The second part of our vacation in Cozumel

On the beach with the kids at sunset.

The pier where you can go snorkeling or pick up a dive boat.

Perrin's flying!

Sam & Perrin are enjoying each other - most of the time.

The view off our deck.

(Balin read this before I was able to publish and has added commentary in parentheses)

We arrived in Cozumel after a bit of a journey from San Miguel de Allende. We woke up at 5am and had to grab our stuff and breakfast before our ride picked us up at 6am. From there we had what turned out to be a 4 hour car ride to Mexico City. It was pretty uneventful other than the children getting bored and wanting to know "how much longer...". I was interested in knowing also but since our driver seemed a bit stressed we didn't ask. Perrin at one point said, "I GOTTA GO PEE!" so we asked the driver if we could stop somewhere and he lifted his hands with a puff and we took that to be a no. We made it without accident to the airport and even had 30 minutes to spare before our plane took off. I have to say though that one of my MAIN irritants is when my husband leaves, with the tickets, to go to the bathroom and we end up being the last to board. Perrin and I were sitting, no pacing, waiting for Sam and Balin to return while the airline personel just looked at us. When Balin got to us his excuse (Balin says 'reason' not excuse) was, "Sam had to go poop." Okay, I know that can take forever so I got over it (but not quickly enough for me, she was still glaring on the plane and forgot the water I generously purchased for her at the desk by the gate).

Once we arrived on Cozumel, (by the way a direct flight is AWESOME! If you're lucky enough to be in Denver you should look into the flight!) we found our contact person and got a ride to the condo that we'll make home for the next two weeks. The condos are called Residencias Reef and are right on the San Francisco beach area. There are no peddlers on the beach and it's relatively quiet and serene. There are two pools here, an infinity and a zero entry (if you don't know what those are it's okay I don't either). The kids go back and forth between the pools and the beach, today it was the zero entry. For the amount of condos here, the place is relatively uncrowded. We pretty much had the pool to ourselves today and hence left our pool gear at a table where it remained until after naps - and Obama's speech. The condos themselves are quite large and I wouldn't be surprised if they were about the size of our home. We are in a second level, 3 bedroom unit which is quite nice. Since we're going to be here for 2 weeks I took the liberty to rearrange the furniture (I thought of you Sue L.) and brought in some lamps from the bedroom - just a little redecorating to make it feel more like home. I have to admit that sometimes I am tempted to throw caution to the wind and purchase one of these condos as there are many still vacant (but I say we can't afford it). I can't stand having white walls around me and such lifeless surroundings when there is so much color and vibrancy in the local environment. I shouldn't be complaining, but it's kind of hard for me to sit around here with nothing to do but read books, play with the kids and sit by the pool (oh yeah and take care of me). Last year when we were here I planned and ordered my garden while we sat by the pool. This year I'm reading "The Preschool Busy Book" - it's keeps me on the edge of my seat. I highly recommend it.

Well, I'm going to cut this blog short and get it posted. I'll write more tomorrow but tonight I'm not feeling very well.