The Adventures of Bexico, Bubba y Max: lunes, el 27 de agosto de 2012

Buenos noches!!

730pm and I have 30 minutes until I go in and close the deal with Max…so time to start the updates.

Not sure when you will be reading this…or when I will be able to post this, as the net is down. We were in the middle of a FT with mis padres and we lost the connection.

So a few hours later and we have not seen any change. Doph…as at 10pm, Bex has a business Skype with her Aussie clients. She will have to venture out and hit the internet café and see if she can Skype from there, or at least send them an email letting them know about the issue.

And another domino with the outage? It looks like we might be in for a big storm tonite…hoping it can hold off until Bex has made her run to the café.

And another domino? Bex works through an online company, they post her resume per se and clients that have work can either post the job, or can see an artist they like and ask them to do work for them.

When paid hourly, the best way to go, Bex actually clocks in on the web and the client gets screen shots, showing the progress of the project and confirming Bex is getting paid for hours worked.

With out the net…no clocking in. She will have to email her clients (I think she has 4 on the go right now) and confirm they are ok if she proceeds with their projects, without clocking in.

If she doesn’t get approval and does work anyway, the client can come back and dispute the hours…no fun.

So, Viva la Mexico…and the internet. It has actually been a lot better this year…knock on wood.

Hey…825pm UPDATE

Max is asleep and the internet is back!!

OK, some deets from ayer, yesterday.

It was a tranquilo día as there was no race and no el gimnasio. So it was another Family Day!!

Max and I had our morning walk and we were interested in the kiosko…bandstand, in the zocalo.

There were 15 niños sitting on mats and with 5 maestros assisting, they were taking turns reading pages from a book and then answering questions about what had been read.

It looked like a government program as the maestros were wearing playeras that stated reading is free. Exciting to see as I know education is an area of opportunity in Mexico. Maybe I should go sit in the group and learn something!!

Later in the day, it was off to playa Santa Cruz. What was going to be a walk, turned into some playing in the arena and a dip in the ocean.

As we got to the playa, Max was antsy and did not like the olas, even though the waves were VERY small. So we sat with him in the sand and let him hold the umbrella, which seemed to calm his nerves.

Then we shimmied closer to the water and Max went to one hand on the umbrella and one in the sand.

Closer to the olas and we were down to no hands on the umbrella and the next thing we knew, he was headed towards the water…with a big smile on his face.

It was sunny out so it wasn’t a long beach day, but the boys went into the ocean to wash away some sand, and the lil’swimmer enjoyed the warm water and the bobbing up and down.

And when it was time to go, we found a table in the shade and put a new panale on Max. Due to the original plan of only going for a walk, this panale was one that madre had to go buy at a corner store. Yes, they sell solo diapers here!!

And as we were leaving the playa, we walked by INM and who was there on a domingo, in her street clothes? Our friendly inmigracion agent!! She unlocked the door, said hola to Max and we were on our way.

La cena por domingo? Mi padres favorito…lomo cerdo!! And Opa, it was sooo tender!!

OK, onto lunes.

We were up early again, 630am, so that meant that we could not be at INM first thing as it would overlap with Max’s primero siesta.

So we went about our rutina and grabbed our 30 minute nap at 930am. When we awoke, time to grab madre and after we all gathered ourselves (hello..tea for madre!!), off we went to INM.

And since it is on playa Santa Cruz, we packed for some beach time!!

INM went off without a hitch. Our friendly agent frisked Max…naaaah. She did hold Max while Bex and I went about signing papers and getting thumb printed. Our new document was exactly what they wanted and 15 or so minutes later, off we went…legal for another year!!

And how did Max react to the ocean today? Timido? Nope!!! We were prepared to have a replay of ayer, but when we put him down in the sand, he scooted off and headed straight for the oceano!!

It was high tide so most of the playa was wet, packed sand…perfect for the lil’crawler!! He scooted back and forth across the beach, stopping only for a face plant (oops) and to eat some sand…oh Max!!

So, suffice it to say, he loves the playa!! Next step? The bigger olas at Mojon!!

After the playa, off for a dip con madre and then we changed him up, waved adios to our INM amigas, and headed home.

More good news regarding the playa? Ayer, after the dip in the oceano, we took off Max’s ropa…and forgot to pack them for the trip home. Today, they were sitting on the same ledge we had left them on!! Ta da!!

Big difference in beach population today vs ayer. Ayer the playa y del mar was packed with families, as it is most domingos. Hoy, not a soul to be seen.

The rest of our day was casual and followed our rutina. Madre had some good nap action followed by comida, some JJ and her exercise rutina.

Me? El gimnasio and some running around for la cena as well as a regalo for someone’s cumpleaños!!

I also pit stopped in to chat up Un Ojo Bob as I had not gotten the homework I had requested from his daughter. She was not there, but when I came back from el gimnasio, she showed me her ingles/español libro and we chatted.

No tareas yet, so I gave her padre the gears. The plan is to pick the work up on miercoles, review it and sit down with her on jueves o viernes. Stay tuned.

So, what is the big plan for mañana? I had to run the idea by the birthday gal, as I needed to know if she would like it, and if it would work with the pequeño hombre.

Ok, if it is sunny, we are going to check into Dreams, the all inclusive resort in Tangolunda, 10 minutes from our condo. It is loooow season, so we have a great deal for a room, all the pools, all the restaurantes, all the virgin margaritas the birthday girl can drink, the oceano, and most important….a bathtub!!!

Should be super fun with the only question being what to do once Max is asleep for the night. Snuggle up and watch a DVD on the lap top?

1015pm UPDATE

Why do niños sleep with their butts in the air? It isn’t mentioned in any book we read!!

Here are the playa fotos.