Friday, December 18, 2009

We Had Our Annual "O Holy Night" Gathering

Well, last Saturday December 12th we had our 5th annual O Holy Night Gathering! It started out rather spontaneous 5 years ago when Nathan and Suzie Balsar came to see us after moving away from Las Vegas. It just happened that another friend, Cheryl Sessums, dropped by to say Hi to them. I said to her ..."Do You have the music to O Holy Night and she did, so she ran home and got it. It just happens to be Larry's favorite song and he collects CD's with that song and has a list of who sings it best all the way down to the worst. She came back and Nathan favored us with an absolutely stunning rendition of "O Holy Night". Since then we have had Shannon Winkle, Jason Graf and Mike (Frosty) Shepherd and others.
This year was so awesome we had Madi and Becca start out with "I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" then our Bishop's 3 children Louisa, Daniel, and Kathryn played several selections on their violins. Then the Mother of the 3 talented children, Tara Skouson, played a beautiful Harp number that was so fabulous. David Skouson, our Bishop, played a piano solo that was like no other. He sounds better than the original!!! They are such a talented and fun family!!! Then we had a unique treat from a Family in our ward the Peterson's Braden on Bag Pipes, Zac on drums, and their Mom Marci on big base drum. It was fabulous!!! Then, Ayna Egbert, an adorable girl in our ward from Russia sang "What Child Is This" in Russian. Her Mother was here visiting for Christmas and needless to say, she was a Mom with proud tears in her eyes!!! Then Karla Huntsman told a precious story of a forest pine tree, trying to be the Queens Christmas Tree, but couldn't help his compassion to shelter a rabbit, a bird, and a deer which bent his branches permanently...it was a great story! We were then favored by a unique Christmas Lullaby sang by Shannon Winkle and it was so touching!!! She certainly is a talented lady!!! And to top it all off a F-16 fighter jet pilot, from Lenny & Amanda's ward, Mike Shepherd sang "O Holy Night" we have not been disappointed yet. What wonderful people they are to share their talents with us. Bishop Skouson called it Larry's command performance! I would have to agree...he works on it all year. The next day in church Shannon Winkle, Diana Ludwig and Anya Egbert sang in Sacrament Meeting..."O Holy Night" so after Larry went up to them and said "Great audition and you are in for next year. MERYY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TOO!!!



We had to take all our furniture out of the living and dining room to make seating for everyone. I think we had about 50 people here!!! What a fabulous night with soup and food and friends and entertainment like nothing you have ever experienced!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU THAT BLESSED OUR LIVES WITH YOUR TALENT!!!

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Well It's Been OVER a Month So Here Goes!!!


Hi Everyone...I am trying to be more timely in my posts. This picture is from our Hawaii trip two years ago! Our computer won't cooperate in letting up download more recent pictures!! These computers can drive a woman CRAZY!!! Well, tonight Larry and I went to the Saturday night session of our Stake Conference and it was FABULOUS!!! They covered marriage, self reliance, and putting forth the effort to know your kids and listen to them and look into their eyes and you will have the power of discernment! President Moody said we need to build strong bridges so our children can follow us and not fall into the rushing rapids in the muddy river below! He said we should interview our kids and us the "For the Strength of Youth" pamphlet! All in all it was a great meeting.

Another great thing I did this week to prove I am not retarded is I took a all day class of Excel 2007 Level one. I even got a certificate!!! So am I smart or what? Next week I am moving on to two more classes "Effective Time Management on Tuesday and on Wednesday Excel 2007 Level 2. Then in December I will b e taking 5 more all day classes. It will include Word 2007 Level 1 & 2, Outlook 2007 Level 1 Business Etiquette and Organizational Skills. That last class I can really use. If you know me very well, then you know what I mean!!! I really like working at Deseret Industries!!! I was really surprised, I didn't think I would like it but you know me...I turn everything into a party!!!

We dressed up for Halloween for my work and Larry even came as Shrek and of course me as Fiona. All my co workers and all the customers loved it and I won the prize for the best costume! I even pinned the triples to my dress but I only had 2 because I couldn't find the other one. I still can't find him and it has been months...I hope he is doing alright without any food or water! I hope CPS doesn't come after me for losing one of my triples. I will let you know when I find him.

