The internet is up, but I can't get  to the “new post” portion of my blog, so I'll start offline. I didn't post since Saturday morning so thought I'd catch up. On Sat morning I shit down my laptop and we left for Ometepec. Things went downhill from there. I guess cause it was Sat, there was a lot of traffic going both ways. Highway 200 which is our connection to everywhere, is one lane each way. I know I've said before that everything here is so laid back, people take their time with everything from going to work, the doctor, to doctor visits, coming over for dinner, everything EXCEPT driving. This seems to be where everyone gets out their stress, their anx't. Everyone drives 100+ miles per hour, they tailgate like crazy, and pass whenever possible (or not possible), even to just get ahead one car. They pass on hills, corners, on the topes (speed bumps).

And Saturday just seemed over the top. And Everardo joined in. There were so many cars stuck behind this one old loaded down truck and we were almost at the end. Then a huge bus came behind us. And by huge I mean HUGE. The buses here are so big! Really tall, really long and really really wide...Anyway it got up so close behind us that I was worried. I mean if anybody tapped their brakes everybody would be in an accident. So people kept crawling up that poor truck's rear end. We started doing it too. On a hill. I was so scared I almost threw up. Kinda wrecked my day, ya know? The fact is I dthe rocks. Our silly dog climbed up too!

One funny thing I saw on our drive was something that for some reason reminded me of Pirates of the Carribean...but I think it was a dog there....I saw these 3 guys; one was standing in the back of a truck with a long rope tied to a donkey outside the truck. The donkey was straining back. One of the 2 guys outside by the donkey was trying to pull him and the other guy just watching. There was no ramp into the truck- did they think he was gonna jump up into the truck? As we passed it was like in slow motion, barley any movement except the donkey with a slight tug with his long neck. If I hadn't been mad I would have asked Poppi to stop for a picture, but...I didn't.

The other thing was on the way to Marquelia, there's this spot where these pieces of a kid's carnival are, a kid size ferris wheel, some little battered up cars. But there's also this ride that is like a big U,looks like a boat you know? And it rocks from side to side, getting higher each time? Well there was these little kids insi19in;"> So we turned around and came back. Kind of a crappy day, Rainy, gray, and when my fear wore off I was just tired, and angry. I read in the hammock, napped a little. Later Poppi and I and Sam took a long walk up the road to Casa de Piedras and climbed on the rocks. Our silly dog climbed up too!

One funny thing I saw on our drive was something that for some reason reminded me of Pirates of the Carribean...but I think it was a dog there....I saw these 3 guys; one was standing in the back of a truck with a long rope tied to a donkey outside the truck. The donkey was straining back. One of the 2 guys outside by the donkey was trying to pull him and the other guy just watching. There was no ramp into the truck- did they think he was gonna jump up into the truck? As we passed it was like in slow motion, barley any movement except the donkey with a slight tug with his long neck. If I hadn't been mad I would have asked Poppi to stop for a picture, but...I didn't.

The other thing was on the way to Marquelia, there's this spot where these pieces of a kid's carnival are, a kid size ferris wheel, some little battered up cars. But there's also this ride that is like a big U,looks like a boat you know? And it rocks from side to side, getting higher each time? Well there was these little kids inside and some bigger kids around the ride pushing it. The little ones were laughing and having a fun ride! I guess that stuff has been sitting there more than a month and I never seen anyone operating any of the rides, so they did it themselves ha ha! Pretty as a litually. I remember when my olderverything we needed at Walmart and didn't need to go anywhere else ha ha. But in the end we got ice cream from McDonald's and that made all of us happy...I was looking for those big storage bags, heavy plastic with a zipper to store all my clothes that are upstairs, well we found something similar- no zipper but you suck the air out with a vacuum...so I'm gonna give them a try. There were other little things we needed, like printer ink, blah blah blah and we got most of it. I did not like the sheets and the paint can wait until ext time when he picks me up from the airport after Houston.

But when we got back!! Chela had a surprise dinner for us...LOBSTER!! YUM it was so so so so good! Polo gave me one of the mini snickers he bought and then Everardo gave me a little back rub- I would have to say a perfect ending to the day.

