Return of the Ginger

Jonna — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:18:08 +0000

waves on Half Moon Bay

Chica and I drove over to Akumal last night. I brought her because she’s the one that is a problem and I thought she’d do better with some more attention. We got here about 10pm, came upstairs and crashed. The wind howled all night long, it screams and whistles and howls as it goes between the buildings. Eerie.

This morning the waves were big and wind whipped and it was only warm off the beach behind protection. So, I canceled my plan to try and get some sun this morning, I need my tan for my mental health but these cold fronts have left me pale and bereft.

I’m off to Cozumel tomorrow to meet up with some good friends who are on a cruise. I’m meeting them at 11am and thought it would work perfectly if Mimi arrived in Cancun at 6:30. Well, she didn’t get that flight so she’s arriving at 2:30 and I’ll be on the island. Our friend Kathy is going to pick her up and I’ll pick her up from their house in Paamul.

Did you notice though? The Meemster is actually returning!!! It’s been 2.5 months that she’s been up in the US. I think this is the longest we’ve been apart in 18 or so years. I’m very happy she is coming back, I need my ginger back at home.

dim light, thunder, sleep

Jonna — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:34:39 +0000

approaching storm crosses Cozumel

I love sleeping during storms, curtains closed, light dim, booming thunder, and snuggled under the covers dozing. Bliss!

It’s much better in the daytime of course because storms at night are more frightening. It’s also better in the tropics where you know you won’t suddenly have to run out into freezing cold rain to clear a drain.

It helps to have the steady hum of an AC that dulls the sound and keeps the covers a necessity. In fact, I’ve taken to building elaborate pillow forts to keep the icy blast off because we only have a few cotton blankets but lots and lots of pillows.

I’ve done some marathon sleeping these last few days. Friday night I went to bed at 10pm and slept until noon on Sat, and then I took a nap that afternoon! I’ve taken a nap every day we’ve been here in fact, and the only other thing I’ve done is swim and try and catch up on all my missed blogs. No time to comment, I’ve got too many to read and a nap waiting.

We need to head back to Mérida today but again the thunder is booming, rain is falling and I may need a nap before we go. We did go out for some food last night as we’ve exhausted the supply of popcorn and leftovers from the neighbors downstairs who contributed the remains of their fridge when they left. Mimi has read about a dozen books I think, I sleep and she reads.

painted water

Today is our anniversary. It appears it is the 18th once again. I’m convinced we’ve been saying we’ve been together for 18 years for the last few years at least. Mimi says it was 1991 and I have no idea so she must be right but how does that explain that we’ve come up with 18 years for so long? 18 is a good number, I guess we should just keep it. Forever 18, sounds kind of nice actually.

I love the look the water gets when a storm is approaching. The surface starts to move but not enough to form white caps, just enough to make it look like an impressionist watercolor.

Once the rain and wind arrives it turns silver and pointillist and bouncy, but that’s another picture that I didn’t take because I didn’t want the camera to get wet.

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Return of the Ginger

dim light, thunder, sleep