Zih Bendito Apagón

Since siesta time yesterday an event on the beach at the museum had been "testing" its sound system that included powerful subwoofers, causing floors and walls to vibrate over 2 blocks away. So siesta was mostly a bust. Closing windows didn't help much. Then around 5PM another neighbor decided he had to cut cement with a cement saw, so more noise and clouds of cement dust billowed down the street and through our home, along with the occasional sound checks and eventually music from the event. Except for being extremely too loud the music was good, but we dislike events where we have to shout to converse and where our ears buzz from the loudness. So we skipped that one. Most of the evening was cement sawing, clouds of cement dust, and extremely loud music causing the floors and walls to vibrate. We had to run to the store before our grandson showed up to spend the night, and at the store we ran into a couple that we are fond of but who have mental disabilities, and they told us they were having difficulties with their 10-year old son who is becoming aggressive and violent especially with his mother who wants to send him to live with her sister in the sierra where the chances of the son becoming just another sicario destined to die a violent death are extremely high. No matter how bad you think things are, someone else is always having a harder time. We made arrangements to try to help them, then returned home to more clouds of billowing cement dust. Around 11PM or so the cement sawing had stopped and at the event they finally turned down the sound about halfway which was PERFECT... then the lights went out downtown. Of course the happy drunks began shouting, finally calming down after 15 minutes or so. Then we had about 40 minutes of sheer bliss. Peace. Tranquility. Barely interrupted by all the cars leaving the downtown area as revellers went elsewhere. Yes, it was hot and humid, though the evening coolness was settling in, but this is how we used to live here and I had no problem relaxing and getting comfortable and enjoying the sound of the ocean. Then the power burst back on, almost blowing out lightbulbs. The lights remained on just long enough for me to reset the electric clock and lay back down then BZZZT out went the lights again for about 45 minutes or so. More revellers shouted and then left downtown so that by the time the lights came back on there weren't that many folks downtown and we slept like babes all night long. Little pleasures. Enjoy what you can.

Extremely grateful students for their new t-shirts and school supplies.

Another postcard from Zihuatanejo.