Ok first things first. I did get the key to the gym. Actually I borrowed the key and made copies for them. I went inside it by myself to take a look...sad. Calling it a gym is such a stretch ha ha. It's a 2 story house that is in total disrepair, and here that means plumbing is pulled out, walls are down to the plants and 2x4's, things are are pulled off the ceilings, dust and broken glass on the floors- which of course are just wood. However...there are machines in there for working out, and free weights as well. I'm sure there's no electricity but there are a couple of treadmills with cords laying on the floor. There's also machines that don't need to plug in, a stationary bike and then a bike where you are sitting very low to the ground on a seat and then pedal out in front of you. A machine where your feet slide forward and back while your arms are also pulling back and pushing forward. An abs thing that looks like the one we have; you lay slanted backwards and pull up, etc.
Everardo is interested in the free weights, and altho' I saw the small bars for the hand weights, I did not see the long bar, but there was a weight bench and the bar is probly there somewhere. I had thought he might like the treadmill and I was hoping for an elliptical or to bring ours down there, but he said, no he likes to job along the estuary and at the beach, and I am enjoying walking the beach in the mornings. If I decide I really want to use my elliptical we'll figure something out (right now it's in the shed- it was on the porch which I did not like at all, I may refer to myself as trailer trash now that we live in a mobile home, but I am totally kidding and don't want to look the part).
So he hasn't been down there yet, we were going to walk over there today and the rain sorta made us feel like we should stay home in sweats and/or jammies and play solitaire on our laptops and watch movies.
The impending storm for Calif has been all over the news, but we are just a couple of hours south and so knew we'd get at least a little wet. It rained, well sprinkled really, during the nite, and was cloudy, windy, and gray this morning. I started to take the dogs to the beach twice, and both times as I started out the door it suddenly started raining buckets. Then later this afternoon I sat outside watching the waves and it only sprinkled while I was there, so when Everardo returned with the dogs from a quick run to have a tire looked at, I grabbed the ball chucker and we went to the beach. HA HA!! As soon as I got down the path it started to pour!! I was instantly soaked, and I was only wearing a short bathrobe over a tshirt and pajama pants. Since I was already drenched to the bone I decided to throw a couple anyway. It was the first time I brought 2 balls, because Hazel can outrun Sam now and he won't chase it if she's way ahead. She's not great at bringing it all the way back yet, but that was resolved when Sam trotted over and got her ball in his mouth, too. He came up and dropped 2 balls at my feet. When I stopped laughing I threw a few more. It rained on, even harder. Hazel left for home. I threw another one for Sam and he started after it, went a few yards, looked back and me- and I swear he said "really??"...and he headed for home as well. As I got to the sliding glass door, Everardo was already drying Hazel off and ordered me to a hot shower.
We skipped the 6pm AA meeting in favor of more lounging around, and I'm glad because as I have been writing this it is just pouring, really hard. Luckily yesterday Everardo put something on the porch roof because last time when it just rained a little, there was a big leak there. I was wrong when I thought- wow- this is the first house in Mexico that hasn't leaked in the rain; a front window is leaking, but not too bad, a towel there is taking care of it, and there's a little water on the sill of our bedroom window but we have Everardo's thick serape there already because when we first got here I thought the wall was so cold and our bed heads against that wall. The room is too small to choose any other way, so the serape on the wall keeps my head nice and warm. Ok it is just attacking us! The wind is blowing so hard and things are banging around. We're now talking about camping out in the living room where it's the warmest tonite. That will make Sam & Hazel very happy. Hmmm sounds like we need some hot chocolate!
Earlier this week the weather was beautiful; gets cold as the sun goes down, but during the day I can usually wear shorts. One morning, either Tuesday or Wednesday I sat out with my coffee, and a seal came by and entertained me for about 40 minutes! It was so cool! I've gotten good at spotting big groups of birds that are more than one kind- like sea gulls and pelicans and it means something is swimming/fishing out there. I've only seen dolphins, no whales yet, but this seal was a crack up! He swam and jumped and rolled over, and then swam SO fast I was really surprised- I guess I've seen it on tv but right in front of me was so cool! He went past from one side to the other and I thought he was gone, and then he came back and played back across the bay going this way. It was wonderful.
