Thursday morning and the walk to Panino’s was muy painful. Hey, John! Maybe you should go to a doctor and tell them that you have inflammation of the synovial bursa of the great toe, usually resulting in enlargement of the joint and lateral displacement of the toe.
Ok, now maybe you should say it in Spanish! Oh, now it gets a bit more difficult, doesn’t it? So what’s the Spanish word for ‘bunion’? Homework. It sounds like onion which is cebolla in Spanish. Not good enough. So I learn that the word is ‘juanete’ which sounds like a girlfriend’s name. Let the rumors fly!
Ok, the brilliant rocket scientist hobbles off to the local Farmacia armed with one or two words of Spanish…..and after proudly asking the assistant behind the counter for some medicina de juanete……I was barraged by a series of questions in Spanish..yikes….no comprende! I had to humbly leave sin medicina.
Just before I arrived at mi casa, I spotted Gaby and a high efficient light bulb went on……just politely ask Gaby, who I knew was going to Puerto Vallarta today, to pick up some medicine. Brilliant! Why didn’t I think of this a week ago? (rhetorical, don’t answer it) She also asked me several questions in broken English, but one I could understand…..’are you allergic to any medicine?’ Oh, that is what the senorita was asking at la farmacia? So the good news is that I just might have some medicine to relieve the inflammation on my synovial bursa. (you can thank me later…. no gross photo of my foot today.) How about a sunset?
Congratulations, you have endured yet another blog entry, and this one was about bunions. Does it get any better? (I hope so.) Stay tuned for further developments.

Buenos Tardes mi Amgios!