OK, the mandatory dog update. This pic shows that Cuba is integrating herself into the pack, even Chica has calmed down and isn't pouting anymore, instead she is competing for attention which I think is better.

The downside is that when Cuba returned from a week at the vet this last time she had a small bump on her nose. It grew quickly and we took her back to see what it is. He says it is a fungus like ringworm! He gave us a script for pills and some spray. Of course, this creeped me out. I'm not great with things like this, anyone remember the tick episode in Guatemala? I'm trying to refrain from wanting to tear everything apart and chlorox the whole world. Instead I'm making like Lady Macbeth and spend half the day washing my hands. I really appreciate LeeAnn's comment about another vet here in Merida.

We did have fun this weekend, our friends Jen and Bart from Akumal - you saw their house here a few weeks ago - were in Merida with Jen's sister Kathy and her fiance Will. We met them down in the centro on Sat night and walked around, had dinner, drank mojitos and listened to lots of good bands. It was a perfect evening. The next day we met at Eladio's, one of the famous botana bars here. These are great places where you get 6 or 7 plates of traditional food with every round of drinks. Also loud and pretty good music, scantily dressed Coca Cola girls handing out free t-shirts, hundreds of people and ... mojitos. It was a lot of fun. The picture was when we first arrived, I took some later but they really didn't come out very well ;)
From left, Mimi, Kathy, Will, Bart and Jen.

Oh well, here's one I took as we were leaving. Heh!