Sunday's flight was good and passed pretty quickly. The only glitch was me realizing that I had left my medicine organizer in the kitchen instead of putting it in my carry on. We pulled off the freeway and I debated about turning around and going back - but risking being rushed and late was worse than being without, so we kept going. A confirmation of the decision was pretty quick in coming - the freeway was one lane quite a ways as they finished up a huge repaving project in Livermore-Pleasanton. Thankfully, Sunday morning uber early was no issue but if we'd turned around and gone back and then come through that area later, it would likely have been a mess.
I'd planned to trek to WalMart on Monday and see about getting my Dr. to fax my Rx's here - but Jim (bless his heart) went to the Farmacia around the corner on Sunday evening and asked about what would be needed. The Pharmacist said 'what do you need' and Jim FB messaged me for the list - and viola! The three most critical medication were quickly replaced for a grand total ....wait for it....$31. Unbelievable....and including my cholesterol medication (well, one of them. The other would be nice to have but it's OK to go without until we get home) which I was thinking I would do without. Must haves are my Omeprazole and my Voltaren - so all three in hand before bed on Sunday. Another confirmation of the 'don't turn around and go back' decision.
Monday it poured rain all day which was sort of a blessing in disguise. I was tired and just enjoyed a day of reading and watching the West Wing DVD's we brought. The forecast said rain all week but Tuesday morning was clear and it's been lovely - not anywhere near as hot as it is when we are here in July and not a mosquito in sight. It's awesome! Though 10 minutes in the sun yesterday with no sun screen left my nose and forehead fried. Oh well. A little color is a good thing.
We may head to Cozumel tomorrow if the weather is nice. No way will I do the ferry in the rough seas we saw on Monday.
We've been sticking to our norm of eating dinner out. Went to WalMart on Monday and got plenty of breakfast and lunch stuff. $90 and that included lots of rum, tequila, mixers and sodas.
I always think we could live like kings in Mexico - and we've had the discussion again about buying a place - but when you add in condo dues and property management fees on top of the mortgage, it's just not something we want to tie up our $ in - we'd rather visit every other year for a few weeks at a time. (Especially when I retire!!).
We've been in touch with H. and seems all is good at home, though he misses us and we miss him. Hard to be away from him - it just doesn't feel right. But it is what it is and school comes first.
I made it through today with no nap which is even more amazing considering we spent time out on the chaises in the heat of the day - but we were well shaded and it's pretty cool with the good breeze.
The beach pic above shows rocks which were completely covered with sand last time we were here. The beach had been built up considerably from what it is now and it's sure a big change. There are places where you can get in without the rocks but in front of the condo, the sand covering is missed. We see bulldozers, etc. and sure hope they will eventually build it all back up again - they had a huge 'wall' as a water break (made of packed sand) - there was so much sand filled in that the ocean actually started back many feet from where it is now.
They've also added large rope floats to mark off swimming areas. There's a new lifeguard stand as well, though we haven't seen it manned nor any flags flying to signal the status of swimming (green, yellow, red or black to indicate if it's safe or not to be in the water). The waves on Monday were huge (in the huge storm) and the waves now are not small - with a strong current back out into the water...and I'm no fan of fighting to get out of the water. When we were at the beach as kids, swimming in an incoming tide and high tide were fine. Swimming on the outgoing tide was a 'no'. Swimming at low tide was also fine but the water was 2-5 miles out, so we never walked that far to swim - we'd just wait until the tide came back in. Tides here are nowhere near that big - but the pull out is pretty noticeable. I'm settling for walking along the shore and getting my feet wet -
Might swim tomorrow, though. The churn up from the storm is greatly reduced and the water was much clearer today.
Full day #3 is winding down - we are eating leftovers tonight. Five full days left - it always goes so quickly....
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