Back to work today at the school. There was rain again so we pushed some of the water off the second story. Because it is a holiday the hired workers weren’t there. Therefore, we have suspended our masonry work. We cleaned up a lot of broken brick. The pieces will be used as a base under some concrete that needs to be put down in a small area of the playground.
We took up other tasks, one of which is the replacement of a mesh sun shade over about 1/2 the playground. We need more materials so a couple of us went to a big home supply store named EASY. It’s like a Home Depot. The store was big, nice and quite well stocked but I think the manager trained with the first Walmart manager. Getting through the checkout like was like getting a root canal.
We shoveled the sand into the sand box and within 15 minutes our turtle friend arrived for an inspection.
Tonight we went to a well known Pizza restaurant that is a close walk from the hotel. It was one of those very busy, casual places. The name of the place is Pizzeria El Cuartito. I have to say, the pizza was great.
Meanwhile, although we weren’t there, the trip hit a low point. Beanie went to an Italian restaurant near our hotel with some others from the group. While there, a waiter stole her purse. He apparently was holding a towel, took the purse off the back of the chair and handed it off to someone outside. When it was noticed that it was missing the restaurant refused to call the police. Still, our people got the police involved. The restaurant had security cameras but of course they weren’t working at the time. Beanie lost some money and credit cards but fortunately her passport was not in the purse.
There is a special place in Hell for someone who would steal the purse from and 87 year old woman.