it was 6:15 cause she said- see you can still make it to zumba!! Yeah...not!

But Everardo had made a nice dinner of carne asada and beans and I added some of the extra sharp cheese I bought in Phoenix, so it was goood.

So the other fun thing I did over the weekend, was get Rosetta Stone put on this new/used laptop. Karen emailed me and she did have the activation card in her wallet so she gave me the number. Oooops one problema! The license is only good for 2 seats- meaning you can only install it on 2 computers. And it was already on my crashed laptop. So I finally got someone from India on live chat, told them I was Karen and after quite some conversation, got him to open another seat. So I am back up and running. When I get my laptop fixed, I'll de-activate it on this one so she'll still have 2 seats available. I sent her an email and told her I impersonated her ha ha, I hope she sees it as "ha ha" as well. But man when it's so hot day and nite, little frustrations become big ones.

Last nite, since I missed zumba it was only natural to crave ice cream, and when we went down to the malecon to get some; Everardo back into a really big (tall) truck with my car and made a huge dent in my trunk, and cracked the tail light. Didn't do a thing to the truck luckily. This morning he had to take the back seats out to get to the trunk to get it open and pound out the dent some. My poor car just struggles for life, but keeps on chuggin' along. Well zumba tonite and I already did Spanish for today. Now I'm gonna look up a small town in Baja we might consider as our next spot to land.....it's close to Ensenada but not a big city and supposedly has a nice beach for him to work....as soon as I figure out the spelling I'll put it here- something like Maneaderos....wish me luck cause this place lately is killing me!!