I slept poorly. It
seems that without Flexoril, I only get in one good sleep cycle from 3:00 to
6:00. Last night I thought I was tired
enough to not need one. I was
wrong. I hate being dependent on a
drug. Sigh. I think I have enough left to get me through
the rest of the trip.
I finally figured out what Doña Celia has been asking for
a few days--do I want some clothes washed?
I was able ask her quite nicely if she could do some today. I think I'm OK regardless, but it should help
my room smell better!
We spent the morning at La Villa.
The first thing was a foot washing ceremony in the chapel. Douglas gave a good reflection on the meaning
and the story of Jesus at the Last Supper.
Then people invited others to wash their feet. Escarlet washed mine. It was very touching.
We spent much of the rest of the morning in preparation
for the big festivities at lunch. Each
house brought their table and chairs into the gym and they were all set up in a
big U shape. It seemed like everyone was
calling Guillermo to get me to sit by them.
I sat with some of the older girls.
There were a total of twelve dishes, but I only had three that folks
felt were safe for us gringos: a sort of cornbread, a pasta dish and rice with
milk and cinnamon. All of them were
good.
A boy sat down across from me and played games on my
iPhone. Escarlet looked through the
pictures on my camera. As Friday would
be Amy's birthday, they sang to her and presented her with gifts. Again, there were lots of tears.
The bus took us to a restaurant downtown called Casa de
Campo. We relaxed with Lila and had a
light lunch. As soon as we ordered I
noticed that it was three o'clock, so I had Lila call and cancel my Spanish
lesson. We returned by cab which was
pretty crowded with four people in the back seat!
We had a relaxing evening. Diego showed up at the last minute with his
wife, Reysa. Doña Celia had to quickly
switch things around for two more people, but she is very good. We had a good dinner with leftover birthday
cake for dessert. I let Mike have my
iPad until morning so he could finish up his game of Civilization before
leaving.
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