October Wednesday, 8th, 2014

I got up once during the night and exactly at 6am Teresa’s dogs started barking; I understood because the man was cutting “the garden” again at the break of dawn.  After 10 minutes all of them stopped barking except the youngest, Tony, who continued almost nonstop for the next 2 hours.  

Teresa got up at 8am and I got up at 9am.

I had a bowl of cereal for breakfast.

While taking my shower I heard the dogs going crazy again and I thought I heard the voice of the neighbor with the “killer dogs”.  After my shower I learned that the men from Une were here and something about their telephone line being broken and the street and we’re waiting to find out if I can have Wi-Fi.

At 10:10, the Une guys came back and what I understood from Teresa is that we can get Wi-Fi if some box is repaired first.

The guys left at 10:25 and I understood some other guys have to come back and repair the “box”.  I asked Teresa about the timing and I understand she has to call them about Saturday to find out.

About 11:30 Teresa tried to tell me something and I considered it important enough to call Jhon for clarification.  Understandably Teresa doesn’t want to have to ask me every time she needs money for something.  So, on the 2^nd of each month, starting in November, I will give her 1,000,000 pesos for household expenses: food and other family expenses.  Of course, that doesn’t include paying for Direct TV and Wi-Fi.  Also, the money I accidentally found under her mattress I now understand was to buy my birthday present.

Lunch was chicken with rice, lettuce and cucumber salad, and juice.  I asked Teresa if she cooked the chicken differently this time and she said no.  I asked her if the chicken was different and she said this was chicken breast.

We all sat down to watch a movie and this time I lost out because it was all dubbed in Spanish but I got excited when I saw Julia Roberts driving out of an airport and I saw a United Airlines jet crossing over the road behind her because I knew it was O’Hare Airport in Chicago.  Of course it was a little unrealistic because from the airport you see her drive past McCormick Place and south on Lake Shore Drive, places you wouldn’t pass on your way from the airport to downtown Chicago.  I recognized Hilton Hotel & Towers and Marina Towers.

At 2pm Teresa asked me to go out with her; something about the man cutting the garden.  She wanted me to put on a long sleeved shirt but I told her I didn’t want to do that.  I took my pepper spray and she wrapped a towel around my shoulders and we started up the path.  About 100 feet later she turned towards the plants and I understood she wanted to check the work the man did.  (Every 2 months he comes and cuts down most of the plants around her finca for 100mil.)  We followed the path down and across and back up.  I saw some plantain trees that before I would certainly think were banana trees, although they are similar.

We saw an advertisement for The Gladiator for tonight at 10pm and The 40 Year Old Virgin for some other time.

From about 2:45 to 3:15 we moved a lot of things, including bags of something that I can’t imagine is anything but dirt, from the large outdoor storage area to the old chicken coop.  Then we moved her son Sebastian’s old bed to the storage area.

Jhon called at 3:30 to tell me that Une will be at my apartment sometime Friday afternoon between 1 to 4pm to pick up the router that was rented under Dilan’s name when I was living in apartment 201. 

Teresa made popcorn and we watched a couple terror movies and then Casino Royale.

We went to bed at 10:30pm.  I got up twice during the night and had trouble getting back to sleep.  I had a little heartburn so I got up and took one Tums and went back to bed.  I think hearing the rain kept me awake also.

T-shirt of the day: This is what perfect looks like.