Creep
So we are well into our third month at post, and I admit my last in-depth entry sounded pretty horrible. It really felt that dire at the time. Three months in, life in the Yucatan is still a work in progress, but for right now it's more manageable? Or at least, the problems seem to have lessened in severity?
Our Halloween party was small, but apparently a success. Since the house was so barren, we left everything up except for the inflatables (like the one above!) until our HHE arrived. Now, with the Halloween decorations down and most of our stuff in place, the house feels less like a horrible vacation rental and more like a home. We probably looked like weirdos to people stopping by the house with all the Halloween stuff hanging up after the holiday, but who cares.
Our first visitor came by this month- which was nice. Not a long visit, but it was good to have a visitor, doubly so that it was abuela (my mom) visiting. The kids were beyond excited to have her here for a bit, and I suspect we'll see her many more times during our time here. We finally got Big Silver last week- our car was the last thing we were waiting on. It arrived with more dings than when we said goodbye to it in Sarajevo. So, we'll have to see about getting them fixed. It works (no flat tires, no dead battery), which means we have a functioning car day one. A car with safety features! That we can leave town in and drive to the beach, or pyramids, or whatever else we want to see in the Yucatan! Can you tell that i'm happy that our car has finally arrived? We are looking at taking our first trip out of the city soon, after we have some maintenance done.
Day to day living here is super easy. You can go to a restaurant and have a smoke-free meal. Most have a play area for kids. There is no air pollution to speak of. The skies are a clear, beautiful blue- up until midday when the daily rainstorm passes over. Sometimes we have overcast days, but it's been nice so far. Our pool is now fully functional and (more importantly) mosquito-free. The kids are now in school #2. School #1 lasted all of 3 days. School #2, which was not on our list of prospective schools (for reasons) seems to be working out so far. It is also really close to where we live (as opposed to a 25-30 minuted drive out of town) so hooray shorter commute! The kids still mention Sarajevo, their friends, and school. But they're also getting used to being here, and that adjustment will probably go faster as they adjust to School #2. We all have to find our own ways of adjusting. For the curious, this place is a makeyourownfun* community, and post population is small.
And that, dear readers, is where we are at the moment. Make of that what you will.
Happy Holidays!
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| A dramatic entrance! |
Our first visitor came by this month- which was nice. Not a long visit, but it was good to have a visitor, doubly so that it was abuela (my mom) visiting. The kids were beyond excited to have her here for a bit, and I suspect we'll see her many more times during our time here. We finally got Big Silver last week- our car was the last thing we were waiting on. It arrived with more dings than when we said goodbye to it in Sarajevo. So, we'll have to see about getting them fixed. It works (no flat tires, no dead battery), which means we have a functioning car day one. A car with safety features! That we can leave town in and drive to the beach, or pyramids, or whatever else we want to see in the Yucatan! Can you tell that i'm happy that our car has finally arrived? We are looking at taking our first trip out of the city soon, after we have some maintenance done.
Day to day living here is super easy. You can go to a restaurant and have a smoke-free meal. Most have a play area for kids. There is no air pollution to speak of. The skies are a clear, beautiful blue- up until midday when the daily rainstorm passes over. Sometimes we have overcast days, but it's been nice so far. Our pool is now fully functional and (more importantly) mosquito-free. The kids are now in school #2. School #1 lasted all of 3 days. School #2, which was not on our list of prospective schools (for reasons) seems to be working out so far. It is also really close to where we live (as opposed to a 25-30 minuted drive out of town) so hooray shorter commute! The kids still mention Sarajevo, their friends, and school. But they're also getting used to being here, and that adjustment will probably go faster as they adjust to School #2. We all have to find our own ways of adjusting. For the curious, this place is a makeyourownfun* community, and post population is small.
And that, dear readers, is where we are at the moment. Make of that what you will.
Happy Holidays!
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