6:30 am - #23 in line at Banco Popular's branch at Ramey. This is the bomb! The line is short and they open at 8:00 am.
9:00 am - Wow! I got money and drove down the road to get gas, all by 9:00 am!
Evening - What a day! First getting money and gas in record time (it would be hard to beat that in "normal" times). Elaine was out running errands and came home with chicken from the Chicken Guy on carr. 107. His is far and away the best side-of-the-road chicken anywhere. What a treat! It's another sign that life is returning to the west coast.
When I drove into our parking area, I saw that some truck had run across the edge of the yard and squished mud back into the little rain gutter. I thought, "Now I have to shovel that out. AGAIN!" Then I realized the whole big pile of trash was gone. The truck tire marks were from the trash truck.
The trash guys' instructions were to take household waste only, not hurricane debris. While the guy explained this to Elaine, he and his partner picked up a broken wheelbarrow full of soggy moldy books and through them on the truck. They took everything!
Again, we just have huge gratitude. And if I have to shovel out the gutter - AGAIN! - okay, I can do that.
We ventured out to Walmart hoping to find a few things. Ummm - not so much. While we were in the store, the daily vaguada hit so we stood under the portico and ate ice cream.
Our day ended as so many do lately with dinner with Rolf and Carole. We're doing fine at home without electricity but it is nice to have light to to cook by. Thank you, again, Jeremy, for your generator!
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