Routine! There is something so satisfying and yet challenging to the establishing and maintaining of routine. Obviously, from my absence, routine has not bee established here in Vallarta. So much has happened in the first 3 weeks of our first month here that routine is only now beginning to feel as though it is being established. We got settled in, then it was 4 days in Guadalajara, then our routine for three days before my brother and his wife, Dave and Katie arrived for a week-long stay. They were here two days and Polley came down with a virus and for three days did not leave her bed. Finally, on Saturday (day number 3), I insisted she go to the doctor who gave her antibiotics and probiotics and there may have even been robotics in there somewhere, and she soon started to recover. It has taken another week before she really started to eat regular meals.
However, as Polley says, the "good thing was" that my brother and his wife got a chance to operate independently and, I think, gained confidence about getting about in PV on their own. In fact, they have already booked two weeks for next year and are even looking at moving down here at some point in the future. Anyway, we had a great time once Polley recovered.
The weather has been beautiful. Cool mornings and evenings, but very nice, sunny blue-sky days. I caught these sunsets a couple of nights ago. As we say, AFGPVS (Another fucking gorgeous Puerto Vallarta Sunset). But it is true and we make an effort to get down to the beach every evening at about 6:30 to see what sort of show nature will put on that night.
The other event in our lives, or, perhaps, I should say in Polley's life, is a batch of cats that were born shortly before we arrived. We have counted up to 8 in all. They live just outside our door and, of course, half of what we spend on food is spent on cat food for Polley to give them. I caught this one photo as they were waiting for her to spread the food along the ground,
and this second as they were chowing down.
Now that activities are coming to a close, we are working on the routine part. We are reading some very good books, getting to the beach occasionally, thought it seems to be less important than previous years. We follow our Scottish musician friend, Bobby, as he plays in a variety of venues, and spend some time with people that we have met over the years down here. Life is good and we continue to enjoy each other and the town. More later
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