I do have to admit being in Puerto Vallarta might make it easy to relax. Changing to a completely different routine for a while can ensure that years of accumulated bad habits can be erased. Even here though, I am finding this lifestyle a little different. In the past, we'd sometimes be down here for one short week at a time. For example in the seven-day trip of exactly a year ago, we visited the zoo, explored the botanical gardens, walked this entire south-side community,and went by bus to Sayulita. On other trips of an equally abbreviated nature, we never sat around much ether as there was always a boat to Yalapa to find, or something.
Now we've been here for three weeks and I can finally say I'm really relaxing. At first there was the shopping to do in order to set ourselves up here for five months. That didn't take long. At last, I still see enough free time ahead to not have to find challenges were there needn't be any. Living is enough of a satisfaction, especially at these temperatures.
Simply walking down to the park at the end of Olas Atlas to see the Saturday market, stopping at Guadalajara Pharmacy to pick up milk and youghurt, and buying a few potatoes from the farmer who parks on our street seemed like enough of a morning for me.
Maybe, I will go swimming this afternoon.