March - slowing down the pace

March was a time to slow it down a bit, and the month the midwest was still getting snow. I heard about the crazy winter and I'm not sorry we missed it...man oh man! Now we're getting closer to being caught up.

I secured a full time job that started the week of April 5. It was actually a process that started back in December, and took a while to develop. Many thanks to Kathleen Piper, a good family friend of Jay and Cath in Omaha, Neb, for putting in a good word and making me aware of it in the first place. The work has been in business development and miscellaneous items for an American company here in la ciudad. So far it's been going well, and I was able to swing it so that Olivia and I were able to take the time we needed to be back in the states this summer. Yes, it's completely legal and I'm paying my taxes...

As I'm doing all of this writing, I realize how fortunate we've been to have as many visitors as we've had. Mid March came and we were able to host one of Olivia's bridesmaid's dad's, Steve Dinnen, for a few days. He was here on a business trip and we enjoyed spending some time with him while he was trying to figure out the details of importing a Hibiscus flower liquer to the States. It's called Xaica, and we had the tough job of getting 4-5 of Olivia's girlfriends together to taste different combinations. Someone's got to suffer through it, right? Olivia even had time to take the guy to Xochimilco with a few friends, and this was also the week of the Fantasy Baseball Draft. I'm hoping to ride Albert Pujols to the Championship this year....Go Cardinals!

After Steve took off, we had our 'Semana Santa', which is basically a spring break (it means 'Holy Week') at the end of March, and wouldn't you know it, we had more visitors! We met Olivia's good friend from the DM Register in Acapulco with her boyfriend, Jordan. We split time between Acapulco, and, you guessed it, Pie de la Cuesta. 5 times there I think, and it's still gorgeous! We tried to get some deep sea fishing in but weren't able to, so instead we did some lounging, drinking and general merriment making. It was good times had by all...