As the Wind Blows
Hola amigos!
I’m back from my annual pilgrimage to Mexico. The theme this year was Mexican soap opera. The cast included Soledad (the governor of Quintana Roo), Marcella (gold digger), Sophia Lupita Margarita Chimichanga Chichen Itza (maid to Soledad and Marcella), Rosa (tabloid writer, friend of Sophia Lupita), Pilar (anthropologist and archeologist, friend of Rosa), Israel (towel boy, Pilar’s lover), Fabio (bass player in a cover band, caught in a love triangle between Sophia Lupita and Soledad), and Norberto (Rosa’s editor and lover).
Marcella had her maid, Sophia Lupita, infect Pilar with the highly contagious pink eye, in an attempt to disfigure Pilar and win the love of Pilar’s long lost lover, Clemente, who has spent years following Pilar’s Latin heat. A reunion was imminent until Pilar’s quarantine halted her archeological dig. Without her work, Pilar developed a gambling habit after winning a cutthroat game of "Right Left Center." She used her winnings to buy medicine to combat her pink eye. Soledad also won a not-so-friendly game of RLC, but squandered her winnings on coconut shrimp and beer at Captain's Cove.
Meanwhile, at Captain's Cove, Fabio uncovered some scandalous information about Soledad (his lover), and passed it along to Sophia Lupita (his other lover, and Soledad’s maid), who promptly told her friend Rosa. Soledad would stop at nothing to keep her secret out of the papers, so she poisoned Rosa, who battled a sore throat, high fever, sinus congestion and a lingering cough “with phlegms.” On her deathbed, Rosa was saved by Norberto, who nursed her back to health when he could get away from his wife and children. Upon Rosa’s recovery, Norberto took her out on the lagoon to ride wave runners.
Now, that’s an exciting vacation!