Or “The First Day”

Well y’all, I’m writing this by hand in Mexico with one of the most valuable
tools they’ve got: a pen.
That’s right, I think that a pen is nearly impossible to come by in Cancun.

Upon departing from DFW airport we were given customs forms to fill out.
Just the forms.
We had to provide our own pen.
We didn’t have one.
Normally I have one with me at all time in my backpack.
When we landed we were corralled into customs where we were directed to a
counter with the same forms, yet it had no pens.
We eventually borrowed one, and the n left it there in case other travelers
were in the same situation.

In out room, which is OK, we found envelopes, paper, brochures… and no pen.
I bought this pen at Walmart (my favorite store) tonight out of utter
frustration.
If the pen is mightier than the sword Cancun is ready for an invasion.
Or, maybe they don’t use pens so that college students will more willingly
come down and drink millions of gallons of alcohol on break.

After Walmart we left to go to one of Cancun’s flea markets.
Jessica had two goals: find something for Abby and find herself some Jewelry.
I had one goal: to leave the flea market with cash left.
I haggled a fellow down to $20.00 for a bracelet for Jessica.
He tried a long list of tricks to entice us.
I wasn’t going to budge because we didn’t need the bracelet.
In the end Jessica got her bracelet and I got to wonder, “Could we have
gotten it for less?”

Mexico has different soda: Coke is the drink if you want a soda and
they don’t sell Diet Coke.
They sell Coke Light.
It truly tastes better than Diet Coke – it’s sweeter.

Tomorrow we will go to the dolphin swim, but its supposed to be raining in
the morning.
Hopefully the weather calms by the noon appointment.
I hope Jessica has a great time, if the bracelet is any indicator of how
happy she’ll be I’ll have a happy gringo on my hands.

It’s 12:21 (palindrome) so I’m going to bed.
I’ll let you know how today (since it’s so late) goes after it’s mostly over.

Resting in Him,

Randy “Bartering Bandito” Peterman