It’s,starting to cool down enough at night to walk. It’s still hot, just not unbearably hot at night.
Not much else going on. We are settling into our new apartment and have discovered Mexican Amazon. So far we’ve bought 2 things I’m very excited for. A drying rack and a salad spinner.
I’ve gotten it into my head that juicing should be my new hobby. We have a juicer in our Seattle storage locker that we rarely used. So why not buy another one? The great thing about juicers is you can get them cheap second hand. That’s how we got ours in Seattle as well. We found one here and jumped in an Uber.
Here’s Jeff already regretting his purchase. The woman we bought it from we’re pretty sure was not into juicing. Her house was very basic, 3 rooms. Hammocks instead of beds, no AC. She explained that it had been her son’s. She didn’t even know how it worked.
No one seems to know how they work. There are so many videos. It took us repeated viewings of three different ones to even put it together.
And then we remembered why we didn’t juice much in Seattle. It’s a mess.
But healthy and delicious.
Too bad I broke the sink while cleaning up. I tried really hard to not have anything go down the drain. We do not have a garage disposal. But, a lot must have gone down the drain.
On Saturday night we went to Costco to get a membership. You might think the above photo is Jeff at a cenote at night. And you are right. There is a cenote in the Costco parking lot. You can no longer go in it which is probably good. Its hard enough leaving Costco with all kinds of groceries. If you then felt like you should also take a swim in a cenote it would be too much.
It’s small but looks pretty nice.
Costco seems like the thing to do on a Saturday night here. This is the line just to get a membership. The store was packed. It would have been a 90 minute wait. We’ll come back another time when it’s less busy.
We are back in an Airbnb that we were in a few months ago. It’s not fancy but the bed is good, 2 bathrooms and a good balcony with shade. It also comes with 2 fans. If I position them right I can sit outside and pretend it’s not 100 degrees outside.
This mug is new since we were here last. It is perfect for me.
This mug is also new. It seems like a nad fortune cookie. Jeff is using it more for size then saying.
On Friday we took the airport shuttle back to the Cancun airport to catch our bus to Merida.
Before boarding, we stopped for lunch in the airport and Jeff got a beer. Jeff is not a beer drinker and especially not at lunch. So I was intrigued. He said he was drinking it because it was 100 degrees out, he was hot and didn’t want water or Soda. Wolfgang Puck who was on the advertisement behind him seem to ton of was a good idea.
The bus has a lot of classes. Usually we take first or second class but this was the only one at the time at place so we took 3rd class. It was fine more like the leg room of coach on a flight and no free water. It was pretty empty so we easy had our own row of seats.
On Thursday we flew back to Cancun. We had a great time in Chicagoland visiting, but after a week we were tired.
The flight was good. We didn’t get upgraded to the exit but it was fine.
The Cancun airport was crazy. We had an airport shuttle, but there is a huge group of taxi drivers standing behind the barricade.
I guess we were missing Burger King because we both became obsessed with the idea of a whopper. And I will say they were delicious.
On Wednesday we were able to take Jan outside since the weather was perfect. We ordered pizza, and ate outside.
The pizza, was second lunch for me since I got to meet my cousins Luanne and Linda and my Aunt Gloria for lunch. It was so nice to see them.
Here’s a fun photo of us from from 57 years ago.
Mom, Grandma, me, Great Grandma, Aunt Gloria, Luanne, Linda.
For dinner Nancy and I and our two Jeffs went out. You would think it would be more confusing to both have husbands named Jeff.
Nancy and I look pretty similar to when we graduated 8th grade.
And of course we Muppetized.
On Tuesday my friend Anne met me for lunch. It was great to see her. We’ve been friends since we were college roommates almost 40 years ago.
We were going to walk along the Naperville Riverwalk, but it was flooded. We were still able to take a nice walk and see the carillon.
I didnt know what a carillon was. It’s a really cool bell tower.
Here are some photos of Anne and I in college. I love the photo of our dorm room with the old TV. I don’t remember ever turning it on.
Jenny and I went out to breakfast on Monday and I had a vegan hash that was amazing.
After breakfast we went for a walk and saw Franklin Loyd Wright houses. It was fun taking photos.
Then we went back to Jennys house.
And played with her dog.
And then for dinner Jeff and I had deep dish pizza.
On Sunday We started the day seeing Jan and making Muppet pictures.
She got a kick out of doing them with us and with her nurses.
Jenny came over and had a nice visit with Jan then Jenny and I went back to Oak Park.
Jenny got us an amazing Airbnb which I could just live in forever it was so nice. I didn’t take any photos of it unfortunately.
I got to see her office which I love. Notice the sloth by her feet.
I also got to visit my nephew Elliot at work. I think he’s grown 6 inches since I saw him last.
Then we went out for an amazing tapas dinner.
And of course made ourselves into Muppets.
Jeff saw his friend Jack and Jack’s girlfriend Amy. I think this is maybe at an Indian restaurant.
