I’ve been all jumbled-in-my-head lately.
I’m glad my Brother is having a good time and already making plans for us to come back in February. It looks like we’re going to buy some land in our Dad’s hometown so we can build our own house. That’ll be exciting.
Today is a nothing day which is to say we’re not leaving the hotel/mall area to give ourselves a break before leaving for Hong Kong tomorrow. (We already have our to-do list for Hong Kong.)
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I’ve had three really nice conversations here that stick out in my mind.
One was with this woman I met that started out to be a misunderstanding and ended up turning into a nice 30 minute conversation about life here and the hopes we all have as people.
Then my Brother and I went out with my cousin Joyce and EVERYONE last night for dinner and we talked about our February 2010 plans. All of a sudden Feb 2010 seems so far away.
Then last night I was talking to our waitress in the hotel bar and we ended up talking so much that she fell behind on her job tasks and had to disappear. I told her I’d be back tonight and I think she’s looking forward to picking up where we left off last night.
We were talking about the tourism industry here in the Islands and she shared here experiences with me. It was amazing to hear about what happens behind the scenes — politics, plans, etc.
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Santos and I are really are enjoying the freedom to go wherever we want and I know our Dad is really impressed with our ability to throw ourselves into the city.
It’s really made a difference to the point where we’re both excited to come back. I don’t think I imagined that outcome.
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Last night was a bit of a test of our freedom. One of our Tita’s didn’t like the plans we had made and tried everything she could think of to keep us here in the hotel.
There was no way I was going to let her win and our plans were executed flawlessly. I think part of her wants us to stay naive because she’s kept her own son in the house away from everything… to his detriment….
Well, gotta go for now…
