I Drove My New Car

A month after i got my new car, i finally drove it. Yesterday evening. To go to the ATM 3 blocks away from home.

I like to call it mine. That's what the papers are saying. The car, the loan, the insurrance, everything is under my name. But Dear Beloved drives it. Not me. And it's the most awesome car ever. 

So yesterday evening, i finally did drive it. And it was an orgasmic experience.

Except that ... it's such a fancy car i couldnt find the AC, it bipped like crazy because i turned it on before i put my seat belt on, the side mirrors are automatic and it's like vuuuuut, vuuuuuuut when they turn, the doors unlock with a remote and with a meeeeek sound, you cant turn on the engine unless you step on the clutch, there's a bip if you exit the car with the lights still on ...

And it smells new.

I've never ever even SAT in such a bad ass car.

I wish i could drive it more often!

PS: and yes, THIS is a picture of the car we have. How awesome does it look?

Obviously

Otherwise, let's be honest, it wouldn't be half as fun.

I did some laundry tonight. Since it's 30°C outside pretty much all night, i figured i didn't have to wait until the week-end to do laundry. For those of you who don't measure temperature in Celsius degrees (shame on you), it's hot. It's very hot. OK, fine, it's 86°F. There. Happy now? So back to what i was saying: it's hot. 

So i was happily dividing the dirty clothes in piles depending on the color when i found some very much alive worms in the laundry basket. First thing i thought was: well that's a first. Having to deal with thousand of worms because i put some old meat in the trash and forget to take the trash out on trash day has happened to me more than i can recall but worms in the laundry basket, dam, that's new.

Well, i thought, if i'm going to find something that shouldn't be here while dividing my laundry, i might as well do it outside. 

Oh dear god.

1) there was a live cockroach in the washing machine. Since i cant touch this kind of animal with my hands (dead or alive), i covered it with my color pile of dirty clothes and told him goodbye.

2) when i was putting the black pile in the washer, i found out where the worms were coming from: a dead rat. In the middle of my clothes. It was pretty much dried up but still immensely gross.

3) on a complete different register, i planted some habanero seeds. And touched my face afterwards. I should know better. My face has now been on fire for 2 hours.

Now let's be honest. If the stuff that happens to me wouldn't happen to me, life wouldn't be half as fun. Mine at least!

But still.

It's Getting Worse

I'm allergic to a lot of stuff. Everything has been pretty much under control but i have a feeling it's getting worse every year.

At age 13 (maybe 14), i was declared allergic to dust mites. In other word, to all the little microscopic bugs that can be found in the dust. Not the dust in the streets or outside, the dust you find in the houses. So as soon as i was vaccuuming my room, changing my sheets, cleaning behind my desk, it was a non stop run of sneezing and running nose.

Then we found out i was also allergic to mold. And living in a 100+ year old house with my parents was probably not helping.

Then, after a very interesting turn of events, i found out i was allergic (and that's probably my most serious allergy so far) to a solvent called benzene. How did i found out? At the hairdresser, wanting to go platinum blonde and ending up with my head the shape of a light bulb. With my scalp so burnt it turned red, and my hair all glued up together like giant rat tails. 

I said benzene is my worse allergy cuz you can find benzene or its derivatives in pretty much anything that includes solvent: thiner, amoniac, paint (to name but a few).

Then i got a serious intestinal infection and dont do milk well anymore. I mean i can still drink milk but i know i'll spend the next 3 days in the bathroom. So not so much fun!

Last year, i got an allergic reaction to aspirin. 

And just last week, i was washing my hair with this new shampoo i bought to enlighten my hair and i was feeling kinda weird afterwards. Like my entire face was pulsing. My eyes were puffed up the following morning as well but were back to normal after i made it to work so i didnt pay much attention to it.

After a couple of days, i washed my hair again and again, i felt weird. Dear Beloved was so much quicker to react and told me to get my ass back in the shower to wash off the shampoo residue  and check the composition of this new shampoo that was most likely toxic for me.

And he was right. My new chamomille shampoo has amoniac derivatives as part of its formula and i was getting an allergic reaction. 

So what's next? I mean seriously, dust mites, mold, solvents, milk, aspirin and even shampoo!!! Add to that the fact that i'm asthmatic and yay, what a cool healthy life i have! I'm also allergic to slow people, lack of common sense and racism but i dont think there are meds for these!

The Reason

This below, is the reason i've been unable to write anything for so long. I went on a trip called Mexico Grande to check on it since i've been remotedly operating it for a year and a half already. I couldnt keep this blog updated cuz ...

i shopped in Morelia's candy store ...

horse-back rode in Zihuatanejo ...

saw the cliff divers of la Quebrada in Acapulco ...

enjoyed lunch on the pier of 100% natural restaurant (in Acapulco again) ...

bought silver in Taxco ...

sailed on a Trajinera in the floating gardens of Xochimilco ...

went to the Lucha Libre in Arena Mexico ...

visited the A-MA-ZING Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City ...

climbed the Sun Pyramid in Teotihuacan ...

discovered beautiful Merida ...

visited Chichen Itza ...

took a dip in Cenote Ik-kil

met with friends in Playa del Carmen (sorry Timo, i still dont have a picture of us 2!)

and worked from our offices in Cancun ...

All that.

And then some.

TWICE.

It wasnt a vacation. It was work related.

Sort of.

:D

Still Alive

For those of you who were wondering what the heck is happening in my life since i haven't been posting for exactly a month now, please rest assured that i am still alive and that crazy stuff still happens to me on a regular basis. The reason behind my silence is that i have been traveling for work for 26 days over a month and a half period and didn't get the chance (or time) to write anything.

So stay put ... the good stuff is coming back very soon :)