The Christmas That Quite – Well…. It Just Never Was!

First off I just wanted to mention that the photo of Colin and I dancing on our Christmas card, was taken on December 15th by Fred Wicks. Los Cpys ( my very favorite band here in Mazataln ) was playing at El Velero and are scheduled to play every Sunday afternoon. I think we danced only 2 short dances. I am still working on getting my energy up. Despite the lack of vitality I found myself lining up a few social events.

Sunday, December 22nd Colin and I once again went to listen to Los Cryps at El Velero. It was wonderful to see a variety of friends but most especially Darwin and Audrey.  We had no idea that they were here for the winter this season. Looking forward to future visits and checking out their new posh digs.

Monday was a very full day of cooking and preparing for a later afternoon visit with year another special friend. She had asked if she could bring a visitor from the US to meet Colin and to play music with him. Fortunately we found out late afternoon Sunday that instead of 6 or 7 we were going to be a group of 12. So we cleaned, cooked and prepared most of Monday. We were looking forward to a very fun time together. Needless to say they were close to 90 minutes late but we were not upset. That is part of the Mexican culture, time and things just happen when they happen 😎  We are used to it and just sat and waited. Heck I even had arranged for a cruise ship to depart at dark, fortunately they were there to see that. Somehow the evening just did not quite work out  and things ended unexpectedly early and somewhat awkwardly. I was just serving some sweets to everyone 🙁  Sadly everyone left. We truly did enjoy their company and the music was just getting going. I cleaned up inside while Colin put the yard together. As the day progressed I was getting more and more tired. This last amount of stress pushed me over the edge.

I went to bed as soon as I could but did not sleep well.  I was in great pain, my muscles were aching and I felt like my nerves were literately trying to jump out of my skin. A difficult feeling to describe. I slept the entire day of the 24th. Colin had to cancel our Christmas Eve dinner. I said to someone that had it been my wedding day that there was no way I could have gone. It was as if my brain had shut down and my body was mush. All I could do was sleep and have sips of water. I had a few spoons of canned mushroom soup but nothing more.  I woke up Christmas morning about 10AM and felt a wee bit stronger. I stumbled to the bathroom and then found Colin napping in the living room.

Christmas Eve sunset by Colin.

He had a great sleep but woke up extremely tired. I went back to bed.  What a pair we were. The girls seemed to sense that something was off and stayed quiet on their own. The thing was I had no physical symptoms at all. Well other than exhaustion. We dosed most of the day. We made the decision to permanently cancel our own personal Christmas meal which we had moved to the 26th but well Christmas is now over.

The Princess Love Boat leaving port the 24th. I remember hearing the captain playing the “Love Boat” theme not once but twice that night.

For the first time ever we had been invited to celebrate Christmas dinner with Fred & Kelly but I truly had no idea if we could make it or not. I was feeling a bit stronger but Colin remained sleeping. Finally about 3:30PM on Christmas Day Colin said we would go. I checked with our hosts as to the actual meal time and we went for that. Meanwhile we both napped again. It was a lovely meal and it was nice to meet some new people. But it wasn’t long before we both begin to fade. Colin was dizzy and I am not driving because of my eyes. So we left just a few hours after arriving. Thank you my friends for being such wonderful hosts and for putting up with us.

Extra special Christmas Dinner. That is me on the left under the bright light.

Colin is on the right, next to Joe in the black hat.  Kelly & Fred took over our site this season.  I figured some of you will recognize the layout. We are looking forward to checking out all the changes they will make in the years to come. It was an honor being at your first Christmas Dinner.

We were both in bed by 8:30PM ( a first for us ). I slept until 10AM this morning – a full 13.5 hours of deep deep sleep and woke up tired! I sat around and glanced around the computer for a bit, had a much needed shower and went outside to water my flowers. We had already agreed that today was going to be a quiet day, just the two of us so we could regain our strength.

I still had to go out to the street side to water my flowers there. Colin helped me set up and went back to doing things in the yard and feeding the girls, so it must have been about 2:15 or so. New to us neighbours/friends stopped to chat, then a new couple from Christmas Dinner stopped while biking past and then another couple walked past. No watering had been done yet but I was feeling detached from everyone around me and my mind was not taking anything in. Then I felt dizzy. I dropped the hose, grabbed onto a bike to stop from falling and somehow got moved two feet to lean on the fence. Someone went and found Colin and I got escorted to a chair under the palapa. I was trying to stop hyperventilating and work on deep breathing. Everyone left, I laid back and the girls came and sat on me.

Colin made me something to eat and then I went inside to nap. Heading off to bed any moment now. I have decided to stay confined to home until the New Year. Then I will see how I am. Am I just really that worn out or is something wrong? No matter, my plan is to rest as long as I need to and then come 2025, we will see how I am.

Perhaps I will do a short post or two. I have no idea. Right now I need to sleep. Don’t worry about me, Colin will let you know if there is a problem.

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