kumquats and moths

W 5.1.13

• today is International Workers' Day, so we didn't have to work
• I've recently started teaching an adult conversation class on Wednesday evenings, but it was cancelled tonight due to the holiday
• last class I mentioned this, and that I didn't know what the day off was for exactly, and my students embarrassingly pointed out that it's International Workers' Day and that it  began in Chicago...how silly of me
• all I know about is Labor Day and May Day (where we'd get and give baskets of candy from/to neighbors)
• anyway, we'll take another feriado
• today we discovered two things:

• the culprit, or as Jake calls it, "that hot-damn cotorra", who's been picking, peeling, and sort of eating our kumquats!

• Jake's gotta get out his ol' sling shot to scare them away
• and the second thing...

• moths in our 1 kilo, $96 peso bag of walnuts

• again, what's with our apartment and infestations...or our bad luck with food purchases down here?!
• aside from dealing with pests, we had a great day of sleeping in, running, and getting some work done around here...we should definitely have Wednesdays off every week...sure is a great way to re-energize mid-week!
• p.s....last thing...our friend Adam was in town for work a couple weeks ago...was so nice of him to invite us over to his fancy hotel pool to relax our Sunday away (meanwhile it is still snowing in the midwest...what's going on back home?!?!)

• THANKS ADAM!  LOVED HANGING OUT WITH YOU! ;)