Christmas
Day 2012
Whew, feels
like 120 degrees, according to the sweaty weather people. But what do they know…expected
clouds and a more comfortable temperature. Ran the bomba (compressor) but the large
public water tank did not fill up…great, have to conserve our water intake today
and probably tomorrow too! May be drinking the swimming pool water-my
reservation is the unidentifiable floaties I view in the direct sun and …I’d
rather not go into details! Perhaps I can persuade the water delivery man to
bring us a bottle though the street vendors have been quiet all day..
Last night
Theo started complaining about how exhausted he was and insisted he open his
gifts on Christmas Day. He howled and wailed until his parents relented. Uncle
Joe brought his present consisting of a new Ipod upstairs to his locked room
and …what do you know, he came racing down to throw his arms around his
parents, kiss them and sat down to eat dinner with his new plethora of games in
one hand, pastel made with linguisa and cheese dripping with ketchup in the
other. Dono rattled off a prayer I didn’t catch and then each child blew out a
candle to celebrate the birth of Jesus.
Gift wrap
flew and everyone oohed and aahed over the multitude of toys, clothes, watches,
shoes, socks, jewelry and books not to mention a new laptop, speaker systems
and a neighing horse on a stick. Dono paraded around the room with each new
item of clothing to model them for us. She was clearly enamored with each
outfit, donning necklaces and shoes to match each combination. Ethan circled
the room, galloping with a tippy cup of guarana (soda) in his little hand until
after 1:20am. “Coka, coka” he cried!
Today’s Lunch
consisted of leftovers from last night, I ate the black rice salad I made with
star fruit, tomatoes, walnuts, apples, onions and a mustard honey dressing. Skipped
the turkey despite the question “I thought you didn’t eat meat, this is turkey!”
Hm. The dessert of pineapple and whipped cream with strips of fresh coconut
(took me ages to pry it from its stubborn shell) was delightful.
Everyone is
working at staying cool, sauntering from one room to the next and guzzling
whatever we can get our hot hands on. Bikinis, congas and swim trunks are the
Christmas attire.
Close my
eyes and think about snow, sitting by a fire and Christmas in the Midwest. Know all of you are in my thoughts, all 34 in my
family!
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