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Termite Swarm

The termites are absolutely AWFUL tonight. And, they were last night too! It's the season when they fly. As insects they gravitate towards light. Then once they land they lose their wings, and then find some wood to bore into. I'm sitting here in the dark, with the fan going, hoping they'll leave. A few are attracted to the computer screen, but I turned on the bathroom light hoping they'll go in there. Of course, I try to kill as many as I can. But, I'd be doing that non-stop, and get nothing else done, if I try to kill them all. Then, top top it off, a big (and I mean big) spider crawled across the floor. I ran and got some TP before he crawled into my closet. He was fast, but I was faster!

I was up in Quito on Monday and Tuesday. I managed to avoid a bus ride this time, and went with John and his son. The purpose of the trip was to do IT work in the Quito office. I was able to complete several things, but wasn't successful as far as the main reason I went. It wasn't urgent, and that's the good news. I'll head back up right after the new year and try again.

We had great weather today, with lots of blue sky. Nice! We're still flying, but again are getting low of fuel. Apparently the supplier does have 500 gallons in Quito that we can purchase, but the price has once again risen since our last purchase. To top that off, 500 gallons won't last us even a week, and we really need a shipment of at least 2000 gallons.