Messed up comment section

Well I have been wondering why I don't get many comments. Tonight I went into my spam and there they were! Many comments! And I don't know how to fix this problem. Hopefully in August my son can help. Probably best to just send me an e mail instead of trying to make a comment. So sorry. My e mail address: petwalker40@yahoo.com

Wednesday market in Ajijic

Morning Thoughts

Testing, testing 1,2,3..........

Olive loves to sleep on my desk by my i pad, especially when I am trying to write on it or look at something online. This is a test to see if my app is working again. So far, it looks like it may be working. If someone is out there reading this, please try to make a comment. I want to see if the comments works again. Thank you. P

Morning thoughts

It has taken me many days to recover from San Antonio Days celebration. Twelve days and nights of almost nonstop music. I may have been able to sleep three hours a night, if I was lucky. If I am living here at this time next year I will go on a vacation. I will not do this again. I was having dizzy spells from lack of sleep.

The rainy season is here and we have rain just about every evening. It is nice. Makes for cooler days.

I haven't been paying much attention to my blog. I don't do much these days. Just staying home, cooking,  cleaning, reading, or just enjoying the new found peace and quiet.  Maybe the blog is slowly dying. People are interested in all the exciting things happening here, not interested in my personal life. It isn't much different from the lives of people living north of the border. Like living in a small town. I grew up in a small town. Maybe that is why I am so happy here. I don't see very many expats down in my area. I am near the plaza. I now know the local old men and their dogs who hang out on the benches most of the day. Well, I know them enough to wave and make a little small talk. If I don't understand what they say, it doesn't matter. Just passing the time together.

Most people are friendly to me, even though I am an outsider. Except for the checker at the local grocery store. I finally stopped shopping there after many rude reactions from her. The only reason I could figure out for her hatred of me was that I am an expat living in a Mexican community. Now I know what it feels like to be discriminated against. Not a good feeling. No matter what I did I could not get her to see me as a person, like her. She just reacted to me as a symbol of what she didn't like, an expat woman... invading her territory. So I stopped shopping there.

Sometimes I feel guilty for not writing on the blog. And then I write out of that guilt. This is a very bad sign. I am not making money from writing on it. The only thing I get out of doing this is the pleasure of it and meeting people at times. So if it is no longer pleasurable, then it has run it's course. I will see if I can revive an interest in keeping it alive. If not, then the slow death will probably continue for awhile longer. Everything changes. I must go with the change and admit to what is happening here. Guilt is not good for my health.

San Antonio festival

Looks like it is working, for now. This nine day San Antonio festival is almost over. I think it ends on Friday. I have gotten very little sleep these days.  They play music until three in the morning and start up again in the afternoon. Beer stands are set up all around the plaza. My local grocery store has turned into a liquor store. Cohates going off day and night. Here are some early morning photos I took before everything started up again.

Afternoon thoughts

I think the internet is working again. I am trying out the photo.

Maybe it will get online.

Morning thoughts

My internet still barely works. I got up at four this morning  and it was working enough so I could check and send e mails.  But I can't get on anything else. I also can't upload photos here. By seven this morning, it will be down too much for me to post on this site. It is very frustrating.

San Antonio Days celebration has started. The streets around the plaza are blocked off and the buses no longer come into town. The rainy season is here. Yesterday it was cloudy most of the day. I am trying not to get discouraged. At least they are not playing the loud music late into the night. Just a few hours. But I don't know how it will be over the weekend. I feel sorry for the people who live a block further down the street. The rides and loud music are in the street right next to their doors and windows. No parking is available for them either. This goes on for two weeks. I have no idea how much longer I will be without a good internet connection. Maybe it will never get better.