Because of Mom\u2019s injury, today was sort of a down day. We slept in til ten, which seemed waaay to early, and Ethan and I had to make breakfast. Once that was over, I washed the dishes and we finally headed out.<\/p>\n
Our first stop was the laundry place, where Mom and Ethan dropped off a basket of our clothes. Then came the bank, the clinic (for the x-rays), and the grocery store, where we bought breakfast foods and a scarf that is now Mom\u2019s sling. We drove home and stayed there for about two hours as Dad dealt with the insurance company and I did schoolwork and made more bracelets like the ones that Paz, Mary Lou\u2019s granddaughter, makes. We eventually left for Lago Puelo after a slight delay. On the way, we bought ice cream from Saurios Heladeria Artesenal, whose mascot is a swimming purple dinosaur. Dad and I chose the flavors\u2014four in the kilo container. The woman who scooped our ice cream weighed the tub: 1.005 kilos.<\/p>\n
The .005 extra is for the tub\u2019s weight. It\u2019s now become standard that they get really close in weight: at Sumo in BA, our \u00be kilo weighed .755 kilos, and in Bariloche, someone\u2019s quarter-kilo tub weighed .250.<\/p>\n
We eventually got to the beach of the choppy Lago Puelo, where we devoured the Black Jungle, Boysenberry, Semi-Bitter Chocolate, and Saurios Chocolate. It was delicious. Ethan went for a walk afterwards, and came running back to us: \u201cThey\u2019re here!\u201d<\/p>\n
They, of course, means Juan, Paz, and co. Ethan changed into his swimsuit so he could go out on the raft with ten-year-old Juan, and I made bracelets with twelve-year-old Paz. Inez, who was with Paz when I first met her, and her family also came. All of Paz\u2019s immediate family\u2014mother, father, and three brothers, Juan, Lucas, and baby Jose\u2014were there. Lucas went around with Paz\u2019s bracelets and sold them for ten pesos apiece. During the time I was there, Paz earned eighty pesos. Ten of those pesos were brought in by a blue bracelet I made.<\/p>\n
Ciao!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Because of Mom\u2019s injury, today was sort of a down day. We slept in til ten, which seemed waaay to early, and Ethan and I had to make breakfast. Once that was over, I washed the dishes and we finally … Continue reading