Thursday January 21st, 2010
Well, I was right, we did absolutely nothing last night except for watching TV! Ross made some popcorn and I think I had cheeses for supper, we kinda nibbled all night. I think (I didn’t check the time) we went to bed earlier than normal as we had to get up early to drive Sue and Harold to our volunteering duty as both their vehicles are in the shop and their shift was earlier than ours.
Ross got me up, I thought, way earlier than we needed to be, but oh well, we were on our second cup of coffee when Ross phoned Harold to let him know that his taxi would be at their house in 45 minutes, he asked why, Ross said “to get you to Cardenas for trash pickup”, Harold says, “why we don’t start until 11:45”, oops we got up way too early. Harold actually phoned later to let us know that the truck came back so they didn’t need to be picked up. (on a side note it is 6pm now and Ross has been snoozing for more than an hour now as he has to go to Nelly’s tonight, I’m gonna go with him, do I have a nap, nooooooooooo, but then he will say, you could have!)
We had a great time picking up recyclables for our first ever “Taste of Riveria Nayarit” (just like the taste of Edmonton). We met a lot of friends there; we are still amazed on how many people we know here, we think way more here than in Edmonton, and we both were born and raised there! We sat and chatted, walked around and chatted, emptied the recycle containers into plastic bags and put in the trailer to take to the recycle lot to be sorted and shipped, ate lots of goodies, nothing was over 30 pesos. I had a couple of cold Pacifico’s while walking and talking, all in all, a grand time! Just as we were leaving we were introduced to a man by the name of Jim (he was on the next shift) and we found out he used to be a drummer, but now just plays percussion. We were right by his house so he opened the door and we saw his house, all I can say is wow! All chrome and glass, beautiful furnishings (they have to be very wealthy), we saw his collection of drums, Ross played with them for a bit, and we all agreed we have to get together to do some playing!
Ross drove to Nelly’s by himself tonight, I think I’m going to go every second week, and I had a pleasant evening watching some TV, I read some and had a long chat with Pam. She had a bridal shower at work today and she had a great time. For presents she got a lot of money (yeah!) and a few other goodies. She is almost ready for the wedding, dresses are delivered and fitted, and she only has 1 more fitting of her dress.
Well I think that’s it for now, I hope everyone has a great weekend!
Ross Kim and Critters in Paradise!