Today was mostly unremarkable. By now you know the drill of getting into Antigua so I won't tell you about this one with this one exception. We met our next door neighbor this morning. Her name is Jackie from Calgary and the three of us were picked up together. We entered the chicken bus and found 3 across from front to back. The ayudante wanted us to move to the back of the bus so he could fill the isle. We ended at the back door so when we arrived in Antigua we exited the bus by the BACK door. There is a step at the back but it is still a bit of distance to the ground. This was another first for us.
We walked the length of the city to the school in Antigua. They had a key so we started off by turning on everything sitting on a desk. Don ran antivirus on them and did some clean up and defragging. There are at least nine working computers and on flaky one. We could use a bunch of working mice. Both the computers and the mice are well past the dirty stage. I am not sure how they can get them so dirty. Next week I will do some physical clean up on these things as well as help Don with some of what he plans to do to organize these computers for kids.
We took a break at noon to find some lunch (next time we pack our own--better and cheaper) We found an Italian restaurant and had a salad with cucumbers, tomatoes and a variety of lettuce. We were the only people in the place and they charged a 10% tip onto the meal. It was okay but we probably won't go back. We could people watch while we ate and you could tell it was valentines day because of the parade of red balloons and bags with hearts in the hands of the young people going home after school.
After lunch we went back to finish up this portion of the work needed on these computers to make them usable as a school computer lab. We sat up in the computer room all day and know one poked a head in the whole time. The young ones had a valentines day party and left at mid-day. The older girls stay in the dormitory on the upper floor. They are why I am surprised no one looked in on us because we are the foreigners in a girls school. We stayed really close to the lab. These girls were also curious about the lab and managed to walk by often to look in at the door or window. We left at 4 pm and walked back to the main street for Antigua for a quick dinner and a quick trip to the store for some forgotten items and bananas.
My feet hurt and I am tired. I was right about getting more exercise here but my feet are protesting the concrete. We have more sunshine and cool temps tomorrow. My day is done and so am I.
