A Day In Our Lives

All our guests have left and we are back to our normal lives.  I thought I would give you a glimpse into an ordinary day for us old retired people.

Time to swim some laps.

 We awoke to a cool 78 degree morning so it was time to swim some laps before it got to warm.  I'm just getting started so I was happy with 18 laps this morning.  As I was swimming Terri went to volunteer at Amigos de los Animales (Humane Society).  She walked dogs for two hours and put on her first 4 miles for the day.  Her favorite dog for the day was a young female pit bull that she said was a "sweet heart."

After getting cleaned up we hopped on an air conditioned bus (10 pesos) for a ride into El Centro to complete a list of errands.  The first task was to have lunch at our favorite 3 table café upstairs in the Market.

Our "usual" lunch.... 4 tacos and three sopas.

The owner/cook/waitress greeted us and asked if we wanted the "usual" lunch?  She knows us too well.  The lunch was so good I forgot to take the picture until we were half done. Lunch for two and 2 real bottles of Coke was 110 pesos ($6.66 US).

All three tables were busy today so the 3 ladies were busy cooking.  It all happens in one room.... cooking, dining and dish washing.  You get to see it all.

Our next task was to go to the Angela Peralta Theatre to purchase tickets for two December performances.  We are going to see our first ballet.  We think it is time to add a little class to our lives.  I'm not sure it will work but ballet is a big deal here in Mazatlán so we should join in and get a little culture.

Last year we went to the Gala Navidad presented by the Sinaloa Symphony.  It was an evening of Christmas music that was presented in mostly English.  We loved it, so we are going back again this year.

On the walk to our next stop we dropped into the popsicle store.  These are not the normal popsicles we Americans know from our youth.  They are made with real fruit.  What a concept.  Terri had pina and I had fresa.  They may not be life changing, but very close.

Real fruit equals real good.

Our next task was to find ribbon to decorate our Christmas tree.  We found 9 meters of silver ribbon for 45 pesos ($2.72US).  The next stop was the kitchen gadget store where we spent 107 pesos ($6.49) on three kitchen tools we needed.

Terri covered 7 miles today.  That made me so tired that I needed a siesta when we got home from town.

I got up in time to shoot a photo of our red indoor and outdoor trees with a matching red sunset.

Now it's time to cook dinner.  A husbands work is never done.

Life is good.