What a great week! Dupre & Ginny were here and it was wonderful getting to spend so much time with them. I know it is hard to take time off when you are young and involved in your career, I just love having them here and it's so nice that they could come down.My son Dupre works in IT and has far surpassed the geek skills of his mother. I had to admit to him that I had never reinstalled the system on my pc and that I had been living with it sort of limping along and with a disk format that I really didn't like. All this because I was hesitant to take the plunge and find everything I would need to start over. He laughed and said 'let's just do it' and do it he did. Mimi told me that at one point he leaned over and whispered to her that he was the only one who could do this because if everything went bad, I couldn't stay mad at him. He's right, as usual.
I was panicked at first, my virtual self was going to be overwritten with 1's and 0's and would I ever reappear? It took a few days, lots to copy and backup and then lots of updates to download. To avoid being FAP'd by the satellite internet, we put my little Sony Vaio by the window in the back of the condo where we can pick up the wireless signal from the condo office. It took all one night just to download the XP updates. Other delays involved beach time, snorkeling, dinners out, shopping trips to Tulum, but it got done. I'm still reconfiguring stuff and I haven't found the passwords for a couple of small programs I bought but mainly, I'm alive on the net again! Thanks son, it is definitely working better and is a lot snappier too. 
The weather was good and bad, it has been raining more than usual and several nortes have gone through with cool weather and low humidity. I love when we can watch a storm coming across the sea. Often with lightening flashing in the clouds and the sea boiling where the rain hits it. Incredible! Especially when you are still sitting in the warm sun watching it approach.We've got 3 days to work on the condo and for me to get my computer arranged how I like it, then our friends arrive for a couple weeks. More fun and traveling, we're looking forward to it.
posted by Jonna at 12:11 PM
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It's wonderful when your son is more than a son but a true friend. I'm lucky that way, too.
I'm glad your computer is sorted out. That "let's just do it" is just the sort of attitude you have to have to deal with a big job like that.
Jonna, we started going to Cancun when it was "new" back in the early 80's. I loved driving from the airport and seeing miles and miles of that beautiful green, turquoise, blue water. Of course now all you would see would be hotels. But that water is so incredible. Thanks for posting some pics. I'm hoping that we get to come to Quintana Roo in Jan/Feb timeframe.
That sounds (and looks) like a lovely famiy visit! I hope I will have the same relationship with my son when he is "all growed up". Great pics!
How's the computer after the lube n'oil?
Billie, the only time now that you can see the sea from the highway is just after a hurricane. I remember the shock as we drove up the coast a few days after Wilma, we could see the ocean and we could also see the huge size of the resorts that lined it. In that sense, I think it is better that the jungle grows up and hides everything but the big entrances to the resorts.
I hope you do get down here this winter, we would love to see you.
My computer seems to be zipping along almost like a new one. I'm still re-setting things the way I like them and finding the little programs I use. So far so good though.
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