A Quieter Week

This past week or so has been fairly quiet.  Mike had a really bad sunburn and that kept us pretty close to home for a few days.  Lots of Benadryl and lots of aloe and a few days later it was easing up.

We also ended up with a broken bedroom window.  While out one day; the maintenance guy came and used an electric weed eater on a rock bed.  You guessed it, rocks went flying everywhere… including through our window. 

Liz, the manager, got on it right away to have it replaced; but the promises of tomorrow never came.  After almost a week; she had it replaced herself.  We wanted to be here; so there was lots of sitting around time.

Some of you have asked how my foot is doing.  The x-rays that I had done in July showed that I had 2 plantar spurs, one on the bottom of my foot and the other on my Achilles tendon. 

After waiting almost 5 months to see a specialist, she told me that I had Achilles tendonitis and there wasn’t much that I could do.  Because we left shortly after seeing her, there wasn’t any time to pursue another opinion.  I will look into in this spring when we get home.

Despite my foot hurting most of the time; I don’t let it stop me much; and have walked up the mountain a couple of times already.  And lots of bike riding too.  The bike is great for my heel; but kills my knees when starting off.  And the walking is hard on my heel; but easy on my knees… oh this getting old sucks!

I also had an cervical ablation at the end of November; and all I can say on this subject is; that it’s worse than I thought it was going to be; but better than it was.  Will also be looking into the next step on that when we get home.

So, this past week of lots of down time worked well.

We met another Canadian, who is from London, Ontario, of all places.  And his house is out our back room.  His name is Phil; and he took us up to his friends place in the mountains the other day.  Really nice place, but I certainly wouldn’t want the responsibility.  Also just a tad out of the way.

And on Saturday afternoon, we got a cab and headed up the highway to Hermossa, where there’s a weekly surfing competition.  About 50 surfers strutting their stuff and hoping for the perfect wave.

The beach is really close to the surf and it made for a fun afternoon.  Had dinner at the Backyard (the restaurant that sponsors the competition).  They had some live music playing and it was a great way to spend a day.

We’ve also played in the waves quite a few times.  Apparently the ocean is pretty calm these days, but it’s perfect for us. 

And yesterday Mike and I went to the beach where Joey was fishing.  As we were setting up our chairs, 5 macaws flew by.  There were 2 pairs and a single.  They seemed a little confused and flew amongst the tall buildings like they had never seen them there.

Turning back, they met up with another pair of macaws and the 7 of them flew around, squawking up a storm and showing off their brilliant colours.  A little while later, I was walking along the shore; when I saw all 7 of the same macaws land in a tree just up from me!  How often does that happen to a Canadian girl?  Not very.

I headed on over and the 7 of them were in the tree, just a squawking away and having a feast on the almonds.  If you weren’t careful walking under the tree, you could have ended up with one or two being bounced off your head. 

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