Well Larry has been working hard!!! In fact more like a 30 year old then he comes home so tired! With all the lay offs he is doing more and more and more work but we are just so so so grateful that he still has is GREAT JOB at the MIRAGE!!!

WE LOVED coming up for the Taylor Halloween Party. It has been so long since we have gotten to come for that. It was GREAT seeing everyone and having a fun party and getting our faces painted and all the other fun stuff we did!!! Well, I am going to try to post more often so you will know we are alive and well!!! TAA - TAA for now, as Tigger would say!!! Love to All, Cindy

Monday, September 28, 2009

I am about the world's worst blogger...I just feel like we are boring and nothing exciting ever happens! So now let me think here. Well, Larry is still working his butt of at the Mirage and comes home spent, as he calls it. The last three months I have been working at Deseret Industries...it is not because I am retarded or handicapped. They have a new vocational program for people like me that can't get a job. You see those 18 years I spent at Dr. Call's office did not prepare me for the next adventure due to the fact that Dr. Call was anti-computer. Therefore, I do not know the denal software needed to land a job. Well the program at DI helps you with classes or business partnering to get the knowledge you need to get the job. Business partnering would be for DI to find a dentist that would let me come work at their office with no charge to them. Deseret Industries would continue to pay me and I would go give the dental office some help and learn the computer dental software at the same time. This is a short term program, around 6 months or so.
We are going to St. George on friday night so we can be there to watch Lindsay cross the finish line on her first marathon. I am so proud of her. Hey if you need a good laugh go to Angie's blog and read about Angie and Camary's gospel teaching moment! It is so funny!!!
We are really hoping to come to the Taylor Family Halloween Party this year. You all need to see Shrek and Fiona in person. Becca has informed us she wants to be one of the triplet's! Well Ta-Ta for now as Tigger would say. Love To One And All!!!

Sunday, June 28, 2009

I AM WAY TOO YOUNG TO BE THIS DARN OLD!

Yesterday I was going to update our blog. I tried to get some pictures on but it just didn't work out. I need remedial computer lessons!!! Well, on June 11, 23, 13 Larry and I went to stay at Angie's house in Elk Ridge Utah so we could go to my (get this) "40" year class reunion!!! Wait didn't we just have our 20th about 2 years ago. I am here to tell you Time Flies wheather you are having fun or not!!! I do think it goes even faster when you are having fun.
It was so cool because we had an all girl party on Thursday night...Thanks to Tamara Swenson Cobbley who has a big beautiful house on the hill in Provo. We had tons of great food and a whole bunch of giggling!!! Then Lynette and I had a sleep over at her house, isn't Larry a congenial husband? Lynette is my long time friend from high school and much much more . It is rather funny because at our 20 year reunion it was Mike (Lynette's husband) Lynette and me and at our 40 year reunion it is Lynette, Larry and I. So on friday we picked up Lynette at her Mom's house and went to the reunion. We had a major down pour of rain but it cleared right up and everything was great for the reunion at the High School Court Yard. We had great food and good company. We honored those that had passed on to a better place and we released white ballons in their honor. It was really amazing because all those white balloon stayed together until they were out of sight. At one point 2/3 of the balloons made a heart shape. I kept saying "I sure hope I am not a white balloon at our next reunion." I'm sure I won't be!!! The theme of our reunion was SeniorProm which I took to mean we were having a formal dance (WRONG) it was just a play on words so the beautiful formal I took up there to wear sat in the closet and I wore a skirt and top, way more comfy. I do happen to know I wasn't the only one who brought formal attire!! A couple of the girls wore their high school prom dress pinned to their clothes because those old dresses were just a tad to small. One girl actually wore hers. It was a fun night and then on Saturday morning we rode on a float in the Art City Days Parade and of course my sweet granddaughter Camary had to come be on the float with Grandma Cindy and Camary wore her princess dress and crown. It was so... so...so... Cute!!! Well Happy Summer To All, now go take a nap!!! Love To Ya'll

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Just A Hello To You all...

