Monday, September 16, 2013

          This day was packed full.  We walked and worked on Spanish phrases, did laundry, studied, went to La Colonia for groceries, had lunch at the City Mall next door, purchased more minutes on our cell phone, studied some more, did come cleaning, and went to family home evening. 

In the middle of all that, the cleaning group contracted to deep clean the residence building came by our apartment about 9:30 a.m. and said we were scheduled for a deep clean!  Well, what do you say to that?  So, two women and two men moved into our apartment with ladders, buckets, mops, a vacuum, and miscellaneous and sundry cleaning products and went to work.  They cleaned everything—took the pictures off the walls and wiped them down, used the ladders to reach vents and everything else that was on the very high ceilings, rolled up the carpet in the living room (it is a large area rug) and cleaned the floors, cleaned the mineral deposits in the bathroom, and moved more things than we wanted them to.  It felt a little invasive because I appreciate my privacy—but, oh well.  It smells and looks clean and nothing seems amiss.   

As soon as the laundry was finished, about an hour after the cleaners arrived, we left them to their work and called David, our taxi driver, and went downtown.  The City Mall is very nice and rather upscale.  We found a GNC and Glade purchased his Protein drink mix and more stretch bands.  We stopped at a Wendy’s to eat lunch and found that they had no chocolate frosty flavor today, and there was only one chicken dinner available.  We left and went to a place called Pollo (chicken) Tropical and had a nice meal.

Family Home Evening was good—I hope yours was, too.  We start the early shift in the morning, so we need an early bed time.  Good night, everyone. 

This boy is riding a motorized animal on wheels in the City Mall.  There were rows of
all kinds of animals and he and his brother were having a great time.

Glade is paying for our chicken dinners.

The next few pictures are just random photos taken
near the mall and La Colonia.

Notice the guard at the right.  He was carrying a pretty large weapon!

Another pictures of the guard.
Cars kept passing in front of us so I couldn't get the picture I wanted, but this will do :)

This is our taxi driver friend, David (Dah veed`).  He talks fast and loud and is pretty funny.  He and Glade have great talks.

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