Ok, so THESE have been BUSY days! Some action, FINALLY! LOL ;)

Friday: The day started with the dilemma of a deposit that I made and that was not showing in my bank account… In the end it did show, and although I thought I was late for doing all I wanted to do, I called Trilogy up and we headed towards ill-fated Ponce. We didn’t get lost and we arrived at the Taíno’s ceremonial museum, a.k.a. Tibes. There was a small group of 4 people that were tourists and that had just begun the guided tour, so we joined them. It was a recap of the things I already knew, plus I learned about how Maví and Raíces were brewed by the Taínos… One teaspoon of pure Raíces is used to clean the bloodstream, so imagine how strong that is! Anyway, there are 9 stoned-edged courtyards that were discovered by archeologists. The burial ground is the only one that was placed N-S, the others were placed E-W since their religion was based on praising the Sun god, mainly. There is one courtyard shaped as a sun, and the triangles are very accurate on telling an exact point that happens once a year. It was all very beautiful, as I remembered from elementary school… We visited the small museum that they keep… I recalled many other things… The feds have left almost nothing from all the items that were discovered… For the sake of science we always pay… Then we took a small break at the souvenir store, drank some Raíces and we ended this tour watching the 10-minute movie that they show about the Taínos… Gosh, it’s the same movie that they showed when I was 9 years old… An update should be in process, DAMNIT! Next stop: The Museum of Puerto Rico. Now, trying to get there we REALLY got lost. We passed by other museums and even the Parque de Bombas… LOL We asked a policeman fishy and she gave us directions… So, we spent the rest of the evening admiring paintings and reading their history and making up what the people in the paintings were thinking… LOL I fall in love with a painting in particular. The crucifixion of Christ, but instead of having the body of the Christ hanging from the cross it depicts Jesus as a child, dressed as the Christ, hugging the cross, while standing over 3 male heads, a snake and a skull. It is really powerful and original, and I wish I could find a copy of it… I also had a nervous breakdown because of the “lack of creativity” on the images because ¾ of the paintings ALWAYS had a skull somewhere… I know it means that appearances of physical matters and vanity are not permanent and fade with time… but hey, must EVERYONE use the same allegory? LOL The second painting that I absolutely LOVED is the one showing an old philosopher surrounded by his apprentices… They are writing everything he say, he is dying because he just slit his feet and placed them in water so he has a slow death while he teaches his last lessons to the others… The philosopher was a follower of Plato, and he had been sentenced to death… When the military arrived, he decided to do this and die his way… Cool, huh? Well… After the historical-comemierdistic evening we headed to our hometown. We stopped to eat some calzones and we realized we had a perfect day. When we arrived home we had an argument because of his screaming from the car to a person… saying offensive words… That was the only bad moment of the day, so even if it was a big bang it is an improvement. Trilogy promised to try controlling his vocabulary ESPECIALLY if he’s in my surroundings… We’ll see… And so, Friday finished… I went home and fall to sleep like a rock…

Saturday: Since the wedding was supposed to be today, Groundel’s cousin and aunt and her hubby made it anyway to the island… So, I decided that the least I could do is play the host even if for a short time. So the group was Groundel, Groundelette, Gigik, Vangie and her hubby and PapoSpider and his daughter… and me of course! :) Una de estas cosas no es como las otras… LOL Anyway… We went to the Rincón Lighthouse, even though the day was cloudy and rainy and the end of the political campaigns were all in my hometown (so traffic and people were acting too crazy for my taste). We took some pics, said our hello’s, and then decided we were hungry. So, I had the great idea of going to Aguada to EL Plátano Loco (yup, The Crazy Plantain). It is a local landmark, a famous little restaurant famous because they do EVERYTHING with plantain: from plantain-burger to plantain candy. In order to get there we got REALLY lost because although I knew it was in Aguada I didn’t knew the way and whenever we stopped for directions people would send us in every direction but the right one… LOL We FINALLY made it, and at least we had a GRRRRRRRREAT time in there! I had a plantain-burger, others has an Island (plaintain soup with mofongo in the middle, topped with your choice of meat… that looked yummy!) (I’m a sucker for mofongo, gotta get it next time!). Well, after that we split. Heading towards Mayaguez we had a slight scare because of a group of young stupid people that were arguing and almost started a fight… Police arrived, cars could finally move… Amen… Since it was not too late we decided to rent a few movies and pass the night at home (yup, the street was too unpredictable and with the little scare it was enough excitement for the night). So, we rented Mafalda, Cold Mountain, 50first dates and Ginger Snaps Back. We stayed up until 4am, and then to sleep…

Sunday: Woke up at midday… still tired and sleepy, but after some conferencing with the Circle of Jedis we decided to take Vangi and crew to the Cabo Rojo lighthouse, so they could see the REAL deal. So, we met at the nearest BK and off to the lighthouse we went! LOL We got there, to my surprise the place had Salinas almost everywhere… just one bad way to reach the trail, everything else covered with water… Hmmm… that’s good and that’s bad… At least the flora and fauna are healing, and I guess that’s Nature’s way of protecting herself… Anyway, we hiked up the trail, and arrived at the site. The guests loved it… Duh! It is my absolutely favorite place in the island. And then a little something happened. There we saw this kitty, with yellow and black spots and white tummy and feet… She looked hungry, and one eye seemed to be bad… Yet her fur was shiny and she was very friendly… I fall in love. We played with her, and she followed us most of the trail… So, gave her a hamburger that I had kept in the car and brought her home with me. She’s lovely. I named her Roxy after Chicago’s Roxy Heart. I tried to see if Lucinda wanted to keep her, but she was not home… I had to take my brats off the bathroom so I keep Roxy isolated. :) After all that, I looked for some info for Trilogy and went to see him. He had been depressed the whole afternoon, and still looked sad. I listened to all he had to say, and tried to make him feel better… An almost impossible task. He takes whatever I say too personally, and sometimes I actually MEAN nothing because I am thinking of NOTHING… Damn if I think, damned if I don’t… I hope he can get out of where he lives… It is the only way he can find a little peace… But if he doesn’t get a job, there’s no point in complaining because he won’t have the tools to do ANYTHING at all. He needs to get some stuff for school and his mom had not get him the stuff… but it is as I told him, instead of complaining and being a leech he should get his own stuff… he ain’t no kid no more… At least I made him smile a little… And I didn’t end up crying, so THAT’s a change. LOL And then I went home. Another day, gone.

Monday: Woke up late again… Midday, and I am here… waiting for breakfast. :) And finishing off some ebay deals… Guess today I rest... Gotta find some missing money, hope the kitties did not bury it in the litter! OMG! Grrrrr...

Lucinda: WHERE ARE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Coriolis: DID YOU GET WHAT U WERE GONNA GET? CALL MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE And HEY! When are you giving ME your blog's address? Hmph!
Kara: YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAAYYYYYYYYYYYY! She's finally divorced! FINALLY! Amen! :)
AVO: Hugsssssssssssssssssss!

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