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Friday, March 28

- Armando didn’t come in today, so I spent another day sort of not being sure what to do at the office.  I did enter the data from yesterday’s delivery and inventory at Las Mesas into the computer and fiddled around with Excel a bit more. 
- There was a big meeting of a financial [...]

Thursday, March 27

- Didn’t sleep well last night, even with the fan going, so I was pretty tired today, which made me kind of crabby.  Plus the itchy rash…
- Don Carlos drove me and Balbino to Las Mesas (I peeked at the speedometer and saw 90 and thought it was mph since we were flying, but later [...]

Wednesday, March 26

- Went into the office by myself, as Gilma was in Ciudad Romero for the market.  Took a ride from a pickup that stopped for me in front of Loli’s house and dropped me off across from the Texaco in S.N.  Another pickup honked as I was walking the last little bit to the office [...]

Tuesday, March 25

- Took another trip into San Salvador with Armando today.  We took the “calle vieja” instead of the “autopista” and talked about me eventually driving.  Also pointed out some “yucca” plants, which look nothing like North American yucca.
- First stop was his daughter’s house, where she, her husband, and their kid were watching Cartoon Network [...]

Monday, March 24

- Today is the 28th anniversary of the assassination of Monseñor Romero.
- normal morning, caught a ride on a pickup with Gilma, Loli, and Eduviges, who told some entertaining stories about her vacation (although I missed quite a bit): apparently someone drifted out pretty far into the ocean when they went to the beach and [...]

Sunday, March 23 – Easter

- Slept in a bit this morning and had just had some cornflakes and warm milk when the padre arrived around 8am to collect Tomasa.  I had asked the day before what time mass would be and she had told me 11am, but had failed to mention that she would be picked up 3 hours [...]

Saturday, March 22

- The day dawned without any of us having been robbed or otherwise assaulted, although apparently Robyn had thrown up twice during the night.  (My first thought upon learning that was “Wow, I’m glad I didn’t get sick.”  Then I immediately felt guilty for thinking of myself first, although Robyn did seem mostly better by [...]

Friday, March 21

- up ~5:15, as we were supposed to leave for the beach with Laura’s friends at 5:30.  Laura gave me a nice fruit salad with some yogurt and granola, then we waited around for a while.  Laura’s friends arrived sometime after 6am.  What was supposedly a plenty big car was really just a 5-passenger small [...]

Thursday, March 20

- slept in til about 8:30, did my laundry without too much help from Gilma, then puttered around trying to help out while various family members arrived and a big meal (centered on a fish soup) was prepared.
- Felt pretty sleepy after lunch so took the hammock when it was offered, then Robyn called to [...]