A Gringo in Mexico

Living In Merida:  Now that I have caught everyone up on how, and why we are here in Merida, I thought I would offer a quick summary of our first two months here.   The most challenging part of the first few weeks was just getting everything settled.  Registering the kids for school, ensuring the babies have there shots, buying necessities for our home, everything from a washing machine to food staples for our pantry.  We were here less than a week, when I received even more bad financial news from back home, I won’t go into specifics here, but Ill just say, my available capital was all but taken away do to the unprecedented credit crisis back in  the US, thus impeding my income opportunities..  So that added an immediate challenge and stress to earning income to support us.  So here we are, the kids have settled in nicely, at this point they all but have passed me in their knowledge of Spanish, and as a family we are adapting well to life here in Merida.   The good news regarding our financial situation here, is it is very cheap to live here.  Food, utilities, etc, is much less expensive than back in the US.  Again this was one on the main objectives in moving here, so that piece of the equation has worked out nicely.