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Wednesday the sun is shining and all is well Jeff is listening to the black keys and I’m trying to think. Sometimes his selection in music leaves me a little lost, sense it sounds like members of my family crying on the back fence. Well we made to the halfway point of the week and nothing is really happening. Jeff walk to John’s house yesterday and today he’s doing nothing but complaining about how much his legs hurt, just because we happen to live on the side of a mountain he expects sympathy, what a wimp, Hari is on his way here and he doesn’t complain about the walk. Tomorrow they’re going to Medellin to do a little banking and some shopping for me so the post might be a little late or maybe we’ll take the day off. Well since I got up sp early I really have nothing more to say so CIAO.

It’s raining the internet keeps crashing and Jeff won’t leave any closet doors open for me this is a sad Tuesday. Anyhow yesterday they walked up the hill towards Johns house to see the kite flying (more like kite crashing) there were far to many kites at different altitudes it was fun watching how discourteous everyone was and how many kites were lost or damaged, but everybody seemed to just shrug their shoulders and launch another kite. Of course Jeff didn’t bring his camera which he has a tendency to do if he doesn’t think there will be anything interesting to see and he was probably right, I mean those kites were so high up I doubt they would show up on the picture as anything more than dots. As you can see from the photos of this morning it’s raining and doesn’t look like it will stop until later today, which means Jeff and Ruby’s plans to go to Medellin today are off until tomorrow and so am I CIAO

I’d tell you it was a really beautiful day except I can’t see across the valley because of the low hanging clouds left over from last night’s rain. Today is Monday and it’s a holiday for people down here, they get a lot of long weekends down here, and the take advantage of them. People work at least six and a half days most of the time except for the Christmas season, the they work if they’re ot to hung over. When they get a holiday they really take advantage of it any of the tourist spots are crowded and if the weather is exceptionally good then the cable car up the mountain might be closed by ten o’clock because of the long line. Whatever people decide to do today or if they’re returning  home from somewhere they’ll be getting a late start because of the visibility in this area, but it should get better in a couple of hours. I have a complaint about our new home there are too many dam dogs and not enough cats and that gets my dander up but not much I can do about it except not let Jeff get any ideas about getting a dog. Jeff has to go out with Ruby to by some medicine for her asthma so I’ll be say bye for now maybe I’ll be back later Oh picture is from last night’s sunset CAIO.

I guess you noticed there was no post Saturday, Ruby got Jeff up early to go and make appointment at the doctors and then walk to Exito to get her hair cut. She then proceeded to take Jeff on a walking tour of Bello refusing at anytime to say she didn’t know where they were (I thought only guys did that), so by the time all this was done it was three in the afternoon and Jeff was too tired to anything except lay in his recliner, he’s a little better today but we’ll have to see where Ruby has him going today, any bets? Tomorrow is a holiday so I expect someone in the family will come visiting today or e-mail us with pictures of the great place they went to day, I don’t think Jeff has plans to anywhere other than his chair. It has rained ever night sense we’ve been in our new home which is OK, it’s how we get those great sunrises, the day’s are usually hot and the humidity is somewhat high. I can tell about the humidity because both Jeff and Ruby complain about their arthritis all day. Well the sun has finally gotten to my window so it’s time for me to take a little nap while I can CIAO.

The picture that accompanies this post has absolutely nothing to do with it except that if you remember it from TV your old like Jeff. It’s Friday and the weekend is here, but like I’ve said before for Jeff and me it’s no big deal. There’s nothing going on other than John’s moving and Jeff and Ruby have to go shopping. It rained for eight straight hours last night and it looks like it might start again today. It took exactly 30min for everything to dry out and look like it never rained. They cut the grass so close on the lawn in the park across the street from our house that no matter how much rain you get it still looks burned. Jeff is going to attempt to hang his dart board today but I don’t know whether he’ll be able to penetrate the walls they’re a mixture of stone and concrete with re-bar enforcement(re-bar are steel rods inserted into the concrete to help reinforce it). But I’ll tell you this it’s always fun to watch him try and then start yelling and cursing, it just breaks me up. Did I tell you about the swallows or fly catchers we have down here? They sit on the wires strung across the area and when the sun erases the early morning haze they start feeding. They swoop very close to the building so Jeff has to make sure I don’t get out on the balcony or I’m liable to jump (I can’t help it I’m a cat) but they’re fun to watch and once in awhile they’ll land on the rail and talk to for awhile. The buzzards on the other hand keep flying by with this really hungry look in their eyes; no way have I wanted to be outside when they’re around. Well time for a nap we’ll talk to you tomorrow sometime CIAO

