Morning Thoughts--Hard Times

I am finally feeling better. That was an awful cold and cough. I have been stuck in my house for weeks. I missed the Fat Tuesday parade yesterday. Last night I could hear people having fun at the carnival. The plaza is just a few blocks from my house. Someone else took photos for me so I will be able to write about the celebration when he sends them to me. I will put the article on Accesslakechapala.com.

I heard that the parade was a lot of fun with the men dressed up in drag throwing flour on everyone. That is my favorite parade. But just in case I was at all contagious, I did not want to be in a crowd of people. I would not wish this sickness on anyone. My son wrote that he had it and was in bed for two weeks and coughed for two weeks after that. Several other people have also written that they had it too.

Chico has been peeing all over my house. I guess it is his way of saying how angry he is about not getting out for walks. And Olive, the cat, has been meowing around making life miserable.  She doesn't like any cat food with fish in it and of course all the cat food I find here has fish in it as an added bonus. I guess every cat in the world loves fish except MY cat. (Once she was wild and happy just to gaze in my window for hours at a time. And eat rats.  Do they make rat flavored cat food? Now that she lives with me, the more I do for her, the more she demands from me.) There were days when I felt like throwing them both out the window and then jumping out myself.

My friend Dennis is in Chiang Mai.  He keeps writing me e mails about how wonderful and inexpensive it is over there. He doesn't know if he is going to be able to stay or not. There are problems with visas. They are not easy to get.  And he says he misses the expat community that is here.

I haven't heard of anywhere else in the world, outside of the United States, that has a community as interesting as it is here. He needs someone to rent his house for the month of March. It is nice and in a great location. Only costs 470 a month plus utilities. Furnished. Let me know if you are interested. I told him I would ask around for him. And if he doesn't return, it would be available after March. It is near Salvador's Restaurant.

We had many days of gloomy weather. Yesterday the sun came out and this morning it is sunny again. Maybe it will be nice here for awhile. I was getting awfully depressed-- sick and stuck indoors with cold weather to boot.  Sometimes life is just a waiting game. Waiting for hard times to pass and good times to come back again. Maybe this hard time has past for me now. I sure hope so.

Morning Thoughts -- Under the Weather

It is going on two weeks that I have been sick but today I am feeling much better. The weather is still overcast and rainy. The forecast for tomorrow is "Some sun".  More sun on Fat Tuesday which is this coming week.  Hope I am well enough to take photos of the parade. This is my favorite parade of the year.  Maybe I can get out of the house today for awhile. Not a fun couple of weeks. I spent several days watching the Walking Dead on Netflix and I felt more like the walking dead than the alive people.

Morning Thoughts IMSS vs. SP

Last night's sunset

Since I am sick with this cold, I have had a lot of time to think. Some of those thoughts have gone into IMSS and Seguro Popular. Right now, I am about eighty percent convinced to let my IMSS lapse. I have paid on it for maybe five years. It might be even more. And I have never used it. I tried to use it with my broken ankle but finally left the hospital. I wrote about this experience in a previous post. I don't want to visit that memory again, ever!

Considering all the money I have paid into IMSS and never used it, I am going to let it drop and sign up for Seguro Popular instead. I have always been afraid to try to use IMSS because of the stories I have heard about people paying on it for years and when they tried to use it, they were kicked off. What a waste of money.  

Many people have written about their experiences with SP. Most of them are happy with it. It doesn't cost to sign up. And another good thing, I can actually USE IT. I can go to their clinic. I can get my thyroid meds for free. And I can go to their hospital in an emergency.  But I would still appreciate any feedback if you have had experiences with either system. I have another month or two to think about this. One more good thing about SP. When you sign up for it, you are on it for three years.....Then all you have to do is renew it. At NO cost.

Sunrise this Morning

This morning's sunrise was beautiful. I have been very sick with a cold so I have not left the house for several days. No other photos to put on here. Nothing new happening.

Last Night's Sunset from my Deck