Today was much better than Day 72. On day 72 we were on our second day without running water. We have been without running water for 3 days. Today a plumber showed up and cleaned the water filter on our roof. The water filter, when taken out was covered in a thick black silt. As soon as the filter was replaced, we got running water again. Further proving to us that we were wise to never drink the tap water here under any circumstances.
We lounged around today and just hung out. I made breakfast, pancakes, bacon and eggs. Our lunch was just snacks from left overs and we ordered “pizza” for dinner. I keep falling into this trap that when I see “salchicha” on a menu, I automatically think I am ordering sausage. What it always means it sliced hot dogs. Today I made the same mistake. Ordering cheese “pizza” and ham and salchicha “pizza”. Bonnie and I believe America makes breakfast and pizza better than any other country based on our experience. And we are 1 million percent right. Behold the abomination below.
The ham tasted like bologna too. With every pizza orders no matter the restaurant, you always get packets or a ziplock of “Chimichirri” sauce. Still no clue what’s in it, I tried it once and will never try it again. Maybe if I drink poison and need to throw it up.
As a highlight, while watching a movie before bed, my daughter asked that Bonnie curl her hair. Bonnie was extremely careful but our daughter still freaked out the entire time, petrified that she would get burned. She stormed out of the room one time and we couldn’t stop laughing. We really needed a good laugh. Bonnie ended up finishing but my daughter made me promise not to post her photo on here, and I’ll respect that But if you have my private cell number, just text me I’ll send it to you. She never said anything about texting it.
While the kids were watching the movie “Are We Done Yet”, I went downstairs to hang laundry. We hang it because our dryer is great at making wet clothes, hot and wet. Finally I decided to see what I could do to fix it. My skill sets are pretty broad. I can answer almost any question about probate, Star Wars (particularly Sith history and lore), and sarcasm. Why couldn’t I fix a dryer that was made in a foreign country that has words in a language I do not understand. 😀
And I did just that. I cleaned out the dryer vent on the back of the dryer and am praying that works. Hope you are all doing well during the shelter in place. We are thriving now.
Update: it totally worked. The clothes in the dryer are dry. God bless us all.
Our Family Adventure 