We went to our house, after a late start, to pay the workers. Saturday is always payday so they can fiesta on Saturday night...the big, big party night!
The amount to pay them was a little nebulous so I took the young labors and Yella took the tree cutters and we marched off into Espanol land. Believe it or not, we had enough Spanish to verify the proper pay. They did get a good laugh at both of us, listening to our Spanish. Who can blame them. We are really bad at it!
But it feels good to be able to bumble through it and communicate on any level.
On the way, we passed our builder, kept going and waved. On the way back, we passed him again, kept going and waved.
Oh, did this feel good! In the past, I would turn around and chase him down to bitch at him. Now he is trying to find us. Hallelujah, this is fun! We have learned how to use The Great Panamanian Avoidance Dance and turn it on him.
Do I sound too spiteful? Well, it's our turn, isn't it? Still spiteful, you say. I can't help it. I love it! Some of it is the satisfaction of getting the job done on our own. But, I admit it, there is some payback for sure.
In town, we stopped at the Organica store. This is a branch store of a big health and organic store in Panama City. Generally, they have a few things and they will order any thing you want but it takes weeks, sometimes months, to get it or they simply never get it.
So, the selection is marginal but we are grateful to have anything at all.
We have been having trouble sleeping. A lot of this is age. What I would give to sleep like a log through the night again!
But, some of the insomnia is concern and worry based. A friend recommended something he got at Any's Farmacia. He walked in and asked them for something for insomnia and, walla, they gave him this drug. I looked it up and it is an anti-depressant, sometimes used for insomnia. We didn't want to take this.
Another friend recommended a natural remedy called melatonin.
So back to the Organica store. We asked about melatonin and they had it! What a surprise. That got us into the spirit of looking around. I found some gluten free pancake mix which I snapped up.
I used to cook a mean pancake in Colorado using gluten free stuff. This was going to be like going home!
As soon as I got home (11:15) I started to make pancakes. Wow! Were they good! With a huge dose of nostalgia thrown in to boot.
I put honey on the pancakes. I purchased a 24 oz. bottle of organic honey at the super mercado for $5.25. I have no idea what this would cost in the US anymore but it seemed like a good buy.
Later in the afternoon we have a quick rehearsal for some Indigo Girls songs which we will be playing at a party next weekend.
Then, we are going out to eat...just Yella and I. This sure feels like a day off and what a Saturday should be.
Ah, Saturday!
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