Dear Family and Friends,
I turn 67 today. What must that feel like? I don't know for sure. I guess it is what it is. Also celebrating my mom's passing two years ago today. My dad's passing seven years ago earlier this month. Ah, mortality!
Briefly, this trip has been difficult but I (we) are surviving it. G has been quite disoriented, further loss of language, more trouble naming things, getting dressed, loosing things, managing eating meals, etc. I have been on duty 24/7 so it has been very difficult for me ... he is having a great time:-) Most of the things he was able to do independently at home are no longer working. Hopefully some of them will come back when we are home.
Meanwhile, we enjoyed TX with family and friends and now MX. Long leisurely days. G has been drawing with colored pencils. We both have been reading alot. Have been to all our favorite MX restaurants, shops, beach, etc. Taking naps, sleeping in, up late.
Been at the beach half a dozen time with one more scheduled. Found a great hotel (The Tropicana) to "rent" our chairs from this time around. 140 pesos ($11.00 US) gets each of us a lounge chair and shared table under a Palapa (palm woven umbrella) on the beach, towels, the use of their huge pool and any available chair at the pool, a shower or foot bath to clean off the sand. The rental fee also entitles you to 100 pesos ($7.86) worth of food: a drink and we each have been getting a club sandwich for lunch. And you can stay all day until 8:00 at night and watch the sun go down.
Some nights we walk the Malecon (Boardwalk) and people watch, enjoy entertainment, listen to music, stop in a few stores. In our local neighborhood we have gone several times to a coffee shop to end the evening with a Cafe Latte and Tres Leches Cake.
We walk down the mountain from the guest house but take the 50 pesos (($3.90) taxi ride up. Every day at 5:00 we have coffee and a Pan Dulce (Sweet Roll) that we purchase from the local Panadería (Bread Shop.) We usually do one thing a day. For example if we go to the beach during the day, we stay up at night. If we go out to dinner and the Malecòn afterwards, we stay up during the day.
Its been fun visiting with Susan and David, the guest house owners, and after 10 years or so have become friends. Several times we have watched sunset over a Margarita on their terrace. Tonight for my birthday they are making diner (Tuna on the grill) and got a Tres Leches Cake for my birthday (my favorite: a white cake made with two kinds of milk and also soaked in a third kind and a touch of rum. It is frosted with butter cream and a mosaic of thinly sliced fruit.)
We have made great use of my iPad and have watched streamed movies every night we have stayed up on the mountain. I have also downloaded a number of books so I guess that I have successfully made the leap to e-books although will never give up holding a real book in my hand.
One day until we come home. Will be nice to TRY to get back to routine and to our own bed, kitchen, neighborhood, etc. Not sure if this will be the last time we are able to travel but not ready to think about that yet. Need to think about a new kitty (Mariah died in February) and I always need to play with the possibility of also getting a dog.
Anyway all for now. Will be in touch when we are home and settled in.
Lots of love,
We appreciate having you be part of our life,
Michael & Gregory
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