Six through Eight went by in a blur. Day Six, Thursday, I tried hard to make it to the cross current class and Salsa. Okay, I lied, I didn't try at all. Thursday was a quick sun bathing by the pool in the morning followed by a nice steam room in the free spa. I then took a 3 hours siesta. Boy was I tired. I don't know what happened. Poor B had to entertain himself. For dinner, we went to the Oriental Place - Momonohana. Right. . . what does that mean in Japanese? I read the Japanese/Chinese characters and it said Jumping Flower. The sushi was okay. We didn't order from the entree section at all. We ordered all sashimi. There was only tuna and salmon. The eel was missing the BBQ sauce. I asked for masago. He insisted that it was salmon roe. I insisted that masago was flying fish roe. Regardless, I ordered items that were not on the menu. Poor bugger. I told him it was bad to have an Asian in an Asian restaurant.
We didn't have much to drink. I had a scuba diving on Friday so I had to cut back on drinking. I had 1 drink that was close to Port. Brian had 1 beer and 4 Mojitos.
Brian Total: 5. Cumulative 30
1 Beer
4 Mojitos
Dorothy Total 1. Cumulative 18
1 Port (moonshine)
Day Seven:
We wake up early for the "early diving" trip. I get to Momonohana for breakfast. I know it will be a long day diving at Cozumel even though I am assured we will be back by 1:30 PM. Whatever. I pack my salmon crossiants and some bread w/ cheese and meats. I also bag some green grapes and a pear. I know better than to go diving w/o food inbetween dives. At 8:15 am we are off to Playa del Carmen to meet at Senior Frog's for Aqua World. We are supposed to meet the guide at 9:30 AM. We get there at 8:35. We waste time for a while. I am not thrilled, but I am going with the flow. B would be proud. At 10 AM we finally get on the bloody ferry to get to Cozumel. From there we have to take another boat to where Aqua World has its shop. We don't get to the dive site until after noon! BLOODY HELL. What kind of a freaking morning dive is this? The dive master gives us the intro about the dive site. "Buenos Dias!" I yell back, "Buenos Tartas!" He looks at his watch and I answer, "Yup, it's after noon. Vamos!!!" (Getting a project manager off the schedule is a bad thing, especially a drill sergent like myself.)
We finally get into the bloody water. The Wall dive wasn't bad. Saw a turtle and a HUGE eel that was purple and green. Never seen one like that before. The second dive was pretty shallow. The dive master made a mistake. He said we are to come up at 700 PSI or 40 minutes. He should have said 700 PSI or 40 minutes, which ever comes FIRST. The current dive was pretty strong. I was pushed almost into a nurse shark. We saw a HUGE lobster that had to be about 10 lbs. I also saw a Ray and some baby spotted drum. The green eel that was pointed out was also quite amazing. The dive master tried to get me out of the water at 40 minutes. I was having nothing to do with that. He said 700 PSI. I was still at 2000 PSI when he said to go up. He finally got pissed and made me get out of the water at 1400 PSI. I still had 700 to go! That would have lasted me at least another 25 minutes in the 40 ft shallow water.
All in all, it was fun going diving which Chuck and Kerri. Diving with an ex-Navy seal is fun. Especially when he tells me he was born in '58 and I exclaim, "You are as old as my Dad!" (Which is totally untrue. My dad is younger. Just kidding. . .)
Back to the hotel, it is freaking 6 PM. I am not thrilled. I get to the room and B is waiting. I shower and tell him about the trip. We are then off to el Greco, the Mediterranean restaurant. I loved it. B didn't like it. He had a steak that was medium rare but was like a shoe sole. I had a great oyster mushroom appetizer. I loved it so much that I asked for a second one. The duck was fabulous! Loved it. Dessert was disappointing cuz I thought I was going to get coffee ice cream. I got coconut instead. Yuck.
Went to see Jose at the Thai Lounge. There was a very puffed up guy we dubbed "Lex Luther". What an arrogant prick. I had 2 moonshine specials and B had 4 Mojitos.
Brian Total 10 Cumulative 40
5 Margaratas
5 Mojitos
Dorothy total 2 Cumulative 20
Day 8 - Hump day. Only 6 more days left! :(
We spent the day at the pool. Finally we can tolerate sun again. Well, at least B can. I am burnt and peeling. I look like a molting lizard. Quite gross. I end up going to the free spa again. Since no one was there, I went sans clothing. I didn't know that you had to go avec clothing. Oh well. I happily enjoyed the steam room, ice shower and the sauna. I intend to go back tomorrow.
The afternoon was fun w/ Karen, Kerri and Rhonda. Rhonda was quite into the cups. We had fun joking about Chuck. B turned more brown. I shedded more. Dinner was at the Italian place. The food was okay. The service was amazing. Our server was the best. He noticed I didn't like my entree and immediately asked what I liked. He brought me stuff that was not on the menu. Geez. I am so demanding. Poor bugger. We tipped him well.
We went to the Thai lounge again. Saw our good buddies Bob and Gypsy. They are a HOOT from South Carolina. Love them. We went to the Andromeda to watch Chuck sing. He did the Beatles song, "Hey Jude". He was pretty good. We were hoping to get him in a dress and watch him sing "It's raining men." The dance club was not fun for us. The music was okay. The Karaoke was bad. I got into an argument with a guy from NY. Go figure. He kept talking about me loud enough so I went to him and was right into his face. I was ready to beat the shit out of him. He wanted to argue w/ B but backed off and apologized. Still, I was roaring to go. I wanted to knee him then give him an upper cut to the face and then knee him again and then slam my elbow right into the back of his neck and then give him a good left and right hook. B held me back. Bummer. I really wanted to hurt the little mo-fo. I really wanted to stamp down and crush his you know what underneath my foot. Never piss off a 150 lb Chinese woman. She'll hurt you!
We back to the Thai lounge and finished off the evening w/ Jose the best bartender.
Brian Total 16 Cumulative 56
9 Margaratas
5 Mojitos
1 shot of Frangelica
1 shot of something nasty
Dorothy Total 8 Cummulative 28
1 Strawberry Daquiri
5 Mojitos
1 shot of Frangelica
1 shot of something nasty
Tomorrow - TULUM!
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