Took another drive hoping to see whales, just may not be in the cards this season. But we took long dirt road thru some mountains that we hadn't seen before and then hiked up the last little bit to get to a good viewing spot. Everardo said he could do it in 4whell drive but my "chicken-ness" kicked in after some steep windy roads and I said, "no no we can walk it." It was a beautiful spot, one I'd bring my daughters to when they come visit, and we sat and looked, spotted boats way out on the horizon and a place very close to us where there was a very tall rock and a smaller one behind it, and for some reason the waves swirled and plunged downwards in between the 2 rocks and then crashed against the front rock with an incredible spray. It was like a crashing whirlpool and amazing to watch, with or without the binoculars.
I was thinking about when I made those copies for the lady at the rental office. I asked her is she wanted me to make 3 or 4 extras and she replied "oh that's ok". Now in English- wait she was speaking English,,,so maybe for a person for whom English is their first language, and they are and American, "oh that's ok", means "no, thank you", but here it can mean "yes, please". I've already experienced this in other places in Mexico so I asked her to confirm, so she did want me to make extras? And she said yes...kinda funny how the same words have different meanings..I was thinking of another one, but my brain just emptied out ha ha. My daughter and I were talking on the phone the other day and she was telling me about talking with her girlfriends about something one of them wanted to buy, and Drew said, "oh I bet they have it at the segundas", and went on talking and her friends all looked at her and said what?? She meant the thrift stores but I talk about the segundas all the time and she just picked it up- she and I had a good laugh over that.
And lastly, I've been thinking about what my older sister said to me about my younger daughter with whom I've not been talking to at all, and I've been full of resentment...that maybe Halla is doing the best she can. I talked to Drew about it, and she said it, too. So I sent her a message simply telling her I love her and I miss her and I hope hope hope hope she writes back to me, or even better, calls me. I don't know why she keeps her feelings inside, I know she misses me, and even though I told her I wasn't going to chase her anymore trying to get her to have a relationship with me, but she is my child, and I need to keep reaching out. The problem is mine, I need to reach out, and be able to accept it if she does not reciprocate. So no long teary messages, just simple unconditional love...tell her I love her and I miss her. The truth is, that's the best I can do right now without getting resentful...like you never reply, or you never try....see that? I'm saying you you you....man sometimes writing here helps me sooooo much! This is the example I needed to see for myself...that when I'm mad I say you you you instead of remembering that I can ONLY control me me me!
Wow talk about ending on a high note! Viva!
Everardo is interested in the free weights, and altho' I saw the small bars for the hand weights, I did not see the long bar, but there was a weight bench and the bar is probly there somewhere. I had thought he might like the treadmill and I was hoping for an elliptical or to bring ours down there, but he said, no he likes to job along the estuary and at the beach, and I am enjoying walking the beach in the mornings. If I decide I really want to use my elliptical we'll figure something out (right now it's in the shed- it was on the porch which I did not like at all, I may refer to myself as trailer trash now that we live in a mobile home, but I am totally kidding and don't want to look the part).
So he hasn't been down there yet, we were going to walk over there today and the rain sorta made us feel like we should stay home in sweats and/or jammies and play solitaire on our laptops and watch movies.
The impending storm for Calif has been all over the news, but we are just a couple of hours south and so knew we'd get at least a little wet. It rained, well sprinkled really, during the nite, and was cloudy, windy, and gray this morning. I started to take the dogs to the beach twice, and both times as I started out the door it suddenly started raining buckets. Then later this afternoon I sat outside watching the waves and it only sprinkled while I was there, so when Everardo returned with the dogs from a quick run to have a tire looked at, I grabbed the ball chucker and we went to the beach. HA HA!! As soon as I got down the path it started to pour!! I was instantly soaked, and I was only wearing a short bathrobe over a tshirt and pajama pants. Since I was already drenched to the bone I decided to throw a couple anyway. It was the first time I brought 2 balls, because Hazel can outrun Sam now and he won't chase it if she's way ahead. She's not great at bringing it all the way back yet, but that was resolved when Sam trotted over and got her ball in his mouth, too. He came up and dropped 2 balls at my feet. When I stopped laughing I threw a few more. It rained on, even harder. Hazel left for home. I threw another one for Sam and he started after it, went a few yards, looked back and me- and I swear he said "really??"...and he headed for home as well. As I got to the sliding glass door, Everardo was already drying Hazel off and ordered me to a hot shower.
