Babymoon - Cozumel, Mexico, March 15, 2008

Today was supposed to be a fairly lazy day.  We weren't going to the beach and we had no other plans.  I took the opportunity to start the morning with some house keeping.  I spoke to the gentleman working the desk for the vacation packages and tried to explain that we were still interested in possibly becoming members, but that we needed to get some insight into some details, most important of which would center around costs.  The person of course had expected us to be one of the new arrivals and wanted to give me the full pitch as well as offer me some "fabulous gift" for my time.  I wanted none of that and I can assure my readers that I'll squash any attempt at that bull shit on Monday.

From there it was over to the car rental desk.  Colleen and I have decided that we'd hire a Jeep convertible for a day on Sunday and I didn't know if the desk would be open or not.  The older gentlemen running the car rental at the resort did not quite understand the premise and tried to rent me a Jeep today, but I finally convinced him I was just trying to be expeditious about it.  In theory I will have a car ready for us tomorrow at 9 AM.

Today I decided for my work out that I'd actually do a road run.  It couldn't be less dangerous than those treadmills with the slipping belts at the gym here on the resort.  I dressed and headed toward the road with no real plan other than to run 30 minutes away from the hotel and then turn around and run back.  Colleen decided she'd go to the beach while I did my workout.  The run was roughly 4 km  out and then back.  I ran the whole way out in a head wind that was probably 15 to 20 mph.  It gusted hard.  By the time I reached 30 minutes, I thought I'd barf up a lung.  Still, I managed to get it all in and work out 1 hour and 20 minutes.  That's my fourth since we got here and I guess that's not too terribly bad while on vacation.

I walked down to the beach to let Colleen know I was back.  She and I planned to go into town today and do mostly wandering, shopping, and otherwise dealing with the central Cozumel downtown area.  We did some hard negotiating and got quite a few solid bargains.  I even purchased a silver necklace and Mayan calendar pendant for me.  In the end of course, it was about finishing up our souvenir shopping and getting the items Colleen wanted for her.  It was all in cash, as most of the stops we chose had issues with their card machines, or offered a better exchange rate if I paid cash.

Got back to the resort after 5 hours in town.  Both of us once again tired, sweaty and burnt.  I chose to get a shot of tequila and two beers.  I somewhat decided that today would be my most drinking since we arrived.  I don't know why, it just seemed to make sense.

Dinner was another of the reservation nights.  This time at the grill.  We both agreed that if we do purchase the package, we'll avoid the buffet dinner as many times as possible.  The food was very good and it far out shined the buffet fare.

I scored two more beers on the way back to the room and was feeling fairly buzzed by the time I started writing this blog.  Colleen stayed up to read but in the end still fell asleep before I finished.  We're still going to bed before 10 PM.  We're OLD!

Cheers!