Monday October 22/12 update #262
Last night I went to brush my teeth and there was no
water. And the boys had taken over my
bed so I spent an uncomfortable night on the couch. This morning we have tap water but it full of
sediment so I had to use the bottled water for my coffee.
I turned on the TV to watch some Spanish news while I ate some granola for breakfast and now we don’t catch a single channel. No news, movies, music or sports. I sent another email to Jorge Vidal stressing
the situation and he responded that they hope to resolve this quickly.
Rommie and Charles are returning in early December and are
looking for a 2 bedroom furnished place near El Centro with no stairs. If anyone knows of anything, please let us
know.
The water from the tap got even worse later on, really brown
and ugly, so that I didn’t even want to rinse dishes with it.
I was off to Coopera for banking and to pick up eggs,
vegetables and fruit. I brought home 3
bags of stuff for just over $12. It is
so refreshing to see fruit right off the trees, fresh, and without fancy
packaging to drive up costs.
Did I ever mention how much I love palm trees?? Only a few times?? What a glorious morning to be out and about
in the fresh air.
On the way back I spoke to Raoul whose home is now almost
closed in. He says the construction is
going well. I seem to recall he hoped to have occupancy in September.
Once I unpacked that stuff, I headed to Coral for a few more
items, carrying our wheelie basket. It
was nice to see the river back to normal level. I crossed the road and then decided to
cross back to be sure the metal guy was going to have my shelf for
tomorrow. I looked both ways like usual
and started across. In the corner of my
left eye I caught movement and reared back and held my breath while this grey
car missed me by half an inch! If he had
had an aerial he would have taken half my face off! I don’t know how I didn’t see him
initially. All I can think of is that
he roared around the corner without stopping.
Whoever it was didn’t brake, or swerve, or anything. Maybe they didn’t even see me at all?? My life flashed before my eyes as one of my
greatest fears almost came to fruition.
One little slip and end up in hospital, or dead, with nobody here to
back me up. That is a trifle scary.
Oh, the metal shop boss wasn’t there but one of his helpers was
assuring me there would be no problem.
I filled the basket with another $18 worth of sundries from
Coral and rolled home with the basket. I
unpacked the groceries and noted the Coral “guaranteed fresh” cabbage was
dripping water. I was going to chop it
up anyway but decided to pierce it to the center first. Water poured out of it for 20 seconds! It appears they are learning North American
tricks here. I called my buddy Jorge
from Coral, who I has seen earlier, and advised him of the situation. He is the grocery manager so I wanted to be
sure he was aware of this.
The water from the tap has begun to run really clear again
at 11:30 but at about half pressure. At
2pm the water is basically shut off again.
The weather patterns here have returned to normal with
bright beautiful mornings then a short rain in mid-afternoon.
There was a beautiful yellow bird nearby today. He wasn’t in a banana tree, just in case you
were wondering…. I can hopefully count on Betty M. to identify
it..??..
I hopped in bed for a nap and awoke almost 3 hours
later. Still no water… just a trickle
from the kitchen tap, not enough to replenish a toilet flush upstairs.
That made cooking supper interesting so I was thankful we
have some bottled water. I made some
tilapia in white wine, butter, lemon and onions. Mmmmmmmm Good!! I heated some of my frozen mashed potatoes
and only used ½ of that so those 30 potatoes I peeled are good for 10 meals. Then I boiled up a package of Ecuadorian
veggies and beans that I had bought this morning at Coopera for 76c. I had my doubts but they were absolutely
wonderful and the package was also enough for 2 meals! Bonus!!
I just got an email from a fellow from Montreal that had been corresponding with me
over my blog. Jay arrived 5 days ago
and is going to Joe’s on Saturday and wanted to know if I was going… Heck YES, it is Fried Chicken Saturday and I
am not missing that!! And Jay has
actually brought us some cat food from Canada , can you believe that?? Some people are so thoughtful.
It is now after 9:30 and still no water.... I thought they would have it back on at suppertime but that didn't happen. I sure hope it is on in the morning so I can shower, do the litter, etc.
That was today’s excitement.
Hugs to all. Please see all photos at souvenircuenca.blogspot.com
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