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On Friday Jeff and I swim. The pool at our Airbnb is fantastic. Even though it was really hot outside the water was cool.

After a bunch of laps I tragedia my goggles for my sun hat.

Dying off even in the shade took about ten minutes.

On Thur Jeff and I settled into our new Airbnb. It’s really nice and this pool is the best part. Sven was really excited to swim.

Between Jeff working and me doing my writing class, and Spanish class we didn’t make it down. I haven’t told Sven yet no sloths allowed.

On Wednesday Jeff and I moved Airbnbs. It’s always stressful even though we’ve done it enough to have the process down.

We always try to eat everything in our cabinets and fridge so we have less to move. This works will except then we get to the new place and have no food.

This time we stopped at Starbucks and got these glorified Hot Pockets. I don’t remember what they were called but they were delicious!! If the US sells them I highly recommend them. If not they should.

After our Starbucks stop we went to the store. We bought the usual things but this product caught my eye. Sponch just doesn’t sound appetizing. I’m guessing it’s like spongecake?

On Tuesday we packed up our stuff in preparation to move to yet another Airbnb. The picture abone is not where we’re moving. This is just a really cool statue in Merida.

We liked our AirBnb but it was booked for the next few weeks so we are moving to another one with a pool.

On Monday we had a quiet day. Jeff worked and I had my Spanish class. We did go out for coffee. You know it’s hot when even Jeff orders iced coffee.

On Sunday we went to the Mayan museum. It’s gotten mixed reviews. Some people think the exhibition space is small compared to the size of the building.

It might just be because we have short attention spans but it seemed big enough for us. One floor had the Mayan exhibit and the 2nd floor had an exhibit of Aztec art. We only made it through Mayan.

I loved how they seemed to have a sense of humor. There were a lot of funny (to me) siles.

The below photos are from the Mayan calendar. I would love to understand what is happening on these days.

On Saturday we went to a “pop up” Korean dinner. We met Charlie at a social event. He’s a chef that recently owned a Korean restaurant in Playa de Carmen.

When he told us about his one night only Korean seven course dinner we bought tickets.

It was really good. When he opens his full time Korean restaurant in Merida we will be sure to go.

On Friday we started to feel the full effects of the Merida weather. May is their hottest month and we’ve been

warned about it. It’s like when people move to Seattle and ask if it rains in the winter or newcomers to Chicago ask if it’s cold in the winter.

As it gets closer to May it is getting hot.

We can sit outside until 10:30am then stay inside into 5:30. In the mornings and evenings it’s nice in the shade on our balcony. We’ve been taking a few walks in the morning, but today we walked to the gym and it was too hot.

On Thursday night we attended a, social meetup. This isn’t a great picture. Merida has tons of events. Every night of the week there is something going on. We haven’t been to many yet. But as we settle in we will start going to more of them.

On Wednesday I had my third maintenance drug treatment in México.

I have the routine down. First I sign a ton of paperwork.

Next I sign a promisary note which includes a fingerprint. I’m pretty much admitted to the hospital each time for my 30 minute infusion.

Then I get to my room where there are cookies.

Usually when they are done food shows up. The first time it was a really good egg sándwich. The second time it was a really bad chicken sándwich. This time it was chicken, pasta and jello.

I was pretty full after the cookies so only ate the crackers.

Then I settled in for a long wait before I was released. Knowing I’d be waiting made it go pretty fast. When they came to release me they gave me the gift key.

Jeff joke that you probably get it after spending $20,000 at the hospital. Each treatment costs $7,000 US dollars which thankfully insurance pays for.