Novela
The day so far: I've given up on the lawyer who is the boyfriend (for one and a half years) of the girl who works at the Internet/computer place and also the tchotchke store and called a real lawyer. I think. I have an appointment for tomorrow with Senora Pinzan at 11 AM.
A local taxi driver friend has taken it upon himself to act as a sort of go-between for the mechanic and me. He called this morning after having talked to Don Roberto once again, and we seem to be getting to the point of negotiations where everything is all a big misunderstanding.
I reiterated to Rene, the taxi driver, that I have no problem paying the bill, but I won't let go of another penny until I see it work. He'll relay that later on today to Don Roberto, and we'll see where that gets us.
Claudete left at 12:45 for her meeting with the alcalde at one, and it's now 2. This is all within a reasonable time frame and I don't expect anything for at least another half hour or so. As this is day three I’m hoping it's the charm, but I won't be surprised if we're on for another day. I'd like to be able to get the phone and internet ordered, and I'm getting tired of the novellas on broadcast TV. There's only so many surgically enhanced Latina actresses swinging between depressed crying jags at the tragic loss of a husband to a farm implement and unbridled happiness at rediscovering their long lost daughters given up for adoption half a dozen episodes ago that I can take.
