On Friday, my car finally went to get it's exhaust/muffler checked. There were no holes which was good, but the very loud noise was coming from the fact that there was no muffler/silencer/catalytic converter - whatever you want to call it! So the men at the ironwork/welding garage simply welded one on for me! It is soooo much quieter now it's untrue. I paid for it mind you!! Obviously today the electric window stopped working and so tomorrow it is going to the electrical mechanic (whom I bought it from) to have the windows and the horn mended (the horn has been broken a while and it's actually quite dangerous to drive here without one as you need to get the cows and dogs to move off the road somehow) Soon it will all be fixed - until we have to start again! Oh well, it might be ok for a bit. Dave and Esther's car is still having major problems and last night was their turn for the radiator to leak and have steam and hissing coming from their car. It is not an easy country to keep a car in good condition in!
Anyway, Saturday turned out to be an adventure of sorts! I have finally had my hair sorted out. It has been a mess of late due to the highlights growing out and therefore leaving a serious root issue! Amanda had tried to sort the problem with dye from the supermarket but it was a disaster. So having had it like this for weeks I found a wonderful hairdresser in town (who it turns out is owned by a lady who lived and worked as a hairdresser in the States for 11 years) who took 6 hours to do it! Yes 6 hours, 6 very long Spanish speaking hours! This was the laborious process:
1. Dye all the hair back to it's natural colour (they found the colour perfectly)
2. Wait
3. Wash it
4. Dry it
5. Highlight it again
6. Wait
7. Wash it
8. Dry it
9. She decided she wanted the colour slightly different so went ahead and dyed it again lighter!
10. Wait
11. Wash it
12. Intensive conditioner due to all the dying!
13. Wait
14. Wash it
15 Dry it!
Soooooooooooooooooo long it was crazy. All this happening in Spanish too don't forget. But...it does look soo much better now! No photo - sorry! So by the end of 6 hours I'd got to know them all, they were bringing me drinks, chatting etc. Good practise for my Spanish!
We've had Jen staying this weekend too. She doesn't live in Sigua but another part of Honduras. She stayed with the Vissers the same time as Pete. It was good to see her again.
Finally, this weekend has been a time for broadening my horizons, awakening my mind, questioning life around me....and trying to work out what is pooping on my kitchen worktop!? Having studied the poop at length - and shown it to anyone standing still long enough - we have narrowed it down - each with our own opinions! It is either mouse/rat poop or gecko poop!
I personally think it is gecko poop - as does Enoc, whilst some of the others and Marlon think it is mouse. So this week we are going to buy traps to find out. But....in my mind...if it is not gecko, where DO they poop? And if it is, where has he pooped before and why is it now on my worktop? Burning questions eh? I didn't study philosophy at uni for nothing you know!
Have a good week everyone - Barbara I hope going back to school isn't too horrible!
4 comments:
Looking forward to seeing a photo of the hair! Hope they fed you as well if you were there all that time; mind you, I'm sure situations like that do much more for your spoken Spanish than weeks of lessons. Last week government here announced going to stop oral exams for GCSE language students as too stressful!! I, too, hope that it is a gecko; the trap will reveal all! Take care, love Barbara x
How on earth did you sit there for that long!! 15mins for a cut is my max. Katie had a few different colours put in for her birthday in Jan that took 2 hours!Need photo to see if worth it!!!! cars are always costly wherever you are so hope all that extra you are earning with photography and lessons doesn't dissapear too quickly. I don't do the m word so hope its gecko.good luck with investigations. God bless,love Jean.p.s. another era over! vicarage been sold.
Hi Karthine
I was pleased too hear what you had said on your blog
Lots of Love Gemma and Sylvia
xxxx
The poop is probably gecko poop which should make you feel a lot better. Geckos are very beneficial as they eat cockroaches and all the other nasty bugs that might get into your house. If it has a little white spot on it, it's probably gecko poop.
From a gecko poop expert.
;-D
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