Tuesday September 4, 2012

Tuesday September 4/12 update

Today is another dreary day (for here) and I wish I had just stayed in bed.   I am having the day from hell with all kinds of problems, starting with the Amigos English School.  It is so strange that nobody else wants to take the reins and guide this worthy enterprise, but yet they don’t want anybody else to do it either.  This is ceasing to be fun or challenging, so it is probably time to move on.

I got up and went to the book/movie exchange just to get out of the house and exchange 4 movies, 2 of which are the ones I bought around the corner, that were supposed to be checked and be in English but weren’t.  I took the camera along, hoping to brighten the day but somehow things just continued downhill all day.

I rushed home to be here before Rosa showed up for cleaning at 12:30 but she did not show up so I called her.  She said she tried to call yesterday but probably only had Bella’s phone number which is dead.  She asked to come next week instead so I will probably go to 3 weeks again for the next visit just to get back on rotation.  

Then Bella emailed me that Etapa did indeed withdraw the installation fee for cancelling our Internet account and that ServiCable is now charging us more than they promised.  In the foul mood that I am in today I certainly don't want to deal with friggin' Etapa again.   Later in the week I will deal with it and ServiCable as well.

Then I finally got an email contact with that Jovani guy from NetTalk and then he was too busy so he passed me on to a fellow named John so I had to start all over again.   All we are asking for is fairness and an extension of the expiry date of our service since they only got one of our two NetTalks Duos operational on March 12^th.  He has gone to his supervisors and promised to get back to us today.    (Naturally he didn’t).

I took a bus to our old neighborhood as I badly needed a haircut and I went to my little indigenous barber.  I splurged and had the haircut and manicure for $5.  That felt good and refreshed me somewhat into a better mood.

Today I have shots of a fisherman and some school kids downtown where they seem to be finishing up the cobblestone street north of the Tomebamba.  I also managed to get some neat building accents, and shots of the Broken Bridge below Todos Santos.     Further along we shot the Inca ruins and some clothes drying at Pumapungo.   Closer to home I found the house on the northwest corner has been repainted, while the open lot next door has been cleaned up and fenced  The monster house opposite them to the west has just been painted too so the two corner houses are now without graffiti.  It is really heartening to see the neighbors taking pride in their homes and keeping pace with the Joneses.

Across the road at the house under construction they have been unloading hollow tiles by hand since this morning.  It is amazing how they have no other methods to avoid tying up such a big delivery truck at one site for a whole day.

The Boys seem to be scrapping every day and I think it is just for my benefit to show that they are getting some exercise.  The other 99% of the time they are doing what cats do, mostly sleeping.

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