This cannot be happening to me:

So, here are a few things that have happened that I was thinking....
Now what?


Day 1
New Year's Day
We were coming back from dinner, which was actually lunch (& breakfast).
We had flown all day and I had packed powdered sugar & chocolate donuts for the kids. So, Nana and I were starving. We thought we were going to meet the Wood/Fix Clan @ Senor Frogs but they weren't there so the kids were feeling sad about that.
Anyway, Ben had to go to the bathroom, so I give him the key to the condo - had taken it out of the lock box on the door because when we got to our condo, it wouldn't open so therefore we couldn't get the key out to open our condo door....luckily our van driver had a pocket knife to pop it open.
So - I tell Ben, I do not have another key - that is our only way to get into the condo - hold on tight.....
Alexander, Ben & Carlie take off running down the dark beach.
Nana and I were walking behind them enjoying the warm warm air.
I notice Ben & Carlie stopped on the beach.....LOOKING FOR THE KEY (in the dark).
I say funny - Alexander had run ahead so naturally, I thought they were playing a joke on me.
Oh NO - Benjamin had dropped the key, in the sand, on the beach........ Yes!
I of course, FREAK!
Thinking quick - I put my bag down right where they were and tell them to STOP DIGGING, i actually didn't tell them I SCREAMED at them to stop moving, stop digging, don't do anything.
I go to Xaman Ha, find the security guard and ask him for a flash light. No English. He leaves, comes back with a flash light. Not for me but he needed it for something else he was doing. So lucky for me, I waited until he was done and borrowed it.
Back to the beach, heart pounding, trying to figure out how I can get ben back to Kansas before I harm him.
Slowly combed the beach with the light.........
There it was, the tiny silver very top end of the key peeking out of the sand!!!




CELL PHONE
My friends here tell me, You need a Mexico cell phone.....I say, why, I already have 2 cell phones.....It's too expensive for us to call you........
So, Mom and I walk down 10th Avenue looking for somewhere to buy one.
First stop OXXO (like Quik Trip) - they had 1 that was $699 pesos, They had told me it would be about $30 US dollars.... Besides the girl in OXXO knew absolutely no English so we leave and keep walking - we see a TelCel sign, walk in.
I get a phone. Of course Mark Anthony (he tells me his name while laughing) speaks "poco english" Poco means little but all that really means is he can say OK, No & Thank You.
After waiting for a while and writing things on paper - my plan, cost, minutes (which they don't do it as minutes they do it as pesos..)
Anyway - we leave with a phone, cute little red phone, small enough to fit just about anywhere. So small...
I call Maca and tell her I have a phone. Give the number to Irene and Chema too.
Happy to be able to contact them easily if I need to - at the time, I had no idea how much I would use this thing, once I figured out how to.
So 5 or so hours later, it rings.....
A guy on the other line is talking in Spanish, I could make out a few words..... Like
This is Marco
I need $500 more pesos from you.
Please bring them to me........
Don't you know Spanish?
I say NO AND HANG UP
next I get a text
didn't know I had texting on my new little phone but now I am getting a text saying 
"Tracie hello me wrong you send 500 pesos, paying them where can help me please buy your phone ;-("
My phone rings again - I don't answer.
I am freaking out
Not wanting to tell my mom and get her freaked out so I walk outside of the condo and try to call Chema. I am scrolling thru the phone looking for the touch screen dial. There is a man grilling right outside my door, and I mumble, I cannot figure out how to call out on this phone. Where is the screen with the key pad on it???
He looks at me like, Lady you are absolutely nuts - - - and says, You just push the buttons.
Chema calls me later and says, Don't worry about him, He will never call you again. He said he gave you 2000 pesos instead of 1000 pesos...... but don't worry about it.
So far so good. I have no way to find out how many pesos I have on my phone and Mark Anthony hasn't called back.
My phone is working great and I am so glad I have it!