more mexico fun

i bet you are beginning to wonder how many mexico posts i can squeeze out of this trip... well, this is the last one... i know... i know... sad, right?!

the day after the wedding (saturday) was gray and drizzly making the beach a non option so it was a lazy day which was actually quite nice. we slept in and then went over to the hoyt's for a planned brunch and then we just hung out at their house for awhile. well, everyone kind of did their own thing which was cool. i got baking soda from matt's casa and took it back to ours so i could get rid of the blue/green in my hair. oh yes, my hair had turned blue from the night before in the pool! the baking soda worked mostly, but i swear my hair still has a blue tinge to it. i see it!! that evening we headed back to matt's for a slideshow of photos and then back to our casa to play card games... or rather asshole. but sarah and i headed back first and were hanging out outside waiting for people to come join us and we noticed guys at the house above us... so we got curious... and then anne was there and so was dave's fiance, ashley and so we decided to go to the next door house and check it out! the boys were gross: young - like 22ish, skinny, reno grads...and were higher than kites! awesome house, but nothing interesting there! so we headed home and told the boys how hot those guys were and that they were models and investment bankers... and then that we were just kidding, but apparently they weren't thrilled with us and got really really pissed off. well, not at me and sarah ... we are after all single. but apparently dave was really mad and kurt acted mad and ian was mad and whatever... it was drama for a bit. but then all was forgiven (i think) and asshole (the drinking game) ensued.

awww, look how cute and cozy they all look!


this was while we were playing card games and hanging out in our palapa


before we got in a little trouble, we took this great picture on the stairs: that's ashley on the left, miss slyman, me and anne'


the next day (sunday) was a scuba/snorkeling adventure. we trekked to the scuba shack and aj, ian and preston took their own boat since they are all certified and the rest of us went on another boat to snorkel. there were so many pretty fish - we had 3 spots in which we were going. and there were a lot of fish i'd never seen before in person so that was fun. not so fun was all the jellyfish that were stinging me! owwww! i wasn't the only getting welts either. i even got one on the boob! they weren't big jellies, but super small and you couldn't see them in the water, you could just feel them stinging you. it sucked! i snorkeled in two spots and then was done - my stings hurt too much to get back in the water. that afternoon people did a variety of activities: some played tennis at the courts below our house, some like me napped/read, and i have no idea what others did... that evening we had dinner at our house and more drinking games: kings!

climbing in to our boat to go snorkeling...


big fishie!


there were so many king angel fish! we fed them crackers and they were so beautiful!


oooooowie, this was clara's arm... i had the same type of welts all over my shoulder, arm, back, and yes, boob.


i think this is me... our guide brought up a puffer fish and i got to touch it! it felt so weird!


kings turned in to one hilarious game after another... i don't think i could even capture the silliness here! one of the rules that came out was that you had to have a sign off after every time you spoke. allen had this funny one "allen out" with a hand gesture... ian and this awesome one that was him 'jerking off' and then do a hand splay in which his head followed. he looked so funny! then kurt was gross and did his tongue between two fingers. sarah saluted... and when it came my turn to do something, i couldn't come up with anything good and sarah said, just squeeze your boobs! so i did. which the boys clearly enjoyed. see, even as i write this... i know it is so just not as funny as it was that night!

on our last day, monday, we had another relaxing day and people did what they wanted when they wanted. i went in to town with allen and clara (who also left that day) and aj. i needed cold meds. my nose refused to stop running. it was hard to tell if it was a cold or allergies, but i needed something to dry me up! trying to buy cold meds in a mexican store proved interesting as i realized i could only decipher a few words and no one spoke english! that was interesting... that store was huge. wish i'd had a camera there - it was better than walmart. it was the better mexican version! and then we went to fill up the car with gas (they were the only ones to rent a car) and wait for it... stop at starbucks. yes, starbucks. in a sleepy little mexican town, there were several american chains - i can remember there being a kfc and the starbucks. i forget what else was over there. me and clara stopped for starbucks. yum! we headed back to the house in time for lunch and then clara and allen were off for the airport. that afternoon, i relaxed on the chaise by the pool. i wanted to save energy for our last night there since i hadn't felt well the day before. luckily the cold meds were definitely helping and it cleared all up for that night. some folks walked to another beach that turned out to be quite a distance and not that great. so i was glad that i just hung out.

ashley and megan are hanging out on our private beach... well not ours per se... but the community's private beach


awwwwwww, talk about fantastic: floating in the cool waters on a raft in an infinity pool over looking the ocean....


and then, it was monday night... our last evening. and guess what we did. one guess: that's right! we played drinking games. more kings. more laughs. more gestures. more nicknames. more fun! and then ian wanted to go for a swim. sarah had wanted to swim that night too, but had gone to bed while i was still hanging out with people. so instead of letting slyman sleep, ian, me, and preston all went in the room and jumped on her bed - making her get up to go swimming! preston ended up punking out and falling asleep (blaming the ambien he'd taken) and so it was me, ian and sarah frolicking in the cold pool! and then skinny dipping ensued. yep. had to be done. it was funny - as sarah pointed out - we all stayed about 3 feet from eachother! and then i was freezing so i hopped out and grabbed a towel. and then promptly got thrown back in by ian towel and all. and then around 3am we decided to head to bed and call it a night...

playing cards, drinking beers... booze .... and eating chips, salsa and guac...


preston went and laid down to 'nap'. i decided it was not nap time yet and therefore went for a walk on his back to make him get up. pretty much, i'll admit, i posted this pic because i'm kinda a fan of my legs in this pic!!!




and then, tuesday rolled around. one last breakfast, one last frolic in the ocean at the beach... jumping off the platform and diving in... and it was time to hurry back to the villa and shower/pack... and then i was off to the airport... the rest of the gang left about an hour or so later than me. overall the trip was a grade a+!! and i'm sad it's over!