So I’m late sue me anyhow today started out nice, after a lot of rain last night, but now it looks like it might rain again. The US beat Mexico in soccer in Mexico they say it’s the first time that has happened in 75 years, it didn’t count for nothing so who cares. John is moving Saturday now and me being a cat you know I don’t care except maybe Hari will come over to play. It doesn’t look like anything is going to go on this weekend which is cool with me I like having Ruby and Jeff to myself, but if it runs true to form that isn’t the way it will work out. I’ve read about this drought up in the US and I got to tell you it doesn’t look good for the farm economy or the rest of the economy for that matter. I don’t think the Us is as a great an influence on what happens in the rest of the world as it is effected by the rest of the world. Good news Taco for dinner tonight that means Ruby doesn’t have to cook and she can sit and watch TV with me, I really love her. Well once again I’ve run out of stuff to talk about see you next time CIAO.

Here’ssss Wednesday did you ever think why they call it hump day? If you look at the beginning of the week as a hill to climb when you get to Wednesday your at the summit and about to start down toward the weekend hence Wednesday is called hump day. Go ahead try to prove that’s wrong I dare you LOL. Speaking of the weekend it looks like it might be a quiet one although I’m sure something will pop up to screw that idea up. I just noticed there’s a statue on top of the mountain behind our apartment I asked Ruby if we can up to see it and she says it’s pretty hard to get to and I’m thinking well they built it up there so hard can it be? I guess I’ll just have to wait and see if Jeff can get Ruby to have one of the boys drive them there, I don’t see any roads on this side of the mountain but they could be blocked by trees. I think their probably scary that’s why Ruby is saying it hard to get there. John and Vanessa are supposed to move up here tomorrow which will be good Ruby won’t have to commute so far every day, now it will just be a stroll up the mountain LOL. OK that’s it from here for the day see you tomorrow CIAO.

It rained last night and we lost power as did most of the area, it was pretty strange watching it go dark block by block. I wasn’t sure if this was weather related or something else, sense the Farc has been targeting power line towers in the south, but the power was back when I woke up so all is well in the land. I enclosed some pics of the sunrise just to make everyone jealous, no on sleeps late down here and this is part of the reason. Hope everyone really paid attention to yesterday’s post I’m not given to rants like Jeff but felt there were a couple of things that needed to be said. If your American and you plan on visiting Colombia there are a couple f things you should know 1, if your over six foot one you won’t find a bed long enough for you 2, you’ll bang your head everywhere 3, the chairs will seem too low to the ground and you knees will be in your chest 4, people drive like they have a death wish and finally the drivers will aim for you if your crossing the street. Now those are the minor bad thing you’ll encounter the good things1, for the most part it’s pretty quiet at night, 2, the people are extremely nice, 3, and you’ll get plenty of exercise walking up and down the hills and finally look at the photos. Time for breakfast talk to you soon CIAO.

You guys know I’m just a cat right? You probably don’t think I care what happens to people so long as my food and water dishes are filled. Well that’s not really true I just heard last night about Ruby’s cousin and his girlfriend had lost their jobs as teachers because the school they worked in closed due to no money. Well it turns out that the people running the school along with some government types stole the money. Now we all know corruption in politics is everywhere but down here they do it with an attitude of you caught me so no what are you going to do and the answer is usually there’s nothing they can do. This situation is bad for the teachers, and it happened back in June the, the real shame is they’re just now getting the kids into other schools. There is also the fact that there is a large school building abandoned and it will probably stay that way for years. If Colombia wants to be more than a poor cousin to other South American economies it has to educate it’s young so that it can advance and although it’s great to maintain a cultured history it time to change the way people think so things can change and become more in tune with the rest of the world and I don’t mean just in music. This country needs geologists, engineers and scientist in all fields to not only be able to study advancements in their fields but to feel needed and appreciated but have the desire and incentive to stay here and help. Anyhow if any of our Colombian readers can help out these to dedicated people drop me a note in the comment section of this post and I’ll forward it on to our friends. In the mean time think about what you  can do to help the kids down here get an education and maybe even stop some of this corruption CIAO.

Sunday morning Jeff’s getting ready to cook breakfast I think he said he making omelets today. They’re going to Olga’s house later today for Camilo’s birthday, his first one in Colombia he’s been used to getting al of money he won’t see that down here but he should have a good time. I spent the morning trying to catch one of the swallows flying by the window, which of course was closed. Some people just don’t like to see me have fun, just because we’re 10 stories up. Here are some more pics of the changing sky Jeff took yesterday. This morning about 2 hours ago it was raining and you really couldn’t see the mountain across the valley now the sun is shining and the clouds are going away. Hey there goes another Swallow I’ve got to run CIAO.