What seemed to be a great start to the morning was quickly
interrupted with a text message from the table lady. The table lady is someone I found on
Mudah.com (like craigslist). We had
arranged to view a rubber wood table and six leather chairs with a purchase price
of about $125. This was a steal compared to what I had seen at IKEA and the
local shop. I emailed her saying we definitely
wanted it and we were suppose to view last night at 8pm. With all the craziest
with the electricity and trying to make dinner, we looked down at the time and
it was too late to make it at eight.
Long story short, she told me she sold the table to someone else!! After
telling me, it was “completely fine” to come on Thursday. It really bothered me
for the first half of the day. How could someone do that? She never even mentioned that she had other
people interested otherwise we would have been more adamant about arranging
transportation to get it over here.
Anyway, so that was the start to the day. No dining room table and I
can’t find anything else on Mudah. I had just envisioned us all sitting down
together at the table to eat dinner or having new friends over for dinner and
now I don’t know how long it will be before we find another good deal.
I tried very hard to let it go and whipped up some banana
pancakes for breakfast. I also made
some tuna salad to be refrigerated for lunch before we headed to the pool. It’s great that the pool offers two wi-fi hot
spots so I was able to sit and update the blog until my battery started dying…
then I had to finish the blog while hunched over the clubhouse bathroom sink;
the only place I could find a plug.
While catching up the blog, Keith and Jaxson headed
back. Jaxson napped and Keith dealt with
the electricians. They were able to fix
the hot water tank in the master bath, it was a heating element defect. However, they said that we needed to contact
Electrolux about the “defective” oven.
Funny thing is, we pulled it out, plugged it into a
different outlet and ta-dah…. it’s not the oven! So, we called them back to see it is indeed
an electrical issue.
Not the best way to be using an oven, but I promised Keith
some homemade cookies!
Not bad for having no recipe and having different ingredients than I'm use to. The security guards seemed excited to get cookies!
We ventured downtown to find the one and only place in the
entire city you can go to set up your Internet. If you are a foreigner, you
literally have to go there in person with your passport and it takes about an
hour to complete the process. We will have Internet on Monday!!
We also used the GARMIN successfully and are so excited that
we don’t have to fight about getting places anymore. It also makes my ride as a
passanger a lot less stressful without having to stare at maps on the iPhone
and pray I tell Keith the right way to go.
GARMIN is a God send and even showed a picture of the highway ramps
(remember I told you how crazy they are here) depicting exactly which lane you
need to be in.
On clear days, it is such a beautiful drive around the city.
We came back and used the oven again to make some
dinner. Nothing too exciting, but the
salad I made was so good because of the lettuces you get here. So tasty!
I also love this little contraption we found at IKEA… like a strainer
that fits right inside the sink. It is great for rinsing produce. We enjoyed some of Max’s homebrew, Dawn of the
Red along with our mini chicken potpies.
Of course we ended
the day with our new routine… Keith did manage to find a “Fourth of July”
station on Songza. So we listened to Grand O’ Flag while we swam!
We also met some little friends along the way. The kitty is preggers and followed us all the way to our unit... so I fed her. Keith is not excited about that, but she needs to feed her babies!
Happy 236th
Birthday America!
We are so sad we are
not at the Bare Necessities cabin with Keith’s Family!
~Until tomorrow~
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