Pleasant times
We hit Arcadia about 4:45 and shortly thereafter Donny and Diana arrived. I checked my email and saw a response from Wanda mentioning they would be at Tata about five. We ordered and then Wanda appeared at our trable. We had a short visit then she went back to her gang at Tata. We noticed something being set up on the boardwalk beside Arcadia, a common spot for some sort of event or display.
About an hour later the activity there had increased and there were chairs set up as well as a some risers. We then expected some sort of performance to unfold but were not prepared for what ended up happening. As it turned out it was one in a series of celebrations for the arrival of spring.
The music was blaring and little ones were prancing back and forth across the stage. They were dresses as animals ... there were cows, alligators, lions, elephants, tigers, bees and more. The creativity of these locals is superb as is always the case when there is something to celebrate. The 4-6 year olds gyrated on the stage, ran around, and some collapsed on the stage and writhed to the music. What appeared to be one of their teachers was dancing well back from the stage and some of the little ones followed her example.
Next was the littler ones, transported to the stage by a parent. Some of them were smiling and a few looked bewildered BUT it was all good. There was the odd member of the first group who exited the stage and immediately reappeared again for pur viewing pleasure. We hung out there and watched the festivities for about a half hour.
We then headed to Bomberos for ribs. We got drinks and placed our orders. About 30 minutes later the server came over and told us they only had enough ribs for two not four more orders. We were immediately puzzled as to why it took so long for them to realize this problem. We decided to share the two orders and Dominique and I ordered a guacamole dish for the meantime.
We waited and waited and waited and what appeared to be 90 minutes or so after we arrived, our food appeared. The ribs were excellent BUT at least two bones on my plate were bare. The whole experience was not the type of thing that would compel clients to return BUT we were OK with what happened considering the place raises funds for the fire fighters and ambulance personnel in Zihua. We decided if we were to go there again to experience a full order of ribs each, we would go much earlier in the day.
In the early stages of preparing for our departure three weeks tomorrow. We have already given away some stuff that we hardly ever use (if at all) or do not plan to move if we do so in 2025 or so. The ongoing tasks are numerous but I am thankful for how organized my chica is in this department.
I have been watching a LOT of this lately on TV ... another take on the pool we have at our building ...
Then there was the Stanley Kramer 1967 blockbuster called Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Since December 13, 2023, I have been living the sequel ... Guess Who's Coming to Happy Hour ... starring Ranae and Dominique. I tried to watch some British football today and discovered there are no games until the end of March. Say what? As it turns out there is a football break once during the season. No problem, I looked for some Spain or Germany fixtures ... guess who else is on March break.
'Twill be quite a day, not long from now, when Ranae and Lynn head home. What will Dominique do! She will be inconsolable for days, easily distracted by the putzing that is in store for the days/weeks leading up to our April 14 departure.
One of the players in the 7am bridge game was named Maggie McGill. As soon as I saw the name I thought of the Doors song by that name. To ensure my recollection was correct, I checked ... yes their album called Morrison Hotel. Funny the things we remember, and those we can't.
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