up early feelin better than the last few days but still a little tired and a little down , but to be honest with you im kinda looking forward to going home. today is a busy day for me i have lots of things to do and places to go, right after breakfast i get started.
mr x and myself go to the bank , we make a couple of stops on the way back to Ricardos(vision store and Margereths).back at All Colombian Girls i pay Ricardo and thank him for his great service. i tip the maid and thank her.i pick up my laundry and do some more packing.
A and mr x date are suppose to come over about noon to swim, they show up but decide they dont want to swim, instead we all decide to go out for chinese food. we enjoy our lunch then the girls head back to work and mr x and myself return to Ricardos.
about 3:00 i catch a cab back to the south side (about my 15th trip south) to see L . i arrive and L is sitting in the living room in a t-shirt looking exhausted. her mother and brother are also there. we greet each other and i sit down , she offers me some coca cola and there we sit. L you look tired. i am they have been working me hard and long hours all this week...im beat! L ahhh you know im leaving town in about 12 hours. yes i know. L look i know you are exhausted but id like to spend a little time with you alone could you take a quick shower and we can go out for a bite to eat. pack im tired i really dont want to go anywhere tonight. hmmmm, sigh. L im leaving soon i want to talk with you alone please give me a couple of hours. pack im dead tired i dont even want to move. o k wheres the boy i'd at least like to visit with you and the boy awhile. oh he's off somewhere flying his kite ( its kite season in cali every kid is flying a kite) .
small chit chat about an hour passes, L leans over pack would you mind going, to be honest with you im exhausted and all i can think about is going to sleep. ahhhh well sure if you are certain you want me to go i will. yes please i want to go to bed. ok L i'll go. i get up walk to the door , i turn goodbye L im gonna miss you. pack please say hello for me to your mother and familia , may god be with you pack and have a safe journey. i reach over and kiss her on the lips.
the taxi her mother had called pulls up , i get in and drive away, about 20 feet from the house i turn to look out the window to wave to her...shes not there.a rush of emptiness comes over me, i sink into silence, the cabby is talking i dont answer, i dont want to talk to anyone. after we've gone a few blocks i ask the cabby to circle around the streets a few times im hoping to see the boy so i can say goodbye . i dont see him..dam!! o k back to the north side..pronto.
its about 5 or 5:30 i arrive at Ricardos. mr x ..you're back early. yea another successful day on the south side! im feeling very down i need someone to talk to , mr x is going somewhere. i call cali-vet, he invites me over to Kens apt. i get there ...nice place . i say my hellos and goodbyes to Ken . cali vet and i decide to go down the street a few blocks for some pizza.
we order up some pizza and cokes and start talking he has a million things to tell me and i have a million to tell him. combined we could write a very interesting book.i tell him what just happened at L's house. i ask him by the way did you ever call L's sister LO ? he did but she was at school ( studying to be a nurse) . pack i gotta tell you something..now i dont know if this means anything or not but when i called for LO her mother answered and kinda gave me the third degree on who i was. at one point i told her i was a friend of packs and she said which pack. she said which pack? yep..my spanish is pretty good and im pretty certain she said ..which pack. are you absolutely certain she said that? well no im not absolutely certain but it sounded like she said which pack.
