Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Mi Casa

It's been a while since I've posted anything.  I really thought that I'd be posting at least once a week.  I've been keeping so busy with studying Spanish and applying for jobs and working that I just haven't put time into this.  But I'm going to make more of an effort to post regularly.  I'll start with some pictures of where I live.  I have a 2 room apartment.  It's not too bad for the most part.  The refrigerator motor gets really loud at night.  It's never loud when I'm watching TV.  Just at night when I'm trying to sleep. I don't have AC but I have a fan that has been good enough. I have a woman that does my laundry and cleans the apartment once a week.  Also there is a woman that comes a few times a week to do some cooking.  That took nearly 6 weeks to set up.  Mostly because there were a few hitches in the process.  Rather than doing anything to negotiate those "hitches" they just let it drop.  I guess in the hope that I would just forget about it.  But finally she's started to come.  It's been good having her come.  I live in a gated community with one of the administrators of the hospital.  He lives in the house in the foreground in the first picture.  It's kind of far from the Center where I work but it's a relatively safe place.  It's been fine for a short stopping place for a nomad.


I live on the top apartment in the building in the back.  I also relax on the roof a good bit.




My bedroom/living room/kitchen.  Obviously, I took these pictures right after the cleaning lady was there.



I got a good shock from the shower head one day.  Luckily it's only 110 v here.


Took a while but I was finally able to get a couch delivered. It's much better than sitting on the bed all the time or at the tall table next to the kitchen counter.