A day at Punta Mita Beach

Alfredo and I went to a beach in a very small community called Punta Mita, on the end of the bay. On the whole the day was very calm and relaxed. We had a couple of drinks, swam, and sat around.

But there are a few highlights. The first is that I am no longer a tattoo virgin! OK. It's a temporary henna tattoo, but that counts in my books. In fact, I'm pretty sure that's all I'll ever want. I think there may come a day that the "unmarked ones" will be unique? valued for their unmarked hide? hmmm, maybe that's not so good, but be that as it may, I'm not fond of the idea of injected ink. I tried to take a good picture of my new art, but it's pretty hard to take a picture of your own ankle ....

The second notable event was lunch. I ordered a fried red snapper. I knew it would come whole on my plate, complete with eyes and fins and head. And Alfredo told me that he likes to eat all those parts. But, what I wasn't quite prepared for was his entusiasm. Before I even got to my fish, he had literally scooped/stabbed one of the fried eyes out! Soon after, he took the head and started to eat just about all of it, including the little teeny teeth, what looked like a small brain, and the cheeks. He finished with the tail/fin. It was all so natural to him that it wasn't gross, just fascinating. I guess I'm glad there was no waste.

In case anyone is wondering how I feel about the adventure, I should say "very good" on the whole. I'm super glad to be doing it. But, it's interesting to note that I think I'm going through phases with it. When I first arrived, I felt very apprehensive. Normal enough I guess cause I was exhausted and it was really really hard to say bye to Andre at the airport. Then, once the timeshare stupidity was under control, I had a honeymoon phase. I was thrilled just to be here and walk around and exist here. Now, I'm still glad to have lots of time here, but I'm a bit daunted at the thought of having another 6 weeks here, most of it "by myself".

I'm thinking I have to plan some formal activities like tours and maybe spanish lessons. I've mostly given up on teaching english cause i'm not sure i wanna work that hard and no one is "jumping" at the potential opportunity. I was planning on taking formal spanish lessons, but several people said i should just continue to practice with alfredo and other people i meet. I'm not sure. I also want to spend time planning and preparing my painting company web site. That's very important to me so i gotta make it hap