Monday, Monday

Well, it was another predictably unpredictable Monday! We waffled about whether or not to go because of the rain last night and the lingering clouds this morning, but go we did. It was a fast and easy walk, being so cool. Another calm morning at Centro de Salud, so we left at 11. Took a walk along the beach on our way to check the mail (there wasn't any again). We went to Sor Leonarda's house (she runs an orphanage) because she had received a bunch of medicines from the U.S. and didn't know what they were. So we identified and labeled them. She gave us grape fruit and granola bars, which I was very thankful for, it being close to lunchtime! Then, she showed us a tub that had bathroom products in it, which we helped identify too--shampoo, hair spray, body wash, etc. When we finished, we started to say goodbye, but then she remembered she had a letter to send that she wanted us to translate into English. So, we did that, too. By the time we left, it was 1:15! Talk about being hungry! And we still had shopping to do.

Finally, we were able to sit down and eat our lunch while we waited for a bus or jalón. Someone Prairie knew saw us on his way into town and said he'd come pick us up on his way out again, which sounded like it was going to be soon, so we waited. and waited. some other people came by and waited, too. But at 3 o'clock, we knew we had to leave because if the jalón or a bus didn't show up, it would take us at least 2 hours to walk home. So we left. And after a few minutes, a jalón picked us up! We got a ride all the way to our desvío--hooray! There, we ran into two men with horses who were on their way home beyond La Fortuna. They offered to put our backpacks on one of the horses, and they also gave us each an ear of elote! We could see that clouds were gathering again in the hills, and it cooled off nicely during our walk. We got home probably around 4:30 or 5, which means that the men weren't going to get home for at least another 3 hours. They were calling home on their cell phones to find out what the weather was doing--I can only imaging that it must have been a wet trip...