baby weight

man, seriously, leftover flab from pregnancy is the hardest to lose. especially when you work on the computer all day. i guess living in mexico makes it a little easier though, with the exception of the incessant drinking. living in an outdoor climate, 5 minutes from one of the most beautiful beaches in the world and having a pool right outside my sliding glass door are all great excuses to get some exercise. but still. jesus, my belly just hasn't done enough shrinking since joey's birth.

it's funny how acclimatized i am now to the caribbean weather. the other day it was 23 degrees celcius and i was working in my jeans and hoodie. if i was in vancouver and it was 23 degrees? i'd probably be in shorts and a t, unable to concentrate, thinking about the ice cold molson in the fridge. here, 23 degrees is hot toddy weather. screw an ice cold dos equis.

when i was in vancouver with joey in septemeber, i was bloody freezing. it was the end of summer, still sunny and warm for van, but i was just frozen the whole time. and it only got colder after i left - the deep freeze that occurred over christmas - good fucking christ, i don't know how people live in that climate!

you can always tell the tourists here. there are several blatant clues:

1. they are drinking corona. no self-respecting quintana roo resident still drinks corona. hold the lime too.

2. they're the ones who, at bad boys beach bar saturday night, were not dressed in pants and hoodies. instead they were wearing shorts and tank tops.

3. they are also the ones who listen, joyfully, to the mariachi bands and then stand there questioningly when they finish a song, not realizing they owe the band $20 for their performance.

ahh it's fuckin' cold today too.

posted by Courtney at 8:09 a.m.

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