March 26th, 2010: I sit here writing a post in my blog because the heat has beat me into hidding along with the cockroaches and the lazy cat that doesnt seem to move on the bed below me. I feel as if I have been in the Ciudad Bolivar long enough to have an opportunity to build somewhat of a routine the past few days as I wait for my 5 day trip on the Caura River which is starts on Sunday. Since I dont have much to write about except for some peacefully boring protest, I decided to extend my bordem to you letting you get a glimpse of my daily routine I created in this city.
If you continue to read from here on...I feel sorry for you that you have nothing better to do than to read the rest of this post. That is okay though...sometime life is not that interesting even if you look at it with your eyes wide open. But if you squint a little itsee bit, analyze things a little itsee bit more and begin to question the things around you...just a little itsee bit, almost anything can be interesting...except for this routine of mine you are or are not about to read.
I just figured that people can write the most ridiculous posts on Facebook and if people are actually interested in that someone is going to the store or such things as this...just maybe...just maybe, this will to date, be one of my most captivating posts for my readers.
My Routine:
630am: Wake up
700am: Float around the kitchen waiting for the coffee to be made
710am: Ask for a cup in my broken spanish, avoiding having to buy the high priced breakfast
715am: Eat a package of crackers and drink my free cup of coffee for breakfast
720am: When the staff is not looking, get a refill on the coffee
725am: Repeat last entree, refilling my coffee
830am: Walk to main park (Plaza Bolivar) and people watch
1030am: Walk to woman who sells ice cold slushes and practice spanish while consuming a beverage
1040am: Walk 45 minutes to..."a" restaurant to get my excersise for the day
1115am: Order by the numbers and happily eat lunch that I no longer need to order in a box
1200pm: People watch in the fine airconditioned eating establishment and study spanish
130pm: Walk 45 minutes back to main park or river and continue pushing my peripheral vision to its limits people watching and studying spanish
430pm: Go to river or main park after purchasing 1.5 liter of Pepsi and people watch, handing out soda to anyone who asks as I practice my spanish with them
545pm: Walk to main park or river and people watch
615pm: Go back to posada and eat some crackers for dinner telling myself that tommorrow I need to not eat lunch soo early
620pm: Finish consuming my now flat soda if any is left
645pm: Sign onto internet accounts and check Facebook, Hotmail and blog for any emails or comments
646pm: Refresh Facebook and Hotmail and for any new emails or comments
647pm: Repeat previous entry thinking that the computer is blocking almost all my emails except for the junk mail and my supposed need for Viagra
648pm: Repeat previous entry, clicking on my refresh button...again ignoring any new Viagra emails
649pm: Curse Facebook, Hotmail and my Blog
650pm: Refresh Facebook, Hotmail and blog for any new emails or comments
651pm: Refresh Facebook, Hotmail and blog for any new emails or comments before signing out and thinking...do I need Viagra?
652pm: Sign out of accounts
653pm: Sign back in accounts just in case someone on Facebook, Hotmail or my blog sent me any new emails or comments right before signing out
654pm: Sign back out of accounts and continue to curse...Facebook, Hotmail and my Blog
655pm: Read a sappy girl book I was given and study spanish, forgetting almost everything on what I learned today in spanish and what I read yesterday in my book
1000pm: Beginning to think that I am a goldfish and have no memory
1001pm: Look at travel book and try to think how I am going to complete my explorations in less than 286 months (for the mothers out there who like to calculate years into months)
1008am: Tell myself I will take it day by day and when I feel I am done traveling, I will stop traveling, planning only one country at a time or maybe just two not the entire world
300am: Wake up fully clothed in with book open and a trail of drool steaming down on the side of my face
304am: Take a shower
306am: Brush my teeth
311am: Get back into bed or the hammock
630am: Repeat cycle
MENTAL NOTE: This must be how it is when you retire except that I must add in lots of sudden naps, TV reruns and many visits to the local coffee shop so that I can perfect the art of flirting with the waitress. And now, I will finally be greatful for the junk mail...pushing Viagra.
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ha! great post Anthony! you're most likely already out exploring the Caura, so I hope you've had a good time by the time you get this.
ReplyDeleteI do notice that you are only eating one meal/day (coffee, Pepsi, and crackers DO NOT COUNT) and this is worrisome to me. You need to eat more, c'mon when are you ever going to get fun food like this again after you leave?
Eat boy, EAT.
Xo,
Elise