Monday March 18/13 update #396
Bella was off real early this morning but did not have a
good experience at all. Being second in
line at 6:50am got her an appointment at 10am which allowed 15 other people in
front of her. That is a way to get a
person in a good mood. Then, all of a
sudden, the documents she had with her Wednesday, and were all acceptable then,
are suddenly not acceptable today there will be more delays because they keep
giving conflicting instructions. Letters
have to be re-done, translated, notarized, and ready on the specific day that
they may, or may not, again accept your documentation. Believe me, the 3 Stooges are running the
asylum over there. We have an “in” with
the head lady here, which is not helpful in the line-ups, and she is definitely
going to get an earful about their ridiculous procedures! I have never seen Bella so livid.
I meanwhile was off early to the Fuji store to get my commissioned print
printed, 40x60cm for $11. They sure do a
bang-up job at the Fuji
store, highly recommended. While there,
my cel phone rang and it was Melinda fro Hearts Of Gold asking if I could meet
her at California Kitchen to do measurements and room planning for the Auction
on April 13. I said I would make it.
There is a photo of a boy on the upstairs wall that
captivated me because I was certain someone was trying to recreate a baby photo
of Elvis. However, you can see for
yourself that this is probably not the case…
I then stopped at the jewelry market because my magnetic
bracelet broke again but I was too early and my repair lady wasn’t there so I
will have to tend to that another day.
I was almost at California Kitchen when I realized that I had left my
flash drive and keys at the Fuji
store so I had to backtrack and then rush to make my appointment with Melinda.
The room at CK is a bit smaller than I remembered it, about
16’ x 40’ so that is going to cramp our style somewhat if we have too many
donated items. After measuring all the
presently available tables and the wall lengths, etc we determined that we will
need about 13 more 6-foot tables to do what we need. I have to leave that in the hands of the
“powers-that-be” with the chequebooks.
Then I had to tag up with the Banco Pichincha people to see
about getting some “e-Key” card to enable us to do Internet banking again. After waiting for ½ hour to talk to one of
the Private Banking folks, they said I only needed to go to the teller to get
it done, so another ½ hour later everything was accomplished. Then I had them transfer some money to our
Insurer’s account to pay for our house insurance.
Next I walked in the rain under my umbrella up to Ray and
Carole’s place past Tres Puentes to deliver the completed print. Carole had loved my emailed proof so much
that she had sent it to a bunch of friends and relatives in the US with glowing
compliments about my work and now they all replied, (except one), that they
want to come and visit! Someday I am
going to have to learn to charge a proper fee for my work. I am sure I did this one for about 50c an
hour.
I then walked back in the rain and tried to call my
insurance agent, since I was only a few blocks away, but she didn’t
respond. She only works in the office,
very part-time, and we have to fit around her schedule. She had promised that a man from her office
would deliver the documents, and apparently tried, but couldn’t find our
place. We probably weren’t home anyway
that day and the bozo didn’t bother calling for directions. What a colossal waste of everybody’s time…
I took a few shots while wandering through downtown. You will notice a couple of shots of the
cathedral taken from different corners, showing completely different
skies. Welcome to Cuenca.
