His day and her day

Hello from Colombia! We each have our own story to tell today.

Her story: Since Josh is sick, we have tried to keep life quiet and inside. Unfortunately, I am going crazy! Our Michigan friends invited me to join them on their shopping trip today, and Chad agreed that it would be better for us all if I got our for awhile. The mall close to the hotel is expensive, so we went in search of less expensive shopping areas. Our driver, Jorge, seemed to know right where to take us. I didn't need anything but it was nice to see more of Bogota and look around a bit. The store that we went to was filled with little kiosks, probably 5 feet by 5 feet, in rows and rows. Most of the time, you don't try on clothes (there must be a big problem with shoplifting based on security!) but one of the kiosks had a little curtain to change behind. Yikes!

Jorge took us to a local place for lunch. Lucky for me, it was broasted chicken, french fries, and baked banana with cheese. The strange part was that we ate all of it with our hands, no silverware provided! Kim had rice and a salad, and even that she ate with her hands! We bought a 2 liter of soda to share as many other tables did. At the table behind us, the people were all wearing plastic gloves to eat! We'll see how my body handles this authentic Colombian cuisine!

We shopped some more after lunch. As I have mentioned before, there are salespeople crowding every aisle and row. In the last store we went to, you could not leave that area with your purchase. They took it, filled out a receipt, and put it behind a counter. After all of your shopping was done at this store (it was 4 stories), then you took all of your receipts, paid and then waited in another line with your stamped receipt to get your purchases. They were put in a bag and stapled shut with the receipt on top. This bag was checked on the way out the door. Different... I was happy to get back to the hotel to see how the boys did!

His story: There really isn't much to write about my day. After Kristin left at 11:00, I just took care of Josh. I was hoping to get some computer work done. Unfortunately, he was a handful due to his cold. He was really uncomfortable and couldn't sleep and couldn't breath. He just laid there and moaned until he broke into an all-out wail, at which point I picked him up and he would stop crying. At one point during the day we had our first "need to change the outfit" poopy diaper. I'll spare the details for Uncle Ron. Shortly after that Kristin got home and the two of them went right to sleep. I guess Mom has the touch, although I think she was asleep first. Not much to report other than that.

I hope everyone is doing well. We sure appreciate your feedback and emails. It gives us something to look forward to. I think Kristin is wearing out the refresh button. It's about 9:00 here and Josh just went down for a snooze, so I think Kristin and I will try to squeeze in a few episodes of 24.