We skipped the 6pm AA meeting in favor of more lounging around, and I'm glad because as I have been writing this it is just pouring, really hard. Luckily yesterday Everardo put something on the porch roof because last time when it just rained a little, there was a big leak there. I was wrong when I thought- wow- this is the first house in Mexico that hasn't leaked in the rain; a front window is leaking, but not too bad, a towel there is taking care of it, and there's a little water on the sill of our bedroom window but we have Everardo's thick serape there already because when we first got here I thought the wall was so cold and our bed heads against that wall. The room is too small to choose any other way, so the serape on the wall keeps my head nice and warm. Ok it is just attacking us! The wind is blowing so hard and things are banging around. We're now talking about camping out in the living room where it's the warmest tonite. That will make Sam & Hazel very happy. Hmmm sounds like we need some hot chocolate!
Earlier this week the weather was beautiful; gets cold as the sun goes down, but during the day I can usually wear shorts. One morning, either Tuesday or Wednesday I sat out with my coffee, and a seal came by and entertained me for about 40 minutes! It was so cool! I've gotten good at spotting big groups of birds that are more than one kind- like sea gulls and pelicans and it means something is swimming/fishing out there. I've only seen dolphins, no whales yet, but this seal was a crack up! He swam and jumped and rolled over, and then swam SO fast I was really surprised- I guess I've seen it on tv but right in front of me was so cool! He went past from one side to the other and I thought he was gone, and then he came back and played back across the bay going this way. It was wonderful.
Took another drive hoping to see whales, just may not be in the cards this season. But we took long dirt road thru some mountains that we hadn't seen before and then hiked up the last little bit to get to a good viewing spot. Everardo said he could do it in 4whell drive but my "chicken-ness" kicked in after some steep windy roads and I said, "no no we can walk it." It was a beautiful spot, one I'd bring my daughters to when they come visit, and we sat and looked, spotted boats way out on the horizon and a place very close to us where there was a very tall rock and a smaller one behind it, and for some reason the waves swirled and plunged downwards in between the 2 rocks and then crashed against the front rock with an incredible spray. It was like a crashing whirlpool and amazing to watch, with or without the binoculars.
I was thinking about when I made those copies for the lady at the rental office. I asked her is she wanted me to make 3 or 4 extras and she replied "oh that's ok". Now in English- wait she was speaking English,,,so maybe for a person for whom English is their first language, and they are and American, "oh that's ok", means "no, thank you", but here it can mean "yes, please". I've already experienced this in other places in Mexico so I asked her to confirm, so she did want me to make extras? And she said yes...kinda funny how the same words have different meanings..I was thinking of another one, but my brain just emptied out ha ha. My daughter and I were talking on the phone the other day and she was telling me about talking with her girlfriends about something one of them wanted to buy, and Drew said, "oh I bet they have it at the segundas", and went on talking and her friends all looked at her and said what?? She meant the thrift stores but I talk about the segundas all the time and she just picked it up- she and I had a good laugh over that.
And lastly, I've been thinking about what my older sister said to me about my younger daughter with whom I've not been talking to at all, and I've been full of resentment...that maybe Halla is doing the best she can. I talked to Drew about it, and she said it, too. So I sent her a message simply telling her I love her and I miss her and I hope hope hope hope she writes back to me, or even better, calls me. I don't know why she keeps her feelings inside, I know she misses me, and even though I told her I wasn't going to chase her anymore trying to get her to have a relationship with me, but she is my child, and I need to keep reaching out. The problem is mine, I need to reach out, and be able to accept it if she does not reciprocate. So no long teary messages, just simple unconditional love...tell her I love her and I miss her. The truth is, that's the best I can do right now without getting resentful...like you never reply, or you never try....see that? I'm saying you you you....man sometimes writing here helps me sooooo much! This is the example I needed to see for myself...that when I'm mad I say you you you instead of remembering that I can ONLY control me me me!
Wow talk about ending on a high note! Viva!
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