This morning I got up and exercised. When I finished I saw a bowl of cereal on the table so ha ha Poppi came in while I was singing at the top of my lugs while dancing on uple of places to hang on, but we took it off as the road gets higher in front of our house because coming down thru the gate- it has a decorative roof, looks like the house roof, and we're afraid it will hit it. But now he3yr old. He was very happy to come and was a little disappointed that we found everything we needed at Walmart and didn't need to go anywhere else ha ha. But in the end we got ice cream from McDonald's and that made all of us happy...I was looking for those big storage bags, heavy plastic with a zipper to store all my clothes that are upstairs, well we found something similar- no zipper but you suck the air out with a vacuum...so I'm gonna give them a try. There were other little things we needed, like printer ink, blah blah blah and we got most of it. I did not like the sheets and the paint can wait until ext time when he picks me up from the airport after Houston.

But when we got back!! Chela had a surprise dinner for us...LOBSTER!! YUM it was so so so so good! Polo gave me one of the mini snickers he bought and then Everardo gave me a little back rub- I would have to say a perfect ending to the day.

This morning I got up and exercised. When I finished I saw a bowl of cereal on the table so ha ha Poppi came in while I was singing at the top of my lugs while dancing on the ellm some money anyway. Interesting eh?

So we went to Acapulco yesterday, kind of to take a drive and shake off the bad air from Saturday’s drive. We took Polo, Chela's 13yr old. He was very happy to come and was a little disappointed that we found everything we needed at Walmart and didn't need to go anywhere else ha ha. But in the end we got ice cream from McDonald's and that made all of us happy...I was looking for those big storage bags, heavy plastic with a zipper to store all my clothes that are upstairs, well we found something similar- no zipper but you suck the air out with a vacuum...so I'm gonna give them a try. There were other little things we needed, like printer ink, blah blah blah and we got most of it. I did not like the sheets and the paint can wait until ext time when he picks me up from the airport after Houston.

But when we got back!! Chela had a surprise dinner for us...LOBSTER!! YUM it was so so so so good! Polo gave me one of the mini snickers he bought and then Everardo gave me a little back rub- I would have to say a perfect ending to the day.

This morning I got up and exercised. When I finished I saw a bowl of cereal on the table so ha ha Poppi came in while I was singing at the top of my lugs while dancing on the elliptical. Probably not a pretty site since I sing terribly and sweat like a horse when I'm exercising! I play 70's rock & roll and go for it.

Anyway after I was in the kitchen and he came in from being at Gune & Chela's. A sad thing: Gume's half sister, or maybe sister in law, not sure, just had a baby and it died right after going to the doctor. The weird thing was they were not too upset, I said Oh God I'm so sorry and he was like, no no it's ok and he and Gume were on their way to see the husband, and the baby was in a basket at Gume's father's place which is next door to them. I guess I don't know how big of a thing it is. But Poppi said, these things happen, it's ok. I know everybody seems to have a lot of kids here, and they also seem to have them young, but no matter what, isn't it a big thing? To the mother it must be a big big big thing, right? When I think of my sister I still get a lump in my throat. I think it almost killed her, and affected me over and over again thru the years. But this may be one of those things I won't be able to ask anyone about for now. When my Spanish is better, I mean way way way better, maybe I can talk to Chela about it. I don't know, we'll see....

We had a stormy weekend but this morning the sea is like glass again and the sky is so blue. And now, after a nice quiet morning, a huge truck is out there, so tall I can see some big long arm on top. Ha ha that probly means the electricity or the phone will go out soon, since all the wires hang low around here! It's funny, ours- our telephone cable and the electricity wire- due to all the construction trucks- the guys got these long long sticks- branches I guess, and one they connected to the top of our fence and one to the top of our gate and hooked the wires over the top to make them higher. I thought- hey pretty smart, and then I saw it other places, in other towns, along the roads.

Ok so there are also sounds like shots outside, which have been going on for about a half hour, every little while. I looked once and saw the guy working next door where they're gonna build their house so knew it couldn't be anything, and came back in. Now that there's trucks ha ha I'm not scared to go look. After all this is a dirt road in a tiny town, I bet they’re breaking up big rocks again. Think I'll put on my big girl panties and go look....