Laying Low

Friends and others,

I apologize for the lack of contact. We have been laying low for the last few days with little to report. Polley picked up what she thought was a cold late last week. After a couple of days of religiously taking preventives and actually getting worse. we opted for visiting a doctor on Monday. It was a little urgent care clinic down the street. For all we are told about the dangers of socialized medicine, this place seemed to operate a smoothly as Kaiser and somewhat cheaper. A Mexican doctor saw Polley. He spoke a little English and was very thorough in his exam, being careful to determine that it had not become something more serious. it was just badly infect throat, but he did prescribe a number of drugs which she has been taking and has nearly completed. She still has the remains of one of the worse coughs I have ever heard - think 85 year old who has been smoking since he was 3! Anyway, today was really the fist day out since seeing the doctor.

Sunday we had friends, Carolyn and Mirl Gratton, people we knew in Portland who now live in San Miguel Allende (we have visited them in San Miguel the last two years). They were on a tour and were in PV for a couple of days. We met them around 11 am and walked about the town with Carolyn, Mirl and two of their friends, Darold and Linda, who have retired for PV. It was nice, but I think it was the last straw for Polley as we had to excuse ourselves about 2 in the afternoon and Polley was probably at her worst that night. Doctor was necessary the next day.

Life has been easy, but very uneventful. We have not even eaten out much, with Polley not feeling well. We did finally get to the beach today for a couple of hours. Weather has not been ideal, but it is hard to complain about a few gray skies when it is 80-85 degrees. Today the sun was quite warm as we walked back from the beach. Largely we have been reading and I am afraid that with our being at home so much of the time that we are going to go through our books too quickly. We both thoroughly enjoyed a Swedish novel, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Polley is finishing The People of the Book and I am about halfway through another good one, called City of Thieves. All have been very satisfying so far.

I guess that catches us up for now. We look forward to slightly more active days in the future and hope all is well with you as you read this.

Ed and Polley