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Sitting in a different

Sitting in a different internet cafe. This one has a faster connection to the web, and is close to the apartment I stay in while in Quito. I still can't get used to these spanish keyboards.

Thoughts from today. Running at 9300' isn't easy, but I went out for a 20 minute run at 6:15 AM. The town is very much awake at that time, with busses running and children heading to school, others to work. I ran past a drunk sleeping on the sidewalk, his wallet beside him. I doubt he'll be happy with what he finds (or doesn't find) when he wakes up. Broken bottles all over the place, since many were celebrating the tie with Uruguay yesterday. I guess a tie was a good thing for them in light of their hopes for the Ecuador soccer team to go to the World Cup.

More thoughts. Standing in line here is a pain. If you're not breathing down the neck of the person in front of you, someone will cut in front of you. It happens every time, and it bugs me. It's like your expected to be rude in line. Happened to me at Super Paco when I was buying print cartridges. Thought I was next in line, and before I knew it, some lady is having her stuff rung up. Hard to have a nice attitude. Something else different here. Many cars have their side trim, manufacture logos, anything that could be stolen, riveted in place. Looks ugly, but you know you won't lose anything from your car!

I worked at the Alas de Socorro (MAF) office until after 4 PM, and then headed off on foot and taxi to get some errands done. I think I have everything on my to-do list taken care of. I just couldn'd find Ellyn any instant cappuchino or any wheels for the go-kart I' building. The plane will leave early tomorrow, and I'll have just enough time to get some film that was developed for Ellyn. I suppose I'll need to come back up next week, as I didn't finish all the work at the office with the e-mail server. When you work with computers, it's never all done.