Mangos drumming on the roof! That's been keeping us awake lately. The wind is blowing and we're parked under an enormous mango tree for shade. It's loaded with fruit and when the wind blows the mangos hanging on the ends of the branches start banging into the top of Tortuga. A weird mango rhythm played by the wind. Today I finally agreed that Mimi could go up on the roof and cut the closest mangos. She's doing a lot better and, while she still limps a bit, she's improving.
I'm feeling rather cut off from my virtual world. My laptop is dead, I'm sharing Mimi's Mac but there are problems. I have to access my email with a browser and without my wonderful MailWasher program. I get a ton of spam that I rarely see with MailWasher but now I have to go through and delete each and every one, tedious. I can't post on my favorite forum, Merida Insider, and it's too frustrating to read and not be able to post so I don't read it anymore and I miss it. My list of blogs that I read is not in a usable form and I've been trying to find an RSS reader that I like. I will have to enter every blog by hand though so it will be awhile before I can catch up on most of them. It's all just mildly frustrating. I've dropped off the face of the virtual world and its left a big hole in my normal life.
The good news is that my son Dupre is coming to visit at the end of the month. I'm thrilled to get to see him and just to heap joy on top of joy, he's bringing me a new laptop.
Next week we're going over to Isla Mujeres to meet with a bunch of bloggers from SOB (south of border) and spend a couple days schmoozing and eating and drinking. I'm really looking forward to it. Shoot, it will be my closest connection to the virtual world in awhile and it will be live and in person. We will stay in Akumal after that as it's only another week until Dupre comes and our friend George of Tioga and George is arriving around then as well.
I think it is just as well that I stop visiting the house here for awhile, it's been rather depressing lately. It just gets to be more and more of a mess and things I thought were done are not and other things never seem to start. Hopefully when I get back there will be some positive visible changes.
So, if you've missed me at my usual virtual haunts, now you know why. I'm still here just not as visible. Perhaps that is good.
I'm feeling rather cut off from my virtual world. My laptop is dead, I'm sharing Mimi's Mac but there are problems. I have to access my email with a browser and without my wonderful MailWasher program. I get a ton of spam that I rarely see with MailWasher but now I have to go through and delete each and every one, tedious. I can't post on my favorite forum, Merida Insider, and it's too frustrating to read and not be able to post so I don't read it anymore and I miss it. My list of blogs that I read is not in a usable form and I've been trying to find an RSS reader that I like. I will have to enter every blog by hand though so it will be awhile before I can catch up on most of them. It's all just mildly frustrating. I've dropped off the face of the virtual world and its left a big hole in my normal life.
The good news is that my son Dupre is coming to visit at the end of the month. I'm thrilled to get to see him and just to heap joy on top of joy, he's bringing me a new laptop.
Next week we're going over to Isla Mujeres to meet with a bunch of bloggers from SOB (south of border) and spend a couple days schmoozing and eating and drinking. I'm really looking forward to it. Shoot, it will be my closest connection to the virtual world in awhile and it will be live and in person. We will stay in Akumal after that as it's only another week until Dupre comes and our friend George of Tioga and George is arriving around then as well.
I think it is just as well that I stop visiting the house here for awhile, it's been rather depressing lately. It just gets to be more and more of a mess and things I thought were done are not and other things never seem to start. Hopefully when I get back there will be some positive visible changes.
So, if you've missed me at my usual virtual haunts, now you know why. I'm still here just not as visible. Perhaps that is good.
posted by Jonna at 4:13 PM
6 Comments:
Don't worry, it often has to look worse before it gets better. The time to worry is when nothing is happening,and no one tells you anything.
mangos, yum,mangos,yum...hint,hint
regards,
Theresa
Don't you be planning on having George arrive too soon...I hope he sticks here for a while...Kathe
Theresa, do you like green mangos? Most of them are not ripe and when they do get ripe the iguanas and the birds seem to get to them before we do. I'll bring some over, and some spinach too. I bought a huge bag of spinach at CostCo the other day and there is no way we can eat it all.
Kathe, I think George will love it in Calderitas. He's flying out of Cancun on the 29th though so he can't stay there too long.
Jonna we can make green mango pickles for when we have Indian food or as they say here Hindu food. I'll take the spinach, thanks. Bring your cuttings and we'll start them, and see how they do, they should be ready to plant when you get ready to move in. It's a little warm now, but some should make it.
regards,
Theresa
It appears that you had a good time at the blogger meeting. Great photos! I am sorry I missed it. It would have been a great opportunity to learn more for my impending move. Less than a year, if all goes well.
Jonna, am thoroughly enjoying your blog. Noticed you were having a bit of trouble with the heat. Am in the process of making cool ties for my neighbor's son in Afghanistan. I'm told they really help alot. If you send me a local address, I will ship a few to you also. My email: micneil@mtaonline.net But it might be simpler to give the instructions to a sewing lady down there. They are very easy to make. Instructions are at the bottom of this page.http://www.give2thetroops.org/BeattheHeat.htm
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