D finished residency and after considering over half a dozen job offers, he took this one. He works for Michigan State University as an associate professor and director of medical education here in Merida, Mexico. They have an agreement with a local hospital--they send down med students and residents and attending physicians for research and educational opportunities. They are also hoping to get some local residents up to Michigan. D is loving his work and they love him!
We have mostly just been working on getting settled and keeping the chaos under control. (Raise your hand if you think moving is a cakewalk!) Here's a little bit of the fun stuff we've been able to fit in:
Halloween--I love Halloween and felt so sad about barely missing it (we arrived here on Oct. 24). Although Mexicans generally don't celebrate it, the kids' international school had a party, so it gave us a chance to dress up. The girls were Snow White and the boys were Spiderman (I threw together a Snow Whitish outfit for me and D didn't care about not dressing up). The heat that evening was absolutely stifling. We felt and looked like we were in a sauna! Not quite like the Halloween our Michigan friends experienced.
The Zoo: There are two zoos in town! Even better is that entrance to both is free! I'm quite surprised at the variety of animals--lots of monkeys, birds, big cats, hippos, even zebras and giraffes! We love going, and the kids love watching me talk to the parrots!
Making bread: After our little Peep came, I gave up on making bread (I pretty much lost all motivation to spend more than a few minutes a day cooking)--something about the combination of new baby, three other little ones, and doing homeschool made me incapaz. And there was a thrift store bakery that sold decent bread for really cheap. Well in Mexico, decent wheat bread is very hard to find and really expensive. So I've started making bread again. Except that now we don't have a mixer so I'm doing it by hand. At least we have an oven though! My little peeps love making their own creations.
We've been to some ruins and to the beach too, but that will have to wait for another post...
4 comments:
Wow! What an adventure! We went to Playa Del Carmen on our honeymoon and I remember the heat being bad even in October. You look great and I can't believe you've doubled your amount of kids since I saw you last! Good luck and keep blogging. I want to follow your adventures in Mexico :)
you'd better blog a little more so we can keep up with all you will be doing in mexico! i hope all goes well for you guys. we were in mexico earlier this year(puerto vallarta) and loved it. we are talking about going to mexico again or costa rica, or dominican republic...all places i would love you to come to with us since you know ALL about them.
WOW, this is amazing! I am so excited to read about all of your adventures!!!
Last year, I planned out a very detailed itinerary for a road trip to Cancun. . . but then we ended up going to South Africa instead. Maybe we can pull of the Mexico road trip in a couple of years!
I love it! You are the most positive person on the planet so keep on blogging so it will rub off on me! I'm so glad there is a zoo, 2 zoos, for your littles to visit. How fun :)
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