It finally hit me yesterday - Mike and I are getting OLD.
We met up with Richard, Gregorio and Crystal (English teacher who just arrived in Guaymas from Maine) yesterday and they came over to look at the casita Lolita has for rent. Richard decided to take it (yeah!) and then we all went over to Lolita's to make the arrangements. This means Richard will be living about 30 feet from our apt on the Lolita "compound" that includes Lolita, Lolita's daughter, Lolita's 2 sons, Lolita's 2 grandsons and Hotel Ana. One big(er) happy family!
After all that we made plans to rendezvous at the hotel to go to San Carlos for a night out. All that sounds good, except for one part. And this is where Old Farts comes into the story. They all agreed to meet at TEN PM!!!
Now Mike and I are just in our early 50s, but we are usually in our nice, cool bed by 9:00 and often asleep by 10:00. I guess it comes from years in the corporate world when we had to get up soooo early to make it into the office for a long day of work.
And you might think that since we've been in Mexico almost 3 months that we would have adapted the Mexican day...sleep in late...eat a late breakfast...walk to the store...take a siesta...say hi to neighbors...eat a snack...sit outside and enjoy the cool evening...and then go out and party like rock stars.
But no. We're old now.
Anyway, we did meet at the hotel at 10:00 and there were more teachers there that will teach at the same school. We all ended up going into the hotel resaurant and Mike and I were home before midnight.
The Mexican Messiah
1 week ago
5 comments:
Sounds like fun. At least you are meeting people before school starts.
Ah...you are not that old lol.
Old, shmold. You'll get the hang of it before too long! We modified the Mexican way by getting up early-ish (6:30-7) and then having a siesta after lunch. That way we don't collapse too early!
It'll be nice to have Richard so close, sounds like you have found a really nice niche.
Don't you get it? Richard is still on GLASGOW TIME! 10 pm to him is the start of happy hour in Scotland- everybody's just getting off work! You're not old, you're just in the wrong time zone...
Well, two nights in a row of late-night partying might be a bit much anyway. Glad you had a good time, though. Looking forward to meeting Richard.
It's ALL relative - I remember when I was 18 and my Dad at 50 was remarrying and I thought "Why would someone THAT old want to remarry?" I understand now....I'm 66 and don't feel a day over 25! EXCEPT after 10PM, ha.
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