Wednesday September 30, 2009

Good afternoon everyone (Buenos Tardes) another hot day in paradise, its 30 according to our thermometer outside on our patio, I hear Edmonton is quite cold today. I’ll try to send some warmth through my blog!

We didn’t go out to dinner with the guys last night; I don’t think any of us really wanted to go. We did go to the Twisted Rose (we got lost going there though we forgot it was Ave Mexico on the other side of the river) for the fund raiser. I had a Margarita and a glass of wine and Ross had two virgin strawberry daiquiris. For every drink you buy the Twisted Rose was donating 10 pesos and Elements (John and Christie) was matching the donation to be divided by 3 different charities. I also gave 200 pesos to Peace for the animals. After a very nummy burger we went to Britannia where Ross got his ya ya’s out playing the drums with some of his buddies.

We got home quite late but I couldn’t resist going into the pool (it still wasn’t quite full but oh well, I could still float), it was wonderful. I just looked up at the sky and saw the moon and some stars, the clouds were going away so every time I turned my head I could see another star!

We woke at about 10 and were lazing in bed when Christie called to let us know that Lily was sick and won’t be coming over to clean the house today. So all we really have to do today is (besides writing this) to wait for Steven (our mechanic) to get here so we can follow him to his shop to see what’s up with the car. He is going to drop us off at Gecko car rental where we are going to rent a car for a couple of days. We weren’t going to do that but Ross has his meeting tonight, then we have to deliver pizza (6 of them) to the turtle guys, that would be rather difficult to do on the scooters.

I just put in a wash for my trip to SC, I went into my not so hot out clothes and will have to wash them as they have been sitting in a “not so hot clothes suitcase”, according to my weather sources it has been going down to as low as 10 at night, brrrrrrrrrrrr. I’m bringing some jeans and Capri pants along with some short sleeve tops that are a little heavier than what I am wearing here. I’m going to pack a sweater and will bring one on the plane as it is always so very cold on the planes. I fly straight there on Saturday on a Delta flight leaving here at 2:10 and arriving in Atlanta at 6:51, then come back, changing planes in Mexico City on the 10th. I have made a reservation at the Red Roof Inn in Atlanta for the night of the 9th as it is at least a two hour drive from Greenville to Atlanta and my plane leaves Sat morning at 9:15am. I didn’t want to wake up at 3 and make Stacy wake up at that time to drive me to the airport!

Well, it is 1:30 now and Steve was supposed to be picking us up at noon for the car……go figure, you would think he is Mexican, oh ya right, he is! He finally came close to 2 and we followed him to his shop? Ha ha He has a yard (field?) with a secure gate (thank god) and he has stalls that cover about ½ of the car the other half sticks out. His tools are hanging on the brick wall and he had I think 3 cars he was working on. He had his guy jack up the front of the car (with a jack you would use to change a tire) then the back passenger side and pulled out a fuel filter. He put something in it (I think it was gas cause it was in a gas can) and swished it around and a whole bunch of gunk came out of it, yuck! Steve is keeping the car so he can flush out the fuel system, I asked him if Ross should use premium gas and without hesitation said of course (I have been trying to get Ross to buy premium rather than magna since we moved here) I poked my finger at him and said “I told you so!”

Steve drove us to Gecko car rental to get the rental car and then we went to the Bucerias market to get Melanie something I can bring her when I leave on Saturday! I found 2 dresses so I ended up getting another for Cami, fair is fair. They are soooooooooooo cute!
I also found another spoon rest, not as nice as the one Ross broke but I will keep looking for the perfect one. (Did I mention that Ross broke the first one?!?!?!?)

Once home I put some laundry in the dryer then we both jumped into the pool and floated. My dryer was making a clanking noise so I got up and opened the door, guess what, Ross forgot to take a pen out of one of his shirts and now we have ink on the clothes, I was washing my white Capri’s and some skirts, I’m a tad upset. We didn’t have any water, so I am soaking the clothes in bleach in a dish pan waiting for water so I can wash them again. They hadn’t been in the dryer very long so I hope the stains have not set. Its 8:30 now and we still don’t have any water.

Ross got back from his meeting and we’ll look for some supper. I hope everyone has a great night!

Ross and Kim in paradise!