This is a picture of Larry and I a couple of years ago out at Valley Of Fire. I do love those Red Rocks!!! I just thought I would tell you of my latest adventure. On Friday April 25 I went to St. George for a girls weekend reunion. These girls are my 20 plus years Ferron Utah Friends and we have not seen each other in a long while but we picked up as if we had seen each other the week before. The girls were Kara Perry who lives in St. George and hosted the event. Patti Wilson who came all the way from Temonton. Stephanie Wareham who came down from Alpine. Then last but not least Sandy Behling and Jackie Skinner from Ferron, all of those girls managed to ride together in Stephanie's SUV, you can imagine all the fun that ride entailed. Then me from Las Vegas. It was a BLAST!!! I loved every minute of it!!! As you all know friends are a top priority in my life and it was fun to be with them. I would love to host next year, if you girls want to come this far...there is a lot of fun things to do here without crossing the wicked line!!! Speaking of Wicked, how was the play Kara? I want to see that sometime soon. Anyway we shopped til we dropped and ate, laughed, watched Mama Mia and Hair Spray. I fell trying to be a cool Grandma trying on high heels...very hilarious...just ask Patti and Sandyand Kara!!! Then after we left Kara's I went to Lindsay's and saw two of my adorable Grandkids and then I went to see another eternal friend Kathy Petersen and her Mom which was a real treat!! Well until later KEEP SMILING!!! Can you imagine all of us girls including Kathy used to live in Ferron!!!

Monday, April 20, 2009

18 YEARS AT ONE JOB...NOW I AM GOING FOR 18 JOBS IN ONE YEAR AND I AM DOING PRETTY DANG GOOD

Well as most of you know I worked for Dr. Rheen Call for 18 years September 1988 to September 2006 and it was retirement time for him. It was a great job and helped our family very much!!! Well, now it appears I am trying for 18 jobs in one year. Since last July I have worked briefly for LDS Family Services, Hallmark,City of North Las Vegas Detention Center and the most recent job lost was for a
Law Firm and it lasted a whole two weeks and 2 days. It was just too far to drive amoung other reasons. So that is 4. So I only have 14 more by July. I am pretty sure I can handle that. . . don't ya think?

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Auri's Birthday is Also St. Patrick's Day



Today is Auri's Birthday and Grandma Cindy took a little trip to St. George to share in the Celebration.Grandma Cindy went up to St. George last night and we went on a beautiful walk in Snow Canyon...It was Heavenly!!! Then we had Golden Spoon frozen yogurt and headed home...very fun Family Home Evening. Auri decided she wanted to sleep with Grandma Cindy on the blow up bed well I woke up in the middle of the night and could not find Auri so I opened the bedroom door and there was Auri on the floor on the side of the bed! She had slipped off the bed and didn't even know it so I got her back in bed and we went to La La Land again! This morning we woke up and had Green Shamrock Pancakes for birthday breakfast and Kathy Peterson joined us also! Then we were off to Target to get Auri a birthday present and she chose Polly Pockets and they sure are cute!!! I headed home about 2pm Nevada time and got home in good time and I didn't speed!!! HAVE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY AURI!!! WE ALL LOVE YOU!!!

Monday, February 23, 2009

CINDY IS NOT LONGER IN JAIL OR WORKING!!

Well, it has been a while since I posted so here we go again. I am not working at the North Las Vegas Detention Center any longer...it is a pretty HARSH place to work. So I am looking again. I am also making many quilts again and I plan to get a web site "CINDY'S CREATIONS" so I must get to work on that plan, I am going to sell quilts and modest Prom Dresses and anything else someone may want.
Larry and I went as guests of the Mirage Hotel to see Terry Fader, the ventriloquist and impersonator that won America's Got Talent. He really does have talent...I can't believe all the different voices he does. At the end his frog friend Winston and Terry sang Louis Armstrong's "It's a Wonderful World" Winston sang in Kermit the Frog voice and Terry sang in Louis Armstrong's voice ...It was so FABULOUS!!! We really enjoyed it. I wish you were all there with us!!! Maybe next time.

Monday, January 19, 2009

Cindy is in Jail

Hi Everyone...It has been a month since I last posted but I thought I would give you an update on Larry and I. Well On December 22, 2008 I started working at the North Las Vegas Detention Center so like Lenny I am part of the North Las Vegas Police Department. I am an Inmate Record Sprecialist or in short an IRS not to be confused with Internal Revenue Service!!! I am liking it alot, it is a good paying but there is so much to learn my brain is having a hard time retaining. all this stuff but they are very nice and they give us plenty of time for training. I am determined to be the best DARN Inmatre Record Specialist in the whole place. I will post a picture of the facility as soon as I can get one. WELL WISH ME LUCK!!! LOVE TO ALL!!!

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

O Holy Night

We had our annual O Holy Night Gala on friday the 12th, it was a GREAT success. We had soups, rolls, veggies etc. About 30 people, World class Harpist and Pianoist, 3 violins, 2 soloists, one from Broadway, the harpist and Pianist also played on Broadway, they are our Bishop David Skouson, his wife Tara, soloists Shannon Winkle, and Jason Graf, violinists, Luisa, Daniel, and Katherine Skouson. The Skouson family played a medoly of Christmas songs, Shannon sang O come Emmanuel, and Breath of Heaven, and Jason sang O Holy Night. To Start the program our Madi and her freind Loron sang, I want a hippopotamus for Christmas, fun was had by all. It was a Magical Night, a Great way to celebrate this Christmas Time. Have a wonderful Christmas, Larry and Cindy

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Good Things Come To Those Who Wait!!!

I have been waiting for almost a year... and finally got the job for the City of North Las Vegas. My title is Inmate Records Specialist. YIP that's right I will be in the detention center with all those criminals. Thankfully, I will be behind glass as I input their information into the computer and I guess when I start on December 22, I will know more about what my duties will involve. I do know the pay is good and I get 3 weeks vacation with a full benefit package for Larry and I at no cost to us!!! YIPEE I O KI YA!!!! Yes I am so excited and Larry is even happier!!! It's catch up time for us and I couldn't be happier!!!

Monday, November 24, 2008

SURPRISES HAPPEN!!!

The other night the Bishop called and asked if he could come by I need to talk to your wife, Larry answered the phone and said of course. So he told me he was going to release me as 1st counselor in the primary and he wanted me to be Compassionate Service Leader. I was surprised to say the least!!! I know I will love this new calling! Ever since I was Relief Society President I thought Compassionate Service would be a nice calling. So here I go wish me luck!!

Friday, November 14, 2008

You Never Know What You Will See Before You In The Drive Through

Well, it certainly has been a long while since I blogged. I guess I think I am boring. Today I was out and about and I decided I would go to Arbys drive through and get the 5 for $5.95 Arby's Roast beef sandwiches and low and behold the car in front of me was from Florida and it was a Rolls Royce...I never, ever, even considered that a possiblity. It just seems like someone in a Rolls Royce should be eating at a five star restaurant...Like perhaps the Four Seasons at Mandalay Bay or any of the Resorts on the strip have very upscale gourmet places to eat...but Arby's was quite a surprise to me!!! What do you think???

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

just another day in paradise

Hi everyone!!! How are all of you doing? I just thought I would give all of you a little update, minus pictures. We had the privledge of having Auri and Andrew, Lindsay and Michael's, cute little ones for the week end while they had a get away for Lindsay's birthday. They just stayed in Las Vegas and played around, they went a saw "Phantom of the Opera" one of my all time favorites. You should see Lindsay in stilettos (I guess that is how you spell it). Now this week late on Wednesday night Angie and Tracy and their six cuties will be coming down for a few days!! So these are the things Mothers live for...to spend time with their families!!!
It has finally cooled down here and the weather is marvelous...You are all welcome to come stay with us any time!!! Well Ta-Ta For Now...Keep Smiling and Keep The Faith!!! Love To All...Cindy

Sunday, September 21, 2008

The Post I just did was much longer

As I was saying, and now I have to rewrite it, maybe this is why I don't blog as much as I should something always seems to go wrong. OK Read the post below first then this one. As I said I went to Time Out for Women over the week end. On friday night we heard from Hilary Weeks and her lovely musical talents, then we heard from a Greek Convert, Alia Gourgouris, (which comes from the greek work to be gorgous) just kidding!!! We were told not to ask him anything about "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" so it was hard but I held back and was obedient!!! Then the fun began...Jason Deere and the Nashville Tribute Band came and performed all the music from a "Nashville Tribute to The Prophet Joseph" and "TREK". IT WAS FABULOUS!!! Mindy Gledhill also sang and this up and coming young man in Nashville, Tim Gates, who is origianally from Richfield Utah and he was great!!
Then on Saturday we heard from Virginia Hinckley Pearce (awesome) and Michael Wilcox, we all know him, he has been around for many moons. Michael's topic was "Accents of Wonder". We heard more from Hilary Weeks throughout the day and our other presenters were Pam Hansen, author of "Running with Angels" she spoke about having a good body image. Your dress size or what the scales say does not determine you self worth!!! Amanda Dickson, she was hilarious, she was a comedian or at least it seems. She married later in life and had her first baby at 41. She has two little boys and 3 step teens...FUN!! She was formerly a Federal defense attorney, Disk Jockey and a bunch of other stuff. The title of her persentation was "Life Is A Mess...And Other Relizations That Lead To Happiness" Funny...funny...funny!!! Then last but not least was, none other than Chris Stewart, author of the Great & Terrible Series!!! His topic was..."Redefining Joy" All in all it was fabulous and if you have the chance to go...DO IT!!!

It's been way to long since I posted...SORRY

Well, it has been a while since I posted...I just think I lead a boring life but I do like to keep in touch but nobody probably even looks at our blog anymore!!! Please give me another chance!!! please.. please.. please.. Well, this week end Friday night and all day Saturday I went to Time Out For Women

Friday, August 15, 2008

BROADWAY CAME TO SEE US!!!



Larry and I were so excited when Nathan, Suzie and Sydney Balzar came by to visit on Thursday August 14. Their sweet one year old daughter is such a cutie, however, we could not get her to smile for the camera. They came from New Jersey to visit family in Utah. After they spent time in northern Utah they came down to St. George to see more family and decided to come to Las Vegas to see a few friends. Of course they wanted to visit with some of their Mama Mia friends and we were lucky enough to get a visit also. They are doing really well. Nathan has been on broadway, in the production of Legally Blonde and also Damn Yankees and next up is Brigadoon.(I hope I spelled that right). It was just a fun time to spend with them. They are truely wonderful people and we were so happy to see them. Nathan, Suzie and Sydney Thanks for coming WE LOVE YOU ALL!!!

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

THE REST OF THE STORY


This picture was taken last year in September in Heber Utah at the Church's mega girls camp area. We had a wonderful time!!! Our whole family is here although Xander was still in the oven. We wanted to get married in the Temple but neither of us knew the gospel at all so we decided to get married and go to the Temple on our One Year anniversary. So here is the engagment story and kind of the story of our life. It was near Father's Day and Larry was at my house and we were going to Provo so my Mom gave me $20 and asked me to get my Dad a robe for Fathers. On our way to Provo we decided we were going to go look at engagement rings and being the young fools we were, we went directly to Bullock and Lossee (a jewlery store) and we looked at rings and of course I found one I loved so Larry gave them the $20 my Mom had given me to buy my Dad's Fathers Day present as a down payment on my ring...CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT??? So we immediately drove down University Avenue, where Larry lived at the time and he asked his Mom to loan him $20. So we did what my Mom wanted us to do and later that day we went and picked up my ring. There on University Avenue in the Ambulance/Hearse right in front of Bullock and Lossee Larry asked me to marry him. We set our wedding date for November 28, 1969. The day I sent out our wedding invitations he got his draft notice to report to Fort Lewis Washington one week after our wedding day. By the way we were married by my Bishop Collin Allen in the Springville Art Museum.
On a very blizzardy early morning, one week after our wedding I drove through snow drifts to take him to Provo to get on the bus for Salt Lake City and then he would fly to Ft. Lewis. You can imagine how we felt!!! He was there for about one week and they sent him home for three weeks for Christmas, it was great having him home. We still had our apartment which was a wing of an old pioneer home. Then he had to go back so I move all our stuff out of the apartment and moved in with my Mom. My Dad was working in California. About a week later Larry called and said while they were doing basic training they had to carry a big guy on their back and run around the barracks. He collapsed because we all know he has bad knees. So he went to the hospital and the Dr. said if you want you can get out of the army because you have a real bad knee. So, of course, he said where do I sign. So I called our landlord Mr.Kimball and said can we still have the apartment because my husband is getting out of the army. He was in for a total of 52 days! No veteran benefits for us. He would have gone straight to Viet Nam in infantry. The rest is history!!! For Tiff's sake I have to humiliate myself by telling about my cute cousin. One day Larry was at my Grandma's house to see me. This was quite early in our courtship and I handed him a picture of me and said this is my cousin don't you think she is cute? Of course he knew it was me......So there you go Tiff!!

Saturday, August 2, 2008

SECOND VERSE NOT SAME AS THE FIRST

Well, when I got to Guri, Venezuela my Dad had a job ready for me