Day 28: Christmas Day (12/25/09)
Got some pretty good sleep last night. Slept almost all the way til 10. I dreamt about Portland stuff again, but it was good.
I peeled myself out of bed and had some breakfast. Sat and talked for a bit then came out to the hammocks to write and read. I´ve technically finished my book, but there are a few articles at the end and a Q&A with the authors that I´m reading now.
After a while Margaret wandered out and talked to me for a bit and then walked down to the beach while talking to one of the neighbors (Sebastian, here for the holidays). I continued to read then Jack came out. He told me to let Margaret know that he was going to lay down because of a migraine.
When Margaret made her way back up from the beach we talked for a bit and then Jack came out of hiding. All of us talked a while and then Brent joined us.
Jack and Margaret decided to go for a walk, but first got Brent to take pictures of them by the ocean. Jack came back up and took a picture of me in the hammock, so I would have a picture with the date on it. Then off they went for their walk.
After reading a bit more, I ate some lunch. I read some more after lunch and then called my mom and my nana. Then did more reading. When Brent, Elsa, and Camila came out for a swim, I went and wrote a few emails and called Gabe (briefly. He was busy with family stuff and asked me to try calling again later).
After talking to Gabe for a bit I went back to the apartment and read some more. Camila came by to bring me a bracelet she made for me. I asked if dinner was soon and she said ¨yeah¨and then headed back to her condo. I thought someone would probably let me know when we were eating, but after a while I decided to go check things out. When I got there they were all finishing their last few bites. So I sat down and ate.
While we were still sitting and talking Sebastian and his son Thomas came to invite us over for some drinks. I thought about skipping it, but then decided that I could maybe just slip out a little early (or if it didn´t go too late, just wait until after) to call Gabe (since it had only been 2 hours since I called).
Sebastian´s was very nice. His wife (I can´t remember her name to save my life) was very nice and they were both quite the hosts. Their son Thomas is super cute. He kept playing peak-a-boo with me (hiding mostly behind furniture and then popping out).
Their condo is part of the same complex as the ones we are staying in, but they are the newest ones and are set up differently, better. They live in Quito, but they have the condo as a holiday getaway.
First we all went to the terrace, which was huge and perfect for Thomas because it was more or less fenced in. It had a great bird´s eye view of the beach.
Next we all headed back to the living room. Sebastian made some Pisco Sours for us (a Chilean drink with Pisco, lime, sugar and egg white. Sounds gross, but it was delicious) and they brought out some little things to snack on.
Sebastian works for a TV station in Quito and told us about a couple of shows he´s been working on lately. Kind of similar to True Life. He´s done one on aging where he interviewed elderly people about a bunch of different aspects of getting old, documentary style. One that he´s worked on more recently was an episode about people who were blind. They talked to people who were born blind as well as people who became blind. He told us about one of the people they talked to that they weren´t going to include in the episode. It was a 24 year old man who had only become blind at 23 years old. He said it wouldn´t make the final cut because of the circumstances. When he was 23, the young man had been convinced to drink industrial strength alcohol by his girlfriend at the time. The alcohol made him blind and undoubtedly caused other serious internal damage.
Anyway, he offered another round of drinks, but to my surprise everyone declined. It was probably for the best because Margaret and Jack were about done drinking and Elsa doesn´t drink (which means Brent doesn´t drink much).
There was no sneaking off for a phone call and no time to call after either (Brent and Elsa were headed straight to bed). So, I watched ¨The Hangover¨instead with Margaret and Jack and then went to bed.
I peeled myself out of bed and had some breakfast. Sat and talked for a bit then came out to the hammocks to write and read. I´ve technically finished my book, but there are a few articles at the end and a Q&A with the authors that I´m reading now.
After a while Margaret wandered out and talked to me for a bit and then walked down to the beach while talking to one of the neighbors (Sebastian, here for the holidays). I continued to read then Jack came out. He told me to let Margaret know that he was going to lay down because of a migraine.
When Margaret made her way back up from the beach we talked for a bit and then Jack came out of hiding. All of us talked a while and then Brent joined us.
Jack and Margaret decided to go for a walk, but first got Brent to take pictures of them by the ocean. Jack came back up and took a picture of me in the hammock, so I would have a picture with the date on it. Then off they went for their walk.
After reading a bit more, I ate some lunch. I read some more after lunch and then called my mom and my nana. Then did more reading. When Brent, Elsa, and Camila came out for a swim, I went and wrote a few emails and called Gabe (briefly. He was busy with family stuff and asked me to try calling again later).
After talking to Gabe for a bit I went back to the apartment and read some more. Camila came by to bring me a bracelet she made for me. I asked if dinner was soon and she said ¨yeah¨and then headed back to her condo. I thought someone would probably let me know when we were eating, but after a while I decided to go check things out. When I got there they were all finishing their last few bites. So I sat down and ate.
While we were still sitting and talking Sebastian and his son Thomas came to invite us over for some drinks. I thought about skipping it, but then decided that I could maybe just slip out a little early (or if it didn´t go too late, just wait until after) to call Gabe (since it had only been 2 hours since I called).
Sebastian´s was very nice. His wife (I can´t remember her name to save my life) was very nice and they were both quite the hosts. Their son Thomas is super cute. He kept playing peak-a-boo with me (hiding mostly behind furniture and then popping out).
Their condo is part of the same complex as the ones we are staying in, but they are the newest ones and are set up differently, better. They live in Quito, but they have the condo as a holiday getaway.
First we all went to the terrace, which was huge and perfect for Thomas because it was more or less fenced in. It had a great bird´s eye view of the beach.
Next we all headed back to the living room. Sebastian made some Pisco Sours for us (a Chilean drink with Pisco, lime, sugar and egg white. Sounds gross, but it was delicious) and they brought out some little things to snack on.
Sebastian works for a TV station in Quito and told us about a couple of shows he´s been working on lately. Kind of similar to True Life. He´s done one on aging where he interviewed elderly people about a bunch of different aspects of getting old, documentary style. One that he´s worked on more recently was an episode about people who were blind. They talked to people who were born blind as well as people who became blind. He told us about one of the people they talked to that they weren´t going to include in the episode. It was a 24 year old man who had only become blind at 23 years old. He said it wouldn´t make the final cut because of the circumstances. When he was 23, the young man had been convinced to drink industrial strength alcohol by his girlfriend at the time. The alcohol made him blind and undoubtedly caused other serious internal damage.
Anyway, he offered another round of drinks, but to my surprise everyone declined. It was probably for the best because Margaret and Jack were about done drinking and Elsa doesn´t drink (which means Brent doesn´t drink much).
There was no sneaking off for a phone call and no time to call after either (Brent and Elsa were headed straight to bed). So, I watched ¨The Hangover¨instead with Margaret and Jack and then went to bed.
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