Today was an easy day for us and we started out at 9 am. We had plans to work on Child Aid computers today to optimize them before we move on from Antigua. Each day as we walk to the bus stop we pass a 'nest' of armed security guards. These guys have automatic weapons and sawed off shotguns. Each day we tell them Buenas Dias (or Good Day) and wave. They have been responding to us as we go back and forth. This morning as we stood at the bottom of the drive to our apartment a truck full of security guards drove past and honked. We responded with a wave and a Buenas Dias. They then responded to us with a fan fare from their sirens as they drove on down the street. We have not tried to take a picture of them because they generally frown on photos. I think may have caught them once when taking a photo of the mountains but I don't plan on hunting for the picture. At any rate it was a great way to start the morning.
During the night (Thursday) starting at 4:30 pm Don had some tummy trouble. It lasted until 4:20 am. We guess that on Wednesday when Socorro school was without water he picked up a virus. Lack of sleep made him slow down just a bit today and we were back in the apartment by 2 pm ready for a nap. There is no sleeping for anyone when you live in a very small space. There is no place to go if you can't sleep. Everybody is awake. We took a siesta this afternoon and will probably call an early night tonight.
Saturday is another laundry day.Yipee! I hope to convince the girl that she doesn't need 6 hours to do our laundry so we can head for home early. We could do our laundry here but the Mom of 10 kids wants 24 hour notice and that somehow does not work well for anyone. She does one or two loads every day. It is funny but she has not once asked us why we have not done our laundry here. It is just simpler to take it in and not get too involved with the workings of a family of 10 kids.
