I’m trying to get into some better habits here, including not going straight to my office first thing in the morning, but rather going for a walk. I did that, came home, had coffee and a sincronizada, and started on work.

This is my neighbour literally right across from me. No windows, no doors, no running water, no power, but look at the pride of ownership with the neat front yard and vegetable garden. He’s a nice guy!

Lots of pretty flowers blooming today.

This was my first view of Isla. You turn onto this road from The Road and it brings you to the RV park.

Bottle wall.

This Quebec-plated vehicle was purchased in the city where my older sister lives.

On this dirt road next to busy stables sits this gorgeous modern construction.

And next to that modern house sits this family compound. I don’t find the contrast that startling considering that I live on a street with proper houses and have an RV and two old sheds for outbuildings. 🙂

I’m seeing lots of Christmas decorations.

I would never have realised that this is a public alley between those two houses if I hadn’t come from the other direction.

Janet and Grant came by at one point to pick up something I had for them, so I got to meet their super friendly and sweet pooch, Boo. We’ve already arranged that I’m Boo’s sitter if he ever needs one, so it was especially nice to get to meet him.

Grant left with the seat for my computer chair in the hopes of getting access to the necessary tools to make it work. I’ve asked for tools and received offers for them, but everyone is on Mexico time in terms of the tools materializing and I really wasn’t in the mood to wait any longer. My back is really sore and I’m having trouble focusing on work because I’m in so much pain.

I went back to work and Dale emailed to say that she’d come by around 11:00 to show me a new-to-her shop on Isla that I surely didn’t know about either. Great! I was peckish by this point, so I peeled a massive grapefruit and made my way through half of it by the time Grant returned.

Big bowl of toronja. I LOVE grapefruit. Please don’t ruin it by adding sugar.

Between the two of us, we got the chair assembled! Yay!!! It is soooo comfortable. The only disappointment is that the arms are too low to be useful, but everything else is wonderful, especially since I only paid 1,200 pesos for it.

Yay for a comfy chair!

As Grant was leaving, he noticed the better veggie truck going by and I yelled out, “¡Verduras!” but the driver didn’t hear me. A guy walking down the street did and chased down the veggie truck for me!

I really didn’t need anything, but I still loaded up on things that have been elusive on Isla, like dark lettuce, green beans, and even a broccoli! I also bought a whole pineapple! I’m having salad for lunch to eat up some of those veggies.

Dale showed up as I was done shopping, so off we went. She took me to a part of Isla I hadn’t been to yet (I really need to explore more, I’m ashamed to admit) and found a whole street of shops to explore, including a bookstore, Telcel service store (!), and a tiny grocer that has a few things the City Deli didn’t, including rubber gloves. I picked up a pack of those, some baking soda for my fridge, chihuahua cheese, and crema for something like 83 pesos. Crazy!