Monday September 24, 2012

Monday September 24/12 update

Well I have nailed down 17 people to come with me tomorrow night for the photo tour.   And this is with only one returnee from the last trip, so 16 new faces….   I guess the next trips will have to be out of town..

Then I nailed down the restaurant for tomorrow’s supper and she told me I will get my supper free every time I bring in large groups!   This is getting better all the time.   We are all to meet there by 5pm, although one lady from out of town will be late and skipping supper.

Then I nailed down the bus people so they will pick us up at the new restaurant at 6:15.  That was after 3 emails, 1 text, and 1 phone call with the aid of the lady in the restaurant.  They have confirmed the place, time, and that I will have the same driver that I spoke to when I found the bus.  Bonus!

I made it to AAC along with Chris, Christine, Cathy and Richard.  I guess Tom had emailed that Linda was sick and he had to wait for furniture deliveries.  Christine had brought along some things for the kids to color so we were off to a good start.  But, someone had been in the premises over the weekend, it looked like the community had a bingo game??!!  Then we couldn't find our pencils, crayons, etc.  We managed to find 2 more packages of pencil crayons so the kids had something to use.  Linda and Miguel were supposed to buy our security cabinet over the weekend but that obviously didn't happen and it certainly underscores the need for said cabinet!

Rain was threatening, no Miguel or Patricio, no parents, and a small group of kids, so we managed OK with the help of Mariuxi.   We found out later that Miguel was at the hospital with his Dad, who was having some problems.  We hope "Papa" comes through OK.

The kids are always fascinated with the camera and some are getting very adept at posing, then asking if they can take a shot too, so you can see some of the results.

I did get a better shot of Cathy today so you can all see that I am not kidding when I say she looks like Carol Bolick at McFarlane’s.  She sounds just like her too so it is really scary to hear that voice and have flashbacks of being back at work...  Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

As soon as we began class the heavens opened for a good half hour, then tapered off to a steady light rain.  We certainly needed the moisture and a cleansing of the dust, etc.  On cue, when class was over, it stopped to allow me to catch a bus downtown.   We almost never see drunks here but this one inebriated young man got on the bus, sat in front and proceeded to pass out.  First he almost fell over into the aisle but a few people quickly righted him.  Then it was a comedy watching him slowly slide off the front of the seat into an impossible pretzel position, oblivious to the jerky movements of the bus or his fellow passengers.    I wonder what they will do with him when he gets to the end of the bus line??  My photo didn’t turn out, sorry.

After nailing down the restaurant as mentioned before, I caught the #3 bus just before it began to rain again.  This meant I was let off at Monay Mall and had to dig out the umbrella.  Now, yesterday I happened to take a shot of my measuring rock in the river showing how low it was, so today I got to see the vast difference just from a quick couple of hours of rain!   It seems to be up about a foot already.

I tried to stop in at the little restaurant across the street for a chicken dinner but she quickly said that was the one item she couldn’t provide tonight.   Darn,…. but I still had the option of going next door for that wonderful breaded chicken, so I did, and it was wonderful.

The Boys are sure good about eating everything I give them.  I was overdoing it by giving too many of Peso’s treats to Pancho, who is allergic to the chicken content, so I noted he has scratched himself raw on one side of the neck again.  No more treats for Mr. Pancho I’m afraid.

Bella alerted me to watch Dancing With The Stars tonight but that is just an exercise in frustration.  Our connection is so slow in the evenings there isn’t a prayer to catch any of it.

Friends, we are looking for donations to purchase a projector for the AAC that we can hook up to our laptops and easily amuse the kids.  There is a highly rated one called the AAXA M2 Micro Projector that we hope we can get for about $300+.  So far we should have raised about ½ of that amount.

That was today’s excitement.   Please see all photos at souvenircuenca.blogspot.com.  Hugs to all.