3/21/14: Day 19: Ridiculous

Last night, before Hector left he told me that I needed to be at his house to pick him up at 4:00 AM to drive to San Salvador. I told him that he better be ready if I had to be there that early! Hector called me later last night and said that the trip to San Salvador would have to wait until Tuesday and that I would have all morning to rest and study Spanish. So far, I feel like I have not had a chance to catch my breath, much less study Spanish. I have been folding a little origami to wind down each night but that has been my only entertainment and stress relief. So I woke up feeling rested and refreshed just knowing that I had the day to study even though I didn’t sleep well due to drinking a coke. At 7:00 Hector called and said that He and Lucky were on their way and needed me to take out all of the seats in the van and that they needed me to meet them with the van at the bus stop in 40 minutes. I struggled with no space between the van and the wall for the entire 40 minutes and finally got all the seats out. Lucky, Hector, and his son (Zach) were already there waiting on me when I got to the stop. Hector said we needed the van to go to Ahuachapán to get furniture for the church. We first went to a general goods store for Hector to look at the fans. After spending about 30 minutes there we went across the street to a furniture store. Lucky and I waited for bit and then I asked her if she wanted to check out the mattress store next door and see if we could get beds for our guest rooms. We went over and bought two Semi (Semi is a size between single and full) sized mattresses that have legs that screw directly onto the box-springs. After about 30 minutes there we went to see if Hector was finished but he was already gone so we went to the fabric store. We bought Della some batting and then walked to the van to hopefully meet Hector and go back to the house and study Spanish. When we got to the van I called Hector and he said he was at the furniture store where we bought all of ours. So we walked over and Hector announced that he was moving, today was a big sale day, and that he needed to store furniture in my house until the new house was available.  At this point I realized that all was lost and my first day of studying Spanish was not going to happen. Zach, Lucky, and I were hungry even though it was only 10:30 AM so we walked about 8 blocks to Ban Ban for lunch. I called Della and asked her what she would like me to get her for lunch because I was hopeful that I would soon be heading back. She said our new dog (Lobito) was feeling sick. After lunch we went back to the furniture store to see how Hector was doing. When we got there Lucky exclaimed that she had forgotten a number she wrote at lunch so we rushed off to go back to Ban Ban. Then we went to the bank for Lucky and there were about 25 people in line. Hector then met us and said he wanted to go to the pet store while Lucky waited in line. The pet store was about four blocks away and there Hector picked out a dog he wanted to buy. At this point I was getting worried about Lucky being by herself so I went back to check on her. When I got to her she was next in line to go inside and she said she needed Hector quickly and she didn’t have his number. So Hector rushed back and told me that he needed me to go back to the pet store and pay for the dog he wanted. When we got back to the store we waited about 30 minutes while they gave it a bath and then we paid them and went and sat in the van for another 30 minutes for Hector to get finished at the bank. We got so hot while we were waiting that I had to go and buy bottles of water before we passed out. Hector finally got back and I drove up the mountain to Hectors house to get Rachel. We then went to the school in Ataco to attend the ESL class for 3^rd graders at 1:45. At 2:30 we went back to the house and I gathered everything needed for teaching the teen lesson tonight. At 4:00 an insurance agent met at our house for Hector and me. We talked until 4:20 and then half of Hectors furniture got delivered. Then we resumed the meeting with the agent until 5:15. At this point we were both running late for the studies so we rushed to drop of Hector and then went Shucutiton for the teen time. This was Della’s first shot at translating a lesson. I made it hard for her; bless her heart. We studied until 7:45 and I felt like it was pretty rough. After the study Carlos, Della, and I went to visit all the teen parents to promote the Youth In Action activity in Ahuachapán tomorrow and ask if they were O.K. with having the Sunday morning teen class at our house. We visited three homes and then took Carlos back to his house in Ahuachapán. We finally got home at 9:30. Today was a nice relaxing day of studying Spanish.

P.S. Taking the seats out of the van was a complete waste of time because we had all the furniture delivered. Tomorrow I have to be at Shucutiton at 7:30 AM to pick up all the teens so I have to put all the seats back in the van. The good news is that Lobito seems to feel better. Although he hasn’t gained his appetite back yet.