Before you do anything in Mexico you need an electric bill. Getting a Temporal Visa, car insurance, vaccination, bank account, change of address all need an electric bill. I guess that’s a sure way to verify an address. I’m going to carry a copy from now on in case we need it to use the baño.
If there was an Olympic sport for lining up, Mexicans would win gold every time. It’s almost a way of life as well as a social event. I first noticed how patient they were when lining up at the Banamex to use the ATM. Everyone chats to a neighbour, some have umbrellas to keep off the sun and everyone is happy. I took one look at the line and went home to return later.
We had to line up for almost four hours to get our first vaccination shot. If nothing else it taught us patience. Nobody complained, we didn’t hear any arguing about who was in front of whom, well there was a little, but that was soon sorted out.
Our diet is still going well. I have lost eight-pounds and Rosalie six pounds. That’s if our new scale is correct. Love this diet, it’s so easy.
A few days ago, I went to the fridge and took out the wine, and poured it into my coffee. A classic senior moment. Being the fool that I am and not wanting to waste good wine, (well, not a bad wine) I took a sip. Advice to all: do not do this as it tasted gross. Darn near put some on my cereal this morning. I think there’s a message there somewhere but I’m ignoring it.
As I mentioned previously, our parrota tree is shedding and our car gets covered in the tiny leaves. I have the shade cloth from last year so decided to use it to make a shelter. I’ve been meaning to do this for a while but saw some problems with tying it down. Anyhow, it has seemed to work out okay so far. I just hope we don’t get any high winds.
Rope was needed for the shelter so we went to the hardware store in Jaluco. The difficulty was that they sell it by the kilo and we wanted it by the metre. They had a small spool of it so we took the lot. I didn’t think it would be enough but it worked out perfectly. It was odd seeing the guy put in on a scale. I did notice though, that we also paid for the weight of the spool. That probably cost us one or two pesos.
After threatening to thrash Omar for all his indiscretions I decided against it when I saw him using his machete to demolish one of the banana trees. I don’t want to get in the way of one of those things. Also, he and his friend Daniel, came by later and made us some coco locos. He supplies the coconuts and we supply the rest.