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It's evening now.  We returned from a walk a bit ago.  Thank goodness D insisted we bring the Bob stroller.  In order to navigate through the various obstacles around here, not to mention very bumpy sidewalk when they do exist, a stroller with shocks is definitely a must.  Avery inevitably falls asleep on the walks because she's not napping much.  Granted, today was the first day to try to get into a routine. 

The weather here this time of year is ideal for me.  It's warm in the mornings, hot in the afternoons in the sun, then cools down for the evenings.  The evening walk along the beach was enjoyable and I even took off my shoes and walked in the sand!  I'm trying to be less hung up on these things.  That was a big step.  I, unsurprisingly, showered off my feet at the showers by the hotel pool on the way back (we're allowed to use the hotel ammenities as home owners until our community has, well, any ammenities I guess). 

Avery is doing well at finding things to occupy her time, though it's more work watching after her here since it's the opposite of baby proofed.  We borrowed a baby gate from some neighbors, but with the types of walls we have, it's not the safest thing in the world.  With three flights of concrete stairs, it's a chore making sure Avery goes no where near them without one of us.  Before arriving, I was a bit worried that the roof terrace and the viewing towers wouldn't be baby safe due the height of the walls, but they're higher than I remembered and there's no way Avery's getting over them.  She loves the roof terrance.

I started to clean our kitchen/living room floors, but it turns out they aren't nearly as dirty as I thought.  In fact, I'd say the cloth comes up cleaner than when I clear our floors at home.  I think there was a layer of dust in the courtyard and Avery transferred quite a bit of that indoors during her many trips from the courtyard to the living room. 

Finally, I shall part with good news about our viewing tower.  We do indeed have a much better view of the sea than I was expecting.  I thought we'd have to be on tippy toes and lean a bit to the right to see anything.  But we can see quite a bit while sitting down.  Not as cool as being right on the beach, but not too shabby.