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Its been a quiet week here on the edge of the jungle, but we’ve got a lot cooking on the backstove.  I have progressed from shuffling to hobbling and now just have a slight limp.  I started doing rehab exercises and today began strengthening exercises.  Yesterday I got so sick of my moaning and groaning about not being able to exercise (except swim) that I hobbled out for a walk.  I may have only gotten 2.5 miles in and was going so slow that I was voted “Restaurant of the Year” by the local mozzies, but it was so incredibly nice to get out and exercise at something that really doesn’t feel like imposed exercise.  I really don’t enjoy swimming because my mouth is constantly full of salty water and my shoulder is really sore.  Can’t do much Yoga due to the leg and shoulder so really, I’m just left to moan and groan.  Today I bumped myself up to strengthening exercises and I have no pain and very little limp.  I’m planning on taking another easy walk today and hope to continue moving forward with rehab.  I don’t know when I’ll be running again, but just walking is good for me.

The kids have been playing non-stop but today I hope to encourage Thank You notes and deciding on our KIVA recipient.  I went over the KIVA site with the girls but haven’t had a chance yet with the boys.  I talked to the boys yesterday about the idea of setting a goal or goals for the year (I really don’t do resolutions) but neither thought it was a good idea – no, I take that back – Pike decided his goal was to save all his allowance all year.  I’m planning on continuing the weightloss and exercising and I should probably figure out something else.

We had a lovely New Years; we had cheese, hot oil and chocolate fondues at their house with arrachera, shrimp, chicken, beef chunks, veggies, tempura batter, bread and fruits (for the chocolate).  I put together some fruits that I figured they hadn’t tried before (candied squash and star fruit) and they enjoyed those and everyone loved the arrachera.  After dinner we played a Guitar video game competetion thing and Uno.  Then to the restaurant to watch the dancers and hoped for a repeat of last year’s Cozumel fireworks (that we could see across the channel) but it was too cloudy and actually rained quite hard that night.  Everyone had a really lovely time.

I have an iron in the fire of employment but don’t know how secretive I should be or want to be about it.  Whether or not it goes through I’ll also be looking into a related (if hired) line of work that I hope to eventually get into.  The hiring process for the 2nd career is rather lengthy with written and oral exams and a 7-week training class.  I’m purposely being vague.  My resume should arrive today (checking Estafeta’s site, I see it is at the destination city but not yet delivered) and I’m not sure when/if I will hear from them.  I’m hoping for next week and will be on pins and needles waiting.  I have no idea how many other applicants are involved nor what my chances might be.  Once I hear one way or the other I can be more candid.  Maybe. 

Well, I think I’ve iced my leg long enough to try and exercise now, so I’m off to get some sun and hopefully some exercise.  Hope you had a lovely New Year!