Our apartment was painted prior to us moving in. But the blinds over the patio door were never re-installed. Our landlord (a terrific guy, by the way) had requested this be done three weeks ago. He was in Florida most of that time, but kept emailing us asking if it had been done. NO. So, once he got back in the country, he insisted they were to come yesterday exactly at 1:00. He kept calling Wayne to see if they had arrived. NO. Finally at 4:45, they came. Humm, let’s see. Three weeks, two days later AND at 4:30 rather than 1. Typical. I just CAN’T imagine the people that come down here to renovate an existing structure. How can you stay sane with people who never show up when they are supposed to?? We just laughed, because it really wasn’t all that important to us. We have gotten so that if we want to leave the apartment, we do. They probably won’t come anyway.
I went to my school yesterday and met some of the people. So far, great! Saw the technology. It isn’t what I left, but at least they have some. I see opportunities. I certainly won’t have all my amazing toys that I had at CHCA, but I knew that coming in. I am here to help them build a program. That should be fun and challenging and that is what I want.
Wayne has his cable TV. After 34 years of marriage, he gets cable! Had to move to a foreign country, but he got his cable TV. He will never want to leave now, since he never had cable TV in the US. But it is rather important here, if you want to hear any news in English. We got “basic” cable. WE didn’t need all the special channels. Oh, guess what? Basic cable is all in Spanish. We had to upgrade. I keep forgetting, I am not in the US.
Went to school today to start working on the new laptops they got. Wouldn’t you know it, not only is the keyboard Spanish BUT Windows is in Spanish TOO.. Oh my, what a challenge. I did say that was what I wanted, didn’t I?
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