Blogging has opened up a whole world of people that I might not have met and it has been a great experience this far. I started reading Wayne's blog when he commented on another blog I was reading, soon I was hooked on his life on Isla Mujeres with B. and L. We commented on each other's blogs and sent a few emails and when they decided to come over to the mainland and try out the sky cycle I hoped we would get a chance to meet.

As it turned out, Sky and Country wanted to do the Sky Cycle too and so they made a reservation on the same morning. Mimi went as well but I had to stay home and babysit the masons who were raising the banco and tiling it. Afterwards though I met them all for lunch and it was as if Wayne and I had known each other for much longer. B. and L. were great too and we all came back here and had a great afternoon. I promised not to post any pictures of B. or L. but here's one of Wayne cycling in the jungle.

The last 2 days that Country and Sky were here went by too fast. They spent the morning they left on the beach and when they came up to shower and get ready for the airport, no water. Turns out that the maintenance guys here had picked that moment to replace our rusted out water heater. But, the skies opened up with one of those heavy tropical downpours and Sky went out on the deck for his shower. It worked quite well and the rainwater had to be better than our high mineral and salt water that comes from the pipes.

It's been quiet since they left, Mimi and I slept and laid around the first day and then started finishing the work on the condo so we could leave. On the day before we thought we had to be out as there was a rental coming in, we found out that there wasn't a rental after all. At least, not until the 22nd. Communication around here is not optimal, and that's in one language. It's given us a few more days to relax but we are anxious to get to Merida and find out what is going on with the house. Plus, my knee went out and I was pretty much stuck up here on the 3rd floor.

This time of year the local kids come around with their decorated altar boxes and sing a song for a donation. They sing really, really fast but it is cute. It's called La Rama, the branch, and they also usually have a branch of some type, in our case it is a palm frond. If you put some money in their decorated donation can they sing you a thank you song, they also have another song if you don't but we've never heard it.