Another plan comes together, sorta

I just love it when a well orchestrated plan comes together. I believe I told everyone that we were waiting for our dedicated phone line and internet connection. It was only going to be a couple more days. Wrong! We now have a wireless internet card that our landlady Ita brought to us today. In the long run it will be cheaper for us. The wait for the phone had no date attached. So much for that plan. At least now we don’t have to sit in just the right location and hold your mouth just right to steal the free weak wifi signal from Jacque. This is much better and we are now using our Skype without dropping the signal anymore.

I made my first trip to the Mercado yesterday for a few items. Not too much, just some string cheese from our friend Bernardo and fresh tuna from Pablo. Judy boiled up the tuna with a few spices and made a pound of tuna salad today. It just didn’t taste the same as the canned stuff.

Yesterday was almost a felony offense for us. There were 4 items on our to do list. The Mercado in the morning, while Judy met with our maid to get her started. Then it was up to La Escollera to meet with the manager Celine about wedding plans for a couple of hours. We rushed home in the taxi and had him wait for us while we changed real quick and headed to Ixtapa to meet our friends Robin and Sanford for dinner. They have a time share at the Pacifica in Ixtapa. It looks to the north along Ixtapa beach and a couple of the holes of one of the golf courses. We had an adult beverage and then rode a gondola up the hill to a very fine restaurant. It had a beautiful view of the beach to the north also. Needless to say there was nothing on our agenda today. We didn’t leave the house until about 7 tonight for a little look around downtown and a quick dinner. After a little looking around we settled on a place called Don Memos. Very good snapper fillet and steamed veggies with a very tasty little side of pasta.

This afternoon Alfredo’s son, Christian came over to visit. His English is getting better and he likes to practice on us. He is trying to finish up high school and hopefully get into Army school to finish his education. He is 20 and still has a couple of years left in High School. Christian told us that he dropped out for a couple of years and now is back. In his words, “I don’t won’t to be a loser”. Those were words we liked to hear. He is trying to pass the entrance test with the Army school. It sounds like it is more like a prep school that will give him a good start on an Army aviation school with his High school diploma. We wish him luck. Alfredo is working here in the evening and on the weekends taking care of the house and the bungalows they built next door. He stays here at night as the watchman, then goes home about 7 AM to eat and then goes to a construction job up the hill where he probably is working at least 10 hours. We can see the worksite from here. Tonight when we were leaving, Christian was helping Alfredo take down the inflatable snowmen and lights. Christmas is over!

It appears that I am still having trouble uploading pictures to the blog. I will work on it and hopefully have it resolved soon.

Warren