Why is it so hard for me to write something in January & February? Not sure but it seems I find other things to do.
Play computer games, check Facebook, spend hours on Pinterest, neighborhood newsletter, work on my 2011 photo albums & browsing the web.
This is what has been happening in my life the last month.
I spent quit a bit of time on HOA business getting papers organized and copied for the annual meeting on the 24th of Jan. We weren’t going to be in town for the meeting so I needed to get 123 packets done early for them to be passed out in the neighborhood before the meeting.
Don has been to Dr. Conway, an orthopedic surgeon that Dr. Bounderant, recommended. He suggested that Don have arthroscopy surgery on his right shoulder. He has a 2 cm tear and several large bone spurs. He scheduled the surgery for Jan. 30th. This is the day after we get back from Mexico.
January 21-28, we went to the Royal Hacienda in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. We traveled to the sand, surf and sun for a week out of the wind & cold of Oklahoma. This was our third consecutive year to vacation here. We kinda like it!
The resort is gorgeous with a very attentive staff. It was very windy all week until Friday. It was nice to get up to light winds on Friday but we found out quickly the wind helped with the humidity.
Don and I walked each morning a couple of miles along the road next to the golf course. I did yoga one day, zumba a couple of days and water aerobics. Mostly we laid in the hammocks and read our books. Well actually I listened to mine. I listened to the first two books of the Hunger Games. I loved them. I have one more to listen to and then I’ll be ready for the movie.
We took both the laptop and the thrive because we had free wifi in the room. We used the thrive most of the time but the Mexican internet was a little slow.
The resort has several marketing activities at the beginning of the week to hopefully get some sales. They have a welcoming party with drinks and games, a taco party with drinks & a breakfast to introduce local activities that guest might want to do during the week. Then we also had breakfast with a salesperson one morning. We enjoyed all the food and drink but DIDN”T BUY. We will just come back and visit next year. We already have our reservation.
We went into town a couple of days by riding the shuttle at 10:15 and then came back on the 1:30 shuttle. The first day we went to the Mega mexican grocery store for supplies and walked the main shopping streets. I bought silver bangles for mom. Then the next time we went to town we ate at La Cueva del Chango Restaurant. We found it last year. The meal was delicious but Don was drenched with sweat by the time we were finished. It was very humid and the coffee was very hot.
Down this street about 2 blocks is the beach. I walked out to the water but Don didn’t want to get sand in his shoes. Too bad because the two girls I saw laying on the beach were topless. 
Back at our beach and palapas
We were waiting for the shuttle to the airport after a great week of sun and relaxation in Mexico.
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