Chugging

Things are chugging along nicely down here.  I was sick for the first few days, but felt great all day yesterday and today.  I'm really focused on not eating anything questionable (for me). No chocolate, no sweets, no egg creams (god I love egg creams), etc.

This afternoon Avery was playing in the courtyard.  I asked if she was ready for quiet time yet.  She said yes.  I got her milk while she headed into the bedroom.  When I arrived with her milk, she'd taken her glasses off, turned on the air conditioning, snuggled under the sheet and was awaiting her milk.  Seriously, how awesome is my kid?!

This morning Avery rode her bike to the pool while I walked.  It worked out wonderfully.  She did fall twice, but she amazingly didn't get a single scratch either time.  The first time she took a corner too fast.  The next time she didn't avoid the uneven surface. After I explained to her about uneven surfaces making her less stable, she started to point out "uneven surface!" as we'd bike/walk by and would dutifully go around them.

Tonight we have Chef Felipe coming over to cook since we're having the C's over for dinner. Tomorrow we've book a boat trip out to Carmen Island to do some snorkeling and sightseeing. We did it with a traditional tourist company, versus with the fisherman friend of our property manager who usually takes us out to Coronado Island.

Girls' weekend ladies: I saw the waiter again!  La Cava has closed down, but the little restaurant on the corner next to it is still open.  He's working there now.  We stopped for dinner, so he was our waiter once again.

Two things I like much better in Mexico: tomatoes and brown rice.  I don't know what makes their brown rice different, but it's so good.  Their tomatoes are delicious.  And this is coming from someone who doesn't really like tomatoes.

When we go to the pool, Avery has a donut shaped floaty thing.  She can use it to swim all over the pool.  We're nearby, but she hasn't slipped a single time and we both feel confident of her ability on the floaty thing.  It means that D and I can both read while Avery plays in the shallow end of the pool or swims around.  When she's swimming around one of us has to be more in charge of keeping an eye on her than reading, but it works out well as long as we communicate who's on duty.