Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016

The workers showed up at 7:30.

Don Carlos stopped by and after he left, Teresa told me we will pay him a small amount to stay in the finca.  He’s working nearby and can sleep in the finca each night.

At 11am it started to rain but it only lasted a couple minutes.  It started again about 10 minutes later and lasted about 15 minutes.

I understand we’re going back to Envigado tomorrow to look at the neighboring apartment.

Elda’s workers showed up and took an armoire, the old stove, and 11 large bags of stuff Teresa had sorted out from the loft area.  (I guess she’s serious about getting out of here soon.)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Leonardo showed up at 12:30.  The workers left at 1:15.  I had a bowl of cereal for lunch.  Now we have no regular stove so Teresa will have to cook over the woodfire grill.

The two workers were still cutting grooves in the trail but Leonardo started laying rocks in those closest to the finca.

At 3:15 it started raining and didn’t stop until 4:15.  At 5:20 it started raining again.  Did I mention that May is the rainiest month in Medellin?  Second only to October, that is.

A man who lives further up the mountain stopped by to look at the finca.  While Teresa was outside showing him around, Tony got into a plastic bag full of fat that was on the floor in the utility room.  I understand the man is going to try to help us rent the finca.

Teresa is willing to either sell or rent the finca.

Teresa told me she sold the refrigerator for 600,000 pesos.  That will help towards buying a new one that will probably cost 1 million or more.

About 8:45 the man came back with a family to see the finca.  They really liked it and if I understood correctly on May 25^th they are going to sign the paperwork to rent or buy and something about a year so obviously I don’t know all the details.

Teresa received a call later and I understood that the family wants to sign a contract on Thursday or Friday to rent the finca.  I guess they don’t want to take a chance on losing out on it.

T-shirt of the day: Sometimes I pretend to be normal.