Preparing for a Big Day

This morning at 9 am, I rehearsed for acting class with my partner. I am feeling a little pressed for time. I had to wedge the practice in early on Sunday.

I thought I had all the lines memorized but, of course, I didn't. The jury is still out on whether I like acting or not. Some of it is fun but, for the most part, it is confronting. I will have to give it a try after we are in our house and I am more relaxed...maybe in the next lifetime.

Today, we played music at a private party.

It was fun. We did a similar show to the one a month ago with several female singers. They had it set up so that people were seated for the performance. This always helps. If people are doing other things, like in a bar, it is no fun to perform.

We played well, if I might say so myself. Our Indigo Girl songs were the hit of the evening.

And they served Oriental food, which is almost impossible to find in Western Panama. So that was a treat.

Yella and I are planning for tomorrow, a big day.

Our appliances will be delivered and, hopefully, installed but knowing this place, I don't think that will really happen.

Then, I meet a guy that can help us with Union Fenosa. I desperately need some leverage with these people. We will be able to move into our house in a week or two and I need to know when the power will be installed. This will determine what kind of generator I purchase to replace the stolen one.

If we have a long wait, I will buy a diesel generator. It is half as expensive to run and will last longer. But, it is twice the money. If it is a month or two, I will buy a similar one to the stolen generator.

I suppose it is wishful thinking that I will get an accurate answer from Union Fenosa. After all, they said we would have power by the end of August.

I am disgusted with the electricity process and, as a matter of fact, with the entire construction process.

Saturday we started cleaning the tile floors, which were covered with mud, and discovered that a lot of the tile is damaged from the asshole construction workers. They dropped some liquid that penetrated through the hard tile surface and ruined about 20% of the tiles. There is more damage but I am too pissed to say more. F#$@#$!! We are at a loss as to what to do. We don't have enough tiles left to replace the damaged ones and purchasing more will be from a different batch with different color.

All in all, we are screwed and we will spend more money. And, get a floor that is damaged.

F@#$%!!!

It's 1 step forward and 2 steps back...constantly.