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Once again, rushing around with last minute preparations for the International
\n segment of the Spring Training Tour. At five a.m. we need to be at the
\n Miami Dade Airport, returning the big blue beast to Dollar and lugging
\n our two overweight suitcases to the terminal to catch the 7 am flight to
\n Guayaquil.<\/p>\n
Why carry so much weight for a two week whirwind tour? What happened
\n to traveling light? Alas, being married to a conscientious Ecuadorian with
\n a needy mother and 9 sisters and brothers, plus myriad cousins, neices
\n and nephews, carries heavy responsibilities. The super-sized of the two
\n overweight bags is stuffed with gifts gleaned from fancy American stores
\n like Target and K-Mart, special requests for sneakers in a certain color
\n and a certian size, replacement parts for American appliances (there are
\n still a few in service, especially outside of the United States), shoes
\n that pinch, shoes that rub, shoes that slide and a complete wardrobe
\n that no longer fits (Norma Yvonne has raised the ante a couple of dress
\n sizes, all the more to love).<\/p>\n
We need to stop at Curcuit City for a travel charger for our Motorola
\n Phone. When Norma and the Dowbrigade bought our matching phones
\n last year they came with twin chargers. We lost one on or last
\n trip to Peru. The other one got sucked into the vacuum cleaner last
\n December. We bought a single replacement, but Norma refuses to give
\n it up. Even though the phone won’t work in Ecuador or Peru, we rely
\n on it as out repository of numbers.<\/p>\n
First, though we need to do a last load of laundry to hit the continent When was the last time we saw it? Last night, when we closed down Starbucks There’s a lesson in there somewhere. Until we figure it out, don’t Once again, rushing around with last minute preparations for the International segment of the Spring Training Tour. At five a.m. we need to be at the Miami Dade Airport, returning the big blue beast to Dollar and lugging our two … Continue reading
\n with completely clean clothes. Luckily Harold has a washer-dryer in the
\n first floor garage below his condo. Maybe we can run out to the Circuit
\n City for the charger while the clothes are in the dryer. If we
\n can even find<\/em> the damn phone. No good calling it, because
\n since we got down to one bar we started turning it off except when talking.<\/p>\n
\n at 1 am. Where did we put it? In the pocket of our black shirt. Where
\n is our black shirt? In the washer, of course! Irreparably saturated. Drenched
\n to the core. Sunk in sudsy hot water. Fritzed. Fried. Frelled. Oh, well.<\/p>\n
\n expect any calls from the Dowbrigade. But stay tuned…..<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"