We had a very nice, restful weekend. We did not do much but read, locate and prepare or eat our meals and check our email. Saturday I was still coughing but the meds picked up at the big grocery Hiper Piaz seemed to be helping with the spasms. I go for longer stretches of time without coughing so I call it progress. Our third guest/roommate returned from her travels and spent Saturday cleaning and repairing her 'nest'. Her room is as small as ours. The designer of this building was a nut case! This place make little sense to me but it is comfortable enough so it will do till the end of April.
Sunday we walked to church early enough to catch one of the Lenten processions as it went by the church. This one was a women's float of Mary and all of the carriers were older women in 'ropa tipica'. It was really beautiful. Then we walked on to the church. All along the sidewalk in front of the church were vendors selling Lenten Palms with flowers and ferns in the arrangements. When you entered the church you were given a simpler arrangement of palms so that everyone had their palms. The Archbishop said the Mass and entered the church from the front blessing the palms and the people as he came up the aisle. The palm arrangements added a simple beauty to the process. The altar was well decorated with just palms. We had forgotten our Mass books so we had to listen hard to catch the Spanish which the Archbishop spoke very clearly and using simpler Spanish. We were able to follow pretty well and we knew the story of the passion. We had lunch right after church since we were out and then walked back across the park to our house. The rest of the afternoon we spent reading and computing. Around 5pm we took ourselves out for a walk in our neighborhood since the weather was beautiful and we were needed to get out for a bit. The three girls we live with is a great deal like living with chickens! They chitter-chatter and giggle and run around much like brainless chickens but they are nice. The girls were all out for the evening so we took our showers and were in bed reading long before they came home. I slept well and the coughing did not wake me up with every other breath so all total---a good night.
Monday morning and I have had my oatmeal and tea made by Don and below us the Spanish school has begun class for the day. Our chickens are still sleeping. I am not sure how they sleep through the process of us cooking breakfast because this place is a sound chamber.
