Waiting

Goodmorning!
We are waiting to go to the Embassay this morning - we were suppossed to have left over an hour ago, but we are online and watching tv and of course James is taking a nap now that he is done teasing Marina and being an overall pest to her. After we finish at the Embassay we are going to take Marina shopping to get some clothes. She only has one pair of socks - that don't match, one pair of underware, no long sleeve shirts - only the sleeveless ones she had from last summer and three pairs of dirty pants. We are doing laundry of course, but she needs some warmer clothes too. Then we'll try to meet up with our friend for lunch and a look around town.

We had a great night sleep last night - very comfortable and we didn't wake up looking like smurfs, so that was nice. James said he didn't sleep very well because the washing machiene kept him awake until almost 1:30 a.m. and then the alarm went off at 6 am., but he is catching up on his beauty rest now while we wait :)

Yesterday, when we got pulled over again, the facilitator told us that the cops here only get paid $150 US/month (that's about $500 here) and they of course can not live on that. So, they have to pull people over to collect money, so they can make ends meet. They don't take your information down and it doesn't go on their driving records, they simply are looking to get some more money in their pockets to make ends meet. So, our driver paid his "fine" and we were on our way again.

When the car overheated, neither the driver or the facilitator knew what to do or what to look for, but thankfully James knew what to look for and saw that there were no hoses off or leaks, etc. and it was simply that the driver was driving the heck out of the van and it needed a rest. After it cooled down James suggested that he drive a bit slower and we had no more problems. I was glad he was there to make sense of it all. I guess he's good to have around sometimes :)

Okay, nothing else to say for now.