7/9/14: Day 129: Central Arrived!!

Got a call from Hector asking me to get the money to Osvaldo for the drinks at 6:30 am. I got to his house at 7:00 and then met Osvaldo at the church he works at in Ahuachapán. After that I followed Osvaldo to get Noé’s truck. I got back to the house at 8:30. We didn’t sleep very well because of a big dog fight outside our window last night so Della went back to bed. After lunch we left at 11:30 for San Salvador. We stopped in Ahuachapán to find a mattress topper for mom but they said they would have to order it so we passed. Next we stopped in Turin to find the construction place. It had been 2 years since I had been there so we had to wonder around for 30 minutes before we found it. We got to the mall at 2:10 and went straight to the theater to see if How to Train Your Dragon 2 was playing with subtitles. It wasn’t so Clifton and I decided we could venture watching it in Spanish. Della ordered a sushi snack and the semi-final soccer game was just starting. We arrived at 2:45 for the 2:35 movie but they were still showing soccer commercials. Clifton and I both had a few questions for Della after the movie but we felt good about our levels of understanding. The soccer game was still tied 0 to 0, now over 100 minutes into the game. There was not a single person working as we walked around the mall; everyone had their eyes glued to the game. After several rounds of penalty kicks the game ended the way all the El Salvadorians wanted. People were hugging and one dude danced right out of his shoes! Clifton and I played Dance Dance Revolution at the arcade right after eating dinner. I am not nearly as good at that game as I remember and I about felt sick after. Della grabbed some candies and ice cream and then we left for the airport. We arrived at 7:45 and Central arrived at 8:25. We waited until 9:15 for them to get through security and had our joyful reunion. Most everyone was hungry because of plane delays so we stopped at McDonald’s for 2 hours. We got to the hotel at 1:20 and I got to bed at 2:00.

Brad & Jenifer Seal, Mom, Phil Lowery, and Clifton are all staying with us!!! Della said as we were leaving McDonald’s that I got all my wishes!

DDR at the mall, I am too old for this!

Brandon, one of the first out of the gate!