Another Day In Paradise

I made it home last night without a raft. It was an interesting walk though. All I can say is, thank the Goddess for sports sandals! There were one or two cracks of thunder that sounded REALLY close and I heard from someone today that one of them hit at the water at the end of the pier on Los Muertos. I didn't see any damage today so I'm not sure what happened but it was LOUD and it was instantaneous with the streak of lightening. Very cool ...

Today I played hotel manager and was advised that one of our clients got stuck in the bathroom. Apparently he thought it necessary to close the door FIRMLY on his wife of 20 years and as a result, could not get out of the bathroom because the humidity had swollen the door. Serves him right ... just what the hell was he doing in there anyway??? It was funny and we all laughed. BTW, I didn't have to break the door down. He eventually got out but not until I offered to roll peanuts under the doors in case he got hungry ... LOL

What else happened today? Oh yeah, our ISP here at Casa Andrea went down because of the storm and so I couldn't get online this morning. I was going crazy! Amazing how much I depend on my internet "fix" several times a day. After the bathroom fiasco, I walked over to my friend John's place to apologize for not making my 9AM appointment with him and his English students, Brenda and Dora. He wanted me to speak to them in my "Canadian" accent. If you're ever in Vallarta and meet one of these sisters speaking English with a British accent, you know they are John's students! :)

After that, John served me lunch (lamb curry ... ymmm!) and we went out to research gyms in the area. He wants to starts working out and I need to do it too. We started at the PowerHouse gym on Madero. Right now, they have a special on ... 2 for $400MXP. That's either two people or two months. It is close to John's place but a bit of hike from my place. Plus they only open at 7AM and are closed on Sundays. Then we walked over to the south end of Olas Altas to the San Franciscan hotel to try to meet the owner, David. The location would be ideal for me as it is just a couple of blocks from where I am living. I need to see what he has there but 24 hour access is appealing ...

I then came home and hung out here all afternoon, waiting for Adan to come back from "lunch" at 4PM. We got back online around 5PM and I answered some emails. By 6PM, it was time for a shower since I was meeting JR at Langostino's for happy hour at 7PM. Made it a little bit late but the rain had started again and we got to see a terrific light show out over the Bay. It didn't really rain a lot here but cooled things down considerably. We made our way to Que?Pasa for one more drink and I had a hot dog. Home by 9PM, in bed by 10PM. It is so quiet here at night ... no dogs, no donkeys, no roosters, no construction, no NOTHING! I don't even need my earplugs to block out the sirens like I did in Toronto. Life is good ...