Day 1, T -7

Beautiful day. Gonna be a high of 83 and a low of 80.

I slept till 8 which was 11 hours or so. I feel…tired. Breakfast at the outdoor bar till 930. Coffee, fresh juice, coffee, Mexican pastries (love them!), sliced fruit, toast. At the bar. If someone is manning the bar you can get a cocktail too. I’m not drinking. The coffee is very good. It was no typo I mentioned it twice. After breakfast I sat around and chatted with whoever was sitting around. Very chummy, party like vibe at breakfast. It feels like being out for a drink. In the am. With food. I do like this hotels style. Probably why we came back. Seems like a boutique hotel though it’s not. No more than 12 rooms so you can meet everyone.

Back to the room and get a shower. I have been assigned the duty of calling Tony. We met him in 2013. He has a boat and he took us snorkeling and fishing for the day. Then we went to a local ocean front hotel and drank while Tony BBQd our catch. Then we ate a lot of fish. Because we caught a ton. And he does this trip for $300 for eight people. Which is real cheap. That crowd usually costs over $1000. So I’m glad I met him. Wayo, a bar and hotel owner here, introduced me. Wayo has a dive shop too. Jack of all trades. His business partner is from Sacramento. Back in 2013, we met in his bar.

Wayo has a hotel next door to his outdoor bar which is right on the beach in the middle of San Pedro. That’s the only town on the caye. I met him cuz I noticed he had a washers set in his bar. Washers is a game where you toss large washers at flat board with concentric cups, each cup larger with a lower score. I told him I played, which I have, he got the game out and I beat his ass. Probably helps him remember who we are. After this long time. And Vincent is going to book a dive trip through him. That really helps. Spend money or humiliate him in a home game. Both help.

I have the day planned. I ate. I showered. Now I plan on hanging out all day. Maybe dinner out. Maybe not. Or I may need to do something in order to have bloggable material. No real planned plans. KnowhatImean? U do.

My friend Bob Hardy just called. Checking in from Sacramento. We had a nice chat about things. Bob helped me get rid of my Pitney Bowes postage meter and put me in a Hasler machine. He works at IME in Sacramento. He knows everything about postage meters and office automation. He did check up on mine while on the phone. Their service is far better than Pitney.

Also managed to get my payroll done. Was having problems and had to switch browsers to Firefox to get it finished. I don’t get technology but I can troubleshoot.

So got all done with work related tasks. Which don’t really interfere with anything. Some calls are all about calming people down. Just a quick touch. The psychology side of accounting.

I am sitting, now,in the shade by the pool trying to enjoy the day. It’s tough as you can see. I am going to the Super Mercado and the juice stand with my sister. She needs to have an eye kept on her. I have been doing it for years. She is lucky to have me.

Juice lady was not there. Not one of he other employees, four of em, knew how much to charge. So they would not sell us any. Morons. We did manage to hit the market for liquor and mixers and limes. Stick to what’s important.

Back to hotel and what do I do? Make drinks. I thought that was clear. So we sat at the pool ate snacks and drank. Then someone said, “let’s go to the palapa bar”. Where we can sit drink and eat snacks. ??. No we are doing same somewhere else. See:
The palapa bar used to be two miles farther north. So two years ago they dismantled it and moved it down the beach. Why I don’t know. They did raise their prices.

After Palapa we moved to Wayo’s, about 300 yards away. I met Wayo backnin 2013. We frequented his bar on that trip. By frequent I mean we went in it every day. He has upgraded and built a small hotel next to his bar. Mostly a divers hotel, so it’s booked all the time. He has games which is probably why we like it so much. Washers and Corn Hole are two favorites. And Wayo is just friendly a friendly guy. His place feels small town. Which is where I am from and live.

After a couple games we left and went to the fruit juice place. The old lady was back so we were able to get watermelon and pineapple juice for cocktails.

Back to the hotel. I am making cocktails for all. If you read the Maine blogs you understand. It’s my job. But I like it.

So we sat around the pool and had drinks for a couple hours. Sitting and talking and drinking. My sisters three favorite things. But not in that order.

After which we went to oldest restaurant in San Pedro for dinner. Elvi’s Kitchen. They brought the beach into the restaurant, there is sand all over the floor. I have been before and food is still great. Some of the places we went back in 2013 are gone. Sad. I shared a plate of fish tacos with Emily. Everybody else got a wide variety of different things. And all were raving about the meal. I am pretty happy with the standard chicken beans rice they sell everywhere. Belizean food.

We are back at the hotel. I thought everyone was going to bed but some are still hanging at the pool. My sister was sleeping at dinner. Drinking all day can do that to you. And she drank all day. Most of us did. Except for me and Steve and Vincent.