Monday January 14, 2013

Monday January 14/13  update #342

Oswaldo came over and we gave him help in contacting Canada Pension to help him apply for Canada Pension and a Survivor benefit.  Once he gets a couple of documents together I will take his application to Canada with me for mailing.

He kindly then dropped off Bella near San Blas for a Doctor’s appointment then he helped me confirm that I will have no problem catching a van to Guayaquil on Thursday at the appointed time.  We had heard that all the van companies were illegal and had been shut down, but there was certainly no evidence of this.  Oswaldo was satisfied that I should have no problems because I certainly don’t want to have to take 5 hours to get there on the green bus.  We also made it known that we want to be picked up before midnight on Feb 3.   I have to pay on Thursday.

Then I caught the bus over to the Rotary Market area to pick up my new shelf unit.  Naturally it wasn’t ready, claiming that the manufacturer had made it 1 meter wide instead of 36” or 90cm wide.  She said to come back at 4:30 so I started wandering the stores.  She called me so I went back.  Now it wouldn’t be ready until 6:30 so I said that wouldn’t do.  There are no reliable buses at that time and there is no guarantee I could find a truck  near Rotary Market to get the shelf home.

So I said, if he is bringing this from elsewhere anyway, why can’t he just deliver it to my house near Monay Mall??  It is all paid for, so she checked with them and agreed.   I gave them a detailed diagram and they have my phone number if they get lost.

When I got back home another headache reared its ugly head.  The show in New York now claims that our hotel, the huge Marriott Marquis, can’t handle everyone’s show boxes so they are going to contract this to the show contractors.  I saw RED!!!  They tried to pull this shit on me in North Carolina and I flatly refused to pay the extortionist $75 they wanted.   I sent off an email to the contractor, the show, and the hotel refusing to pay extortion.  I told them that the Marriott can certainly handle 4 small boxes for us considering the room rates we are paying, or it will be our last stay in a Marriott.  And I told them of our poison pen and the many blogs we have to spread the good word about our experience.  We’ll see if I am successful… 

No photos today, I just wasn’t in the bloody mood.

That was today’s excitement.   Hugs to all.