Yes, It's me, Hermana P...one year older and wiser, too! It's been a beautiful day. We're in a lovely new apartment, new to us, that is. So many things are better. After my intense Dominican yellow , these pale yellow walls are much easier on the eyes.
The apartment is very spacious.
This is our sitting area. Not sure when we'll get to sit
in it but it's there. The theme for the apartment is wrought iron and white. A nice change from orange and yellow.
I took a nice hot shower this morning which is
a big change! Water pressure to
spare...I didn't have to dance around to get wet...and HOT water. It was heavenly. I could get used to this! We're across the street from a baseball field
so we get to hear the sounds of baseball which I love. At night, some of the players like to drink
after dark and they're noisy but not as noisy as the old apartment
complex. We're on a much more quiet
street. We have a couple of roosters
that haven't read the memo about crowing
protocol and like to begin at 3 am and continue throughout the day. But we're getting used to that sound. We're on the 3rd floor. That'll keep us young!
Here's the view from our front window.
We have lots of light. I love that. On my
walks, around the new streets, I pass a big hedge of honey suckle. It smells divine! Offsets the other not so pleasant smells so
prevalent. My favorite whistler comes by
this apartment too so I still get to hear his familiar "aguacate, guinea" (avocado/banana) call. And the woman with fruit on her
head comes by here too. We hear her calling several blocks away. I need to sign her up for my choir!
I'm busy memorizing all the black marks, the cracks and chips on the white tile floor so I know what not to worry about (don't want to call my favorite bug man to rescue me from a crack in the floor!) So far, so good, except for mosquitos. They love me and I'm getting big blistering welts from their bites. They don't bother Bill at all. I guess he's not sweet enough. :) So Deet has become my perfume of choice.
The office elders came down to our office today to surprise
me with a song and some chocolate. They
sang Happy Birthday in English - it was adorable. And then some of the students also surprised
me by singing I am a Child of God - in English.
They tried their best to harmonize...I think they'd better stick to
unison for a while. I'll be putting
those cute videos in my drop box soon.
Life is good! My Spanish isn't but it's getting better. I taught yesterday without my notebook (left it home by accident) so I muddled through the music lesson with the words I knew and a few I made up and between Bill's help and the students calling out the words for me (they could totally teach these lessons to each other...they don't need me, but I definitely need them!), I made it through and I didn't panic, just carried on. What a change from my first few weeks when I could barely open my mouth. Yes, things are looking up!
Life is good! My Spanish isn't but it's getting better. I taught yesterday without my notebook (left it home by accident) so I muddled through the music lesson with the words I knew and a few I made up and between Bill's help and the students calling out the words for me (they could totally teach these lessons to each other...they don't need me, but I definitely need them!), I made it through and I didn't panic, just carried on. What a change from my first few weeks when I could barely open my mouth. Yes, things are looking up!
Here's Elder P. in his element...
Oh, I'm eligible for Medicare. Whoopteestickin'do! Wonder if they'll be anything left of it when we get home? I have a long list of things I'd like to get tuned up, hooked up or raised up if possible! :)
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