jueves, el 2 de mayo de 2013



Buenos noches!!

Currently 645pm ad as Max y madre finish up tina time, I decided to take advantage of Max’s chill room and type out a few lines of today’s update.

Not much to report in regards to our daily rutinas. Max had a good sleep and was up just before 6am. He was adamant that he was not going back to sleep and did not want leche either. Oh oh.

But everything turned out alright…7am prowl, a big desayunos and then off to Santa Cruz y INM.

I went online before we left, and saw that there was a cruise ship in town today…oh oh. I figured all the INM peeps would be tied up with the barcos, but we ran into an INM amiga and she said we would be a-ok. Phew.

We were first in line and good thing too, as moments after we arrived, an English speaking couple came in, followed by a small group of Asian tourists.

There is normally only one person dealing with the inmigracion requests, so it was nice to beat the crowd and it allowed me to keep an ojo on Max as the INM hombre and I went through our paperwork.

A big stack and I figured there would be at least one thing wrong or missing, and there was. Argh.

To stay in Mexico more then 6 months, one of the things you need to provide, is proof of earnings and net worth. They want to see a regular amount of $$ coming into your banco each month, and they ask for 3 months of statements.

We used to show them the recap page with all accounts on it, and then translated that into pesos.

Then the next year they asked to see the 3 months and we provided that as well as the recap.

This year? They want the same, but want the monthly statements translated into español y pesos. So I need to translate the fecha, date as well as convert each crédito y débito into pesos, as well, in español, explain what each transaction was for. Nice.

Good news? Everything else looks ready to go and they have already given me the banking info so I can deposit the $3000 pesos needed to aquire a one year FM3.

I again asked about getting Max the FM3 that was valid longer and thus cheaper. The hombre pulled out the thick binder with all the new rules and after a few minutes of reading, told me that niños under 3 years old, can only apply for one year FM3. Por que? I am thinking hola to the money grab!!

All done at INM, so we prowled around Santa Cruz, with Max getting ooohs and aaaahs from all the abuleos that had come off the two cruise ships.

After that, home for leche time and then siesta time. Not the longest siesta and it started a little early, so we had a longer afternoon then normal.

The familia did their rutina and had fun prowling playa Santa Cruz and then after leche at home, time for a walk while padre set us up para la cena y el PM rutina.

My afternoon? El gimnasio and then a few ferretería, hardware stores, looking for something that will help keep the shower door closed. Doph.

Found something and now we will see if it works or not. No need to stay tuned. Ja ja ja

Then it was home to get some sol and the completely deserted alberca. Other then year round residentes, there is no one else here.

That leaves a gal from Canada, a couple from the US and maybe a dozen Mexican familias. Quiet times in the CP complex which has 120 condos and only 15 or so in use for the next 6 months.

No complaints from this familia!!

We had a good dinner and Max was pretty much a trooper all the way through dinner, dessert, tina time and the FT con Oma y Opa and now bedtime con madre.

He is pooped…we are all pooped…and I can hear him having a vocal discussion con madre. Doph. I am sure The Whisperer will be used tonight…”just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale...”.

Fotos

Here is what greeted us at Santa Cruz, not one but dos barcos.


The pier is not a short one and we have seen more the one person stop to catch their breath!!


On a normal day, there would be almost no one walking this strip.


The lil'man...headed straight to the construction zone...doph.


As with Mojon, Santa Cruz has also been experiencing some powerful olas. At Santa Cruz, they have swept away quite a bit of sand, leaving some very tall y peligro stairs. 


Misc

I read in our local periódico that there was another joven killed on a moto. It is wacky down here…no tests for drivers licenses and there is no law in regards to wearing cascos, helmets.

Not sure who was at fault, as he drove into the front of a car….doph. But it makes me think about the moto ride I was possibly going on this weekend.

Is it viernes mañana? Feliz Día de la Santa Cruz!! A big holiday in Spain, and here is a blurb about who celebrates it here in Mexico. Click on it to enlarge.


We will see how the viento is…might be a Mojon day.

Have a great viernes!!

Marco, Bexico y Max


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