Wow! What a day!
Melba arrived to clean at 8am. I threw a load of clothes into the washer and Justin shared his plans about rearranging and reorganizing the furniture in the sala and the bathroom. He had a mission. And a goal: clean off the bed in the sala. We’d been stashing stuff there since unpacking and he was going to get the mess cleaned up today.
I made chicken salad for lunch and then popped into town to buy fruits and vegetables. When I got back, Evaristo was here to repair the window in Dellene’s room and to bring the glass for the windows in a couple of rooms. We also asked for estimates on doors and screens throughout the terraces, a structure on the roof and a garage. Antonio was here too. He installed the drawers in the guest kitchen and we talked about a bathroom cabinet and mirror. We are also interested in bed side tables for all rooms. Definitely we will want these goods in cedar as that’s about the only wood that is resistant to termites.
And, Ivan and Jonathan were here. They stayed for lunch and then a beer or two with Justin. They fixed the leak in the cisterna and they told us what we needed to buy to repair the solar hot water heaters. They’ll come back later to install two new toilets.
More importantly, the boys had time to catch-up. Ivan lost his brother (after a ten year battle with multiple sclerosis) and he lost his mom from complications of Covid during the time we were gone. Both Ivan and Jona relayed that there had simply been no work for well over a year; Jona told Justin that he’d gone fishing every single day so that he’d have food to eat. On a more uplifting note,
Justin talked to Jonathan about his tryci. He can get a new one for about $1,500. I think we will help Jonathan with this and then he’ll be our tryci guy forever. Yes, I think that is a good idea.
I really like our house when it’s just Justin and me and I really like our house when it is bustling. Maybe I just really like our house!
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