I’m not sure it’s appropriate to say Happy Pearl Harbor Day
but you know what I mean.
According to my book Colombia:
Customs & Culture “December 7-8 is Dia de Las Velitas (Day of the
Candles) the Colombian celebration of the feast of the Immaculate Conception
and is the unofficial start of the Christmas season. On the night of December 7 Colombians join in
processions through town carrying candlelit paper lanterns, then, in honor of
the Virgin place their glowing lanterns in their windows when they get home;
or, people carry luminous paper lanterns to neighborhood parks, where they are
left to light up the night.” Last year I
recall that we spent the entire night of December 7th at Vickie’s so
we’ll see what happens this year.
I received an email from MBE that my new Nook is available
for pickup in Medellin. Yay!
The Nook plus cover weigh (0.59kg + 0.03kg) or 0.62kg so we’ll see how
much extra that costs me.
I was taking my shower when suddenly the water flow
decreased and turned cold. I got out and
yelled to Teresa. She was washing some
of my shirts in the laundry room and thus diverting the water flow. She turned it off and I continued with my
shower after I got it back to a decent temperature.
In the news this morning (Today show & Noticias Caracol)
was the fact that the Spanish Galleon San Jose has
been found with an estimated $3 billion in treasure. Now come the claims for it between who it
belonged to (Spain), who
found it (US) and whose
territory it was found on (Colombia). http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-06/spanish-galleon-san-jose-found-with-3-billion-of-treasure/7005266
At noon it was 70 degrees on the porch of the finca.
Well, two weeks later and I’m 65% of the way to my next
title in Chess Magnet School. The puzzles are getting to be very difficult
to solve.
Laura works next on Wednesday.
At 2:30 we heard thunder so we brought in the wash from the
line. Ten minutes later it started
raining. It stopped about 20 minutes
later.
I don’t know if it will stay there but the Colombian Peso
passed above 3,300 per USD.
Laura came back at 4:45 and starting telling us stories: She served 4 Americans and thought the woman
with them was Colombian because she had dark hair and eyes but she didn’t even
understand Spanish. She served 2 Germans
but the only Spanish they knew was gracias and they didn’t speak English. I told her to just serve them sausage and
they’ll be happy. Lol. She reported there were lots of gringos.
Teresa asked me if I'd like to go to Vicky's tonight. Not really.
I watched Walt before
Mickey (7.0) on Netflix.
For the first time Teresa sat down with me to watch an
episode of Fargo (Season 2, episode 8) and enjoyed it
so much she asked why I didn’t tell her about it. Actually, I did a number of times.
I took 2 sleeping pills at 11pm and we went to bed at 11:15.
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