A Stupid Horse & Monkeys

What a day!

I started at 7 am and went until 6:30 pm non stop. And, I got a lot done but it still took it's toll.

I handled 10 phone calls to Panamanians who either didn't speak any English or had limited English. The most difficult situation with language is on the phone. Hell, it's hard enough in English in the US.

I went through 4 calls to the Internet provider. Even though its was excruciating painful, we were successful and the Internet is now up and working at the new house.

Hurray!

This is the first blog written from our new house. After working hard for it, it is satisfying.

I then went through a baffling series of calls with the appliance store and their tech. Believe me, I am grateful for any English that was spoken. But it is stressful. Straining to hear even the smallest clue to what is being said. I am shocked that we got anything done at all.

But it has a way of working out.

The tech finished fixing the refrig at 6 pm. He said it wasn't a warranty fix. I owed him $20. I couldn't dig fast and deep enough to pay him. What a relief. I thought we would need a new compressor.

Do you know that refrig's have computers in them now? For crying out loud! A refrigerator! How complex can it be?

Now for the stupid horse.

As Rafael and I were driving down our one track road, a horse was completely blocking it. I honked. Nothing. We yelled. Nothing. So I nudged him with the bumper. Believe it or not, nothing.

Now we were baffled. So we pushed him out of the way. No, we didn't hurt him. I was gentle.

On the way back, he was still there. I tried to drive around him but he got nosey and wacked on the nose with the side view mirror.

We laughed for quite a while about the horse. We still have no idea if the horse is blind and deaf or just stubborn. Or maybe he thinks it's his road.

Here is some thrilling stuff to us.

As the refrigerator tech and I were standing on the porch, we saw a monkey!

We have not seen any monkeys and people have reported that the monkeys are gone from the area...too many people now. Maybe they are back or maybe they never left.

There is something exotic about monkeys. Don't you think?