The Fishers in La Paz, Bolivia

Although we are pretty used to living here now, every once in awhile we still have days where it’s very apparent that we are not in control of our environment!

Today, like every weekday, I called the taxi company that serves our school to pick me up so that I could go get Avery from her preschool. Unlike every other time I have called, no one answered. After repeated calls, I asked our secretary if she knew what was happening or if she could call another company. She told me another company would charge me a lot more, so she said she would call the owner of our usual company to see what was going on. She got a hold of him, and he explained that today was the taxi company’s anniversary. Therefore, they were all partying and not working today. She explained my situation to him, and he agreed to send someone to get me. Meanwhile, I called Avery’s school to tell them I’d be late since I was stuck at Highlands. The taxi never came, so I ended up getting a ride with one of our teacher’s assistants who was leaving for the day. It all worked out, and Avery didn’t mind the extra play time at school.

This afternoon, seven of us who still do not have our work visas were told to go to immigration to pick them up. When we arrived, they issued two of our visas, but not the others. They said that the paperwork still had to be signed by the director, and that we should come back next Tuesday. Apparently he can only manage to sign his name a few times a week!

On our way home, we drove by the Curves that I joined earlier this school year. It is still closed. While we were in the States, the toilet in the apartment above the Curves leaked for so long that it flooded their floor, which meant the ceiling of Curves fell in. Thankfully, it happened at night so no one was hurt. However, it pretty much ruined the place and equipment. So about seven weeks later, it is still not open and I don’t know when it will be. Although it’s kind of nice to have a legitimate excuse not to exercise, I really was looking forward to working out there!

In order to counteract our feelings about Bolivia today, we went to our favorite Tex Mex restaurant for dinner and topped it off with Italian gelato for dessert!