The Adventures of Bexico, Bubba y Max: miercoles, el 26 de septiembre de 2012

Buenos noches!! So where DID the past 3 days go? They disappeared fairly fast…all due to our on going sleep issues with Max Van.

We are not sure what it is, but it has kept him up and us up on a regular basis.

He is getting his naps, but maybe we are stretching his last nap too long and he is over tired when he goes to bed? They (who are ”they”?) say that a tired niño actually sleeps worse then a well rested niño. And that a niño that goes to bed earlier, actually sleeps longer then a niño that goes to bed later. Huh?

So, after another 630am morning, we are trying something different…plan #112!! We had Max in bed by 645pm and he fell asleep at 745pm. Hopefully this gets him a good sleep, and puts him in a great mood for mañana.

Today’s mood for Max?

Yup, he was PG….Pudgy Grumps!! Not the complete day…but he sure took it out on madre. Yikes. They went to the playa together and he was not happy from the moment they got into the camioneta, until the moment they got back home.

Tough on us if we are not 100% ourselves…come on, he is just a lil’guy!!

Anoche I came back from my Mojon trip, ate my cena and took over from Bex and then promptly fell asleep…at 9pm!! So I was in a better state today and it seemed to have an impact on Max as the Niño Whisperer was called into duty a few times.

Fingers crossed.

Mojon…a good trip. The winter waves did a little damage to our property, but not much. The waves also replenished a lot of the arena that had been swept out to sea.

This year’s maintenance will include a new roof on the palapa, clearing of all the brush and weeds and replacing some sand under the palapa.

And if we are proceeding with a build, we will spend some $$ to get a breakwater built in front of our piece of paradise. Hard to believe that a few short years ago, the water never came within 100 feet of our property.

So where are we at with building on Mojon? We have decided that we don’t want to become another statistic or a foto in Bubba’s blog, showing an empty tienda…all because someone made some poor choices.

The master plan of a rental and a main casa, was a great dream. But it would tap into our reserve funds and we are not willing to make that gamble.

So, we are looking into the cost of building our casa, but adding a 3^rd bedroom so friends and family can still come and visit. We should be able to save some $$ on the plans and design, as we are keeping all the work that was done on the first set of plans…and might just throw the 3^rd recamara on the roof!!

Who wouldn’t want a bedroom on the 3^rd floor, overlooking the oceano and with some wicked breezes up there?

So the new plan is to sit down with Roman y Sergio and hammer home some new plans and costs, and then git’er done….if we like what we see.

There are some new government officials coming into power at the end of the year, and Roman suggests getting the paperwork in sooner then later, as that way his “amigos” will push the paperwork through before year end.

So…if everything works out…a new casa in 8 or 9 months!! Stay tuned.

Ok, what else has been going on? The scuttle butt around town is about Lalo. He has been found and his padre came down from Acapulco to help get him onto the wagon…and try to keep him there.

Lalo is still amigos with the gang at Gabriels, but they had to cut him loose as he was unreliable in regards to showing up for work. Doph.

So he now works at a tienda a few spots up the calle, and has his padre here for support. Nice guy…with a problem…and we wish him nothing but the best.

Hmmmm…what else is happening? Bexico is slammed with work this week…big deadlines for many projects. Then it slows down, barely, as she has been given even more work by her Australian based clients.

All the work is great, but tough on her when she has a bad night of sleep due to the lil’guy. But I try to assist by hanging out with Max more often or for longer parts of the day…no complaints about that!!

So, how will we earn $$ if we don’t have a rental in Mojon? Via the remainder of my investments and from our bread winner, Bex!!

Living here is soooo inexpensive in comparison to Vancouver. Gas is half price and we spend about $120/week at Che and another $30 in fruta y verdura. At Mojon, our biggest monthly expense, after food, will probably be the satellite internet.

I did a Speed Test on the system Scott is using at Mojon…good for email but NO good for what Bex will need it for. So…I will need to look into the available packages and go from there. Stay tuned.

Other expenses at Mojon? Electricity is free due to the solar system…hola to air con!! We will have gas for the stove and water heater and we will also bring in non consuming water for baños etc.

It should be muy barato once we are settled!!

Ok…I think you are caught up…time for some more fotos. These are from the past few days.

The kiosko seems to be the place to be if you have a niño.

This senora and her daughter, decided to help Max with his walking skills. Max has something else on his mind...boobies...oh Max!!