The house search is over

It is 8:30 a.m. and the kids are playing the pool with Jorge, who knows Oscar’s name but he cannot remember Matthias’ so he calls him “amigo”. There are no language barriers when you are jumping in the pool.

I had a “bank” morning again to get some money to pay for the car; everything is in cash and in dollars! Viva los pesos!

In the late afternoon, we chilled out a little, Oscar had a bit of fever, but around six, everything went back to normal again. We decide to do a little trip to Sam’s club (since we are in Mexico, I think we’ve been going food shopping every other day). It is incredible; the only difference between trips at Sam’s Club and Cotsco is that my friend Elin is not there with (and she is also a Costco aficionado). Even the food is organized in the same way, and I found the same prosciutto of the same brand…it feels very exotic!

At Sam’s Club, I also like to buy the grilled chicken that I always snubbed at Costco, since I discovered that the kids like it, so an evening without cooking feels good to me.

On the way back, we stopped to see if there were any “For Rent” signs in our favorite block of houses, which is close to our present home. Actually there was one, so we called the number and 20 minutes later, we went to see the house.

We liked it, it felt more like a real home and there are a lot of kids around so M & O will have friends to play with after school. In Playa, you do not organize playdates as in the States, you play with the kids in your neighborhood so you better make sure than there are actually some around.

There is a little guest room downstairs with a mini private bathroom; we will make it cozy for you all!

Also, the house is cable-ready, so we can have broadband Internet and feel connected to the world again….
Our new landlord is Raul and lives in Mexico City. I guess it corresponds to what a New Yorker is to United States. He has an iPod, he is cool in an urban type of way, but the difference with your average neurotic New Yorker is that he is very pleasant and relaxed.