Today was another frustrating day overall. So many balls in the air, and with no
indications as to where they would land.
I had received an email wanting me to send my photos from
yesterday to one of the Ecuadorian brass of our Coopera protest group so I
complied. Part of the email also asked
if myself or Rob would agree to be interviewed on the radio at 6:30. I replied that I would agree if Rob was not
available. I asked them to phone me if
they needed me.
I tried to go for a haircut and the place was closed. So I came back and did all my chores and went
back about 11:45. I got a quick short haircut
and now I definitely look like an eccentric retiree with an unruly grey wig.
We were also trying to arrange a meeting with Villa San
Carlos about the Christmas Gala and to coordinate this with everyone’s schedules.
It seemed this afternoon was the only
time that would work for everyone so I went ahead and booked the appointment
for 3pm. Luckily everyone was able to
show up, on Ecuador
time, and we had a very productive meeting indeed. More on that at a later date.
There was another meeting of the Coopera group at the
Prefect’s office at 4pm which I had to pass on and frankly, I needed a short
break from that issue. However the
Coopera situation is always on our mind, especially when I wanted to be
mentally prepared if I got suddenly called to show up for the radio interview.
Well, I am listening to that interview online as I type this
now, and am happily surprised that one of the speakers was Trish LaPlaca who
speaks good Spanish, and the other was lawyer Carlos Heredia who is fixated on
revitalizing Coopera. Since everyone is
talking in Spanish I can only pick up the gist of what is being said, but at
least our message is getting out there. I also read the reports in two newspapers
online about our protest yesterday. There
is talk of a hunger strike Saturday and a trip to Quito Sunday night to try to get the ear of
President Correa. Saturday is Fried
Chicken at Joe’s Secret
Garden
Well this twit is now on Twitter just so he can barrage President Correa with Tweets to intervene in the Coopera mess. I am feeling more like a looney bird every day.
The camera never left its bag today…
That was today’s excitement.
Cheers, Al
Please see all new photos at http://souvenircuenca.blogspot.com/
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