It got so cold tonight that we headed out in the car, cranked up the heat and blissed in the heavenly warmth issuing from the mighty diesel engine. It was actually quite stinky but I was happy to trade stinky for warm.
I don’t know what has happened to our heat. We had it a week in early January and a few days last week, but it has just been one norte after another and getting colder and colder. My neighbor from Durango says the weather is changing. Not a good thing. Those of you in really cold climates probably can’t begin to relate, but we are built for warm weather. We have a grass roof. We have an outside kitchen, diningroom and sala. We have no carpets or rugs. We have no heat other than what the car offers and our hot water heater. And we only have hot water in the bathroom. I swear the reason I did so many dishes on our CA visit was to warm up my hands. Not going to happen here.
On the other hand, we finally, after a year of waiting, have BANANAS growing in our backyard. It started with one tiny banana plant – it had maybe 2 leaves when we planted it – and we now have 4-5 offshoots and a blooming banana flower. Birds have taken a sudden liking to our backyard so I think I might bag our bananas to let them grow and keep the birds away from them. I should probably use some of the leaves to make tamales as it has been rather rainy of late and the leaves should be well hydrated by now.
So, what has been happening? Really, not much, thus my reticence. I managed to re-injure my calf muscle the day after I last posted and have been chomping at the bit to run again. I figured I’d try to start Couch to 5K from the beginning again, but found 4 days ago that I could only run for 3 minutes before my calf muscle made its voice very loud and very unhappy. So I decided to take another week off. And it is just killing me. I have found, to my amazement, that I really enjoy running. So each and every day I have to convince myself to NOT run and it surprises me each time – that I WANT to do this exercise. Because it doesn’t seem like exercise to me. I really do enjoy it. I know, it kinda freaks me out a little too. So I’m hoping that next Monday I can start week 1 of Couch to 5K. And I have visions of hour-long runs in my future. For some reason that fills me with contentment. I know. it’s weird to me too.
Jamie came in UNDER BUDGET in the grocery categoy last month and I’m VERY proud of him. I hope you all send him congratulations. The children all send their love and kisses to Maca and hope she is healing fast.
Pike and I are deep into Ancient History and I’m really loving learning alongside him. I think I finallly figured out that Jesse enjoys listening but doesn’t want anyone to know he is absorbing. So we facilitate his eavesdropping. Pike and Sissy will be getting braces evaluations on the 19th. Our dentist has a specialist who comes once a month from Merida to see his patients. Both have very overcrowded mouths. Too many teeth and not nearly enough room, as well as teeth going a little bonkers. I’m sure there is a more technical term for it, but we’ll go with bonkers.
Jamie and I started a new event – we’re dating weekly. Last Friday we headed into town to catch a free Julio Iglesias concert. It was a lovely concert and if it ever gets warmer than FREEZING at night again we’ll try it again. On our warm up drive tonight we noticed a Oaxaca exhibit at a plaza in town and might try to catch that. I really need to kick myself royally in the behind and get back on the MT bandwagon but I’ve been swamped with homeschooling and planning the materials and, well, to be perfectly honest, avoiding MT. And that’s all the news that’s fit to print.
awwwww… how sweet that you two have date night. Just remember, 4 is enough!
I’m with you on the cold. What happened? We move to the tropics and spend all our time in sweats and freezing. Days are warm over here, but once the sun goes down the temps drop like a stone. My favorite things these nights are my Ugs, hot chocolate with rum and my hot water bottle. That’s sad.
Living la vida banana? How cool growing bananas. Running is great. I remember when I used to run too. So a word of advice, start of slowly. Please don’t hurt yourself run a little until you get your endurance up. Run for an hour? I did it once. The bay to breakers. 1994. Running in hot weather is better. Congratulations Jamie on under budgeting. Got to go. Love your brother Joseph. ~
Date night, eh? Sounds familiar. Possibly the most important thing your Mother & I did to help us sneak up on 50 this August.
Keep up the good work! Date night is the best marriage insurance you can buy. I’m proud of you both.
The couple who manage our apartment were surprised when we said we would pay for them to go out to dinner once a month as part of their management fee. They were so pleased at what a good thing it is for them.
We are pleased we have smooth running management of our apartment.
love, papa
On the leg front….I had some issues when I first started running more than a mile. I kept hurting my knee, calf, shin…………it was terrible.
Then, at the urging of Billy, I bought a pair of Asics Gels running shoes. The difference was night and day.
The only time I have issues now is when I try and change to New Balance etc. By the time I build up to 3 miles, my legs are messed up again, and I come running back to Asics with my tail between my legs.