No coffee in the world is going to wake me up today.
Last night we had a little problem with the garage door, and Papi and I went to work to fix it. It meant lifting way more weight than either of us should have.
Hence, I had to embark on a Pain Med Party.
I'm doing much better today, as the heat really relaxes my damaged muscles, and they don't go into full spasm.
However, now I'm groggy and not really into accomplishing much today.
Still, I don't have that choice. There are a few different workers coming. One to build our bed frame, another to work on our car and a third to come fix our damn washing machine we've had for 3 weeks but haven't been able to wash any clothes with.
Yesterday at the PriceSmart in Santiago, they weren't willing to make the customer happy when I had 4 items that were not working properly, because I didn't have a receipt.
I told them that I KNOW it's in the computer, because that's where they checked when our washing machine we had just bought wasn't working.
The guy went on and on about how much time it's taking to look through the computers and how I'm taking all his precious time that could be used for something else.
I told him, "It makes up for the fact that I'm still waiting for your technicians to come and fix our washing machine. My clothes are all dirty and I'm being patient, so maybe you can be patient with me?"
Things got much nicer after that. We got everything I asked for and apparently, they're coming this morning.
We'll see if they get to see the crankiest, groggiest, gringo femme they've seen in their lives.
My eyes are half slit and I look about 100 years old.
Anyway, yesterday, we had a really good day getting things we needed and I'm only one step away from being able to make music again.
I just need a keyboard to talk to the computer and make music. I may have to order online. Here, they don't have anything that works with midi that I can find.
Hell. It took me all this time to find a monitor with the correct hookups for my computer. Everything is old school and about 40 years behind. But I found the monitor.
I also finally found the synagogue!!
But dammit if they didn't have services, nor did they even have a rabbi.
I emailed Rabbi Laura about the possibility of having someone give me my jew lessons from afar. She said she had info and would send it.
Papi asks me why I need this, and honestly, I don't have a good answer for it, other than the pride I feel for knowing that my great grandparents escaped the holocaust and I feel the need to redeem my heritage for the sake of all the years it's gone without recognition, as my family kept our heritage a secret.
I suppose I'll have to work extra hard at it, being alone without much instruction.
We all know how I feel about the g*d issue, however, having learned that we really aren't supposed to say g*d's name, it pleases me.
Besides, I'm free to talk to my angels and my Great Grandmother as my spiritual guides.
Oh! I met the woman who gave me the baby shower invite!!!
She's very shy and I couldn't tell if she was just too shy to talk to me, or didn't understand a word I was saying, but she really didn't say much at all, but she seemed sweet non-the-less.
All I could really do was tell her I would be there, smile the biggest smile of thank you and left, because the silence was way too awkward.
Papi said she's probably not used to gringos being nice and didn't know what to say.
No doubt. Sometimes, white assholes treat the people awful here. I want to smack them upside the head.
But I get similar treatment from people who don't like that my Spanish isn't good enough for them.
There's one guy in particular at the hardware store who does that thing people do when someone doesn't understand the language enough.
He yells the words really loud, aggressively and slowly at me, invading the space in my face.
All I do is laugh at him and tell him I'm practicing and will get better, then tell him that people here speak Spanish fast, but he's the fastest one out there, so it's hard for me.
He doesn't care. He just can't stand helping me, yet he's the guy I always need to talk to.
I'll win his heart over. You watch.
I now have a new mission.
Last night we had a little problem with the garage door, and Papi and I went to work to fix it. It meant lifting way more weight than either of us should have.
Hence, I had to embark on a Pain Med Party.
I'm doing much better today, as the heat really relaxes my damaged muscles, and they don't go into full spasm.
However, now I'm groggy and not really into accomplishing much today.
Still, I don't have that choice. There are a few different workers coming. One to build our bed frame, another to work on our car and a third to come fix our damn washing machine we've had for 3 weeks but haven't been able to wash any clothes with.
Yesterday at the PriceSmart in Santiago, they weren't willing to make the customer happy when I had 4 items that were not working properly, because I didn't have a receipt.
I told them that I KNOW it's in the computer, because that's where they checked when our washing machine we had just bought wasn't working.
The guy went on and on about how much time it's taking to look through the computers and how I'm taking all his precious time that could be used for something else.
I told him, "It makes up for the fact that I'm still waiting for your technicians to come and fix our washing machine. My clothes are all dirty and I'm being patient, so maybe you can be patient with me?"
Things got much nicer after that. We got everything I asked for and apparently, they're coming this morning.
We'll see if they get to see the crankiest, groggiest, gringo femme they've seen in their lives.
My eyes are half slit and I look about 100 years old.
Anyway, yesterday, we had a really good day getting things we needed and I'm only one step away from being able to make music again.
I just need a keyboard to talk to the computer and make music. I may have to order online. Here, they don't have anything that works with midi that I can find.
Hell. It took me all this time to find a monitor with the correct hookups for my computer. Everything is old school and about 40 years behind. But I found the monitor.
I also finally found the synagogue!!
But dammit if they didn't have services, nor did they even have a rabbi.
I emailed Rabbi Laura about the possibility of having someone give me my jew lessons from afar. She said she had info and would send it.
Papi asks me why I need this, and honestly, I don't have a good answer for it, other than the pride I feel for knowing that my great grandparents escaped the holocaust and I feel the need to redeem my heritage for the sake of all the years it's gone without recognition, as my family kept our heritage a secret.
I suppose I'll have to work extra hard at it, being alone without much instruction.
We all know how I feel about the g*d issue, however, having learned that we really aren't supposed to say g*d's name, it pleases me.
Besides, I'm free to talk to my angels and my Great Grandmother as my spiritual guides.
Oh! I met the woman who gave me the baby shower invite!!!
She's very shy and I couldn't tell if she was just too shy to talk to me, or didn't understand a word I was saying, but she really didn't say much at all, but she seemed sweet non-the-less.
All I could really do was tell her I would be there, smile the biggest smile of thank you and left, because the silence was way too awkward.
Papi said she's probably not used to gringos being nice and didn't know what to say.
No doubt. Sometimes, white assholes treat the people awful here. I want to smack them upside the head.
But I get similar treatment from people who don't like that my Spanish isn't good enough for them.
There's one guy in particular at the hardware store who does that thing people do when someone doesn't understand the language enough.
He yells the words really loud, aggressively and slowly at me, invading the space in my face.
All I do is laugh at him and tell him I'm practicing and will get better, then tell him that people here speak Spanish fast, but he's the fastest one out there, so it's hard for me.
He doesn't care. He just can't stand helping me, yet he's the guy I always need to talk to.
I'll win his heart over. You watch.
I now have a new mission.
i make powerful and enjoyable business relationships and many of my business contacts are now my friends
I've always thought the use of "g*d" to be a bit odd. That's not a name! The Hebrew god's name is YHVH, which is all consonants and is not to be pronounced (as some Christians do by filling in vowels). Which is why Jews often call their god Hashem -- "the name."
ReplyDeleteToday's goyishe Judaism lesson. :)
lol! thank you for my lesson! every day we must learn more :)
DeleteBake him something yummy. he'll be too busy eating to talk n have to listen to you. haha :)
ReplyDeletelol! could work! but then he'd think i was flirting ... ummmmm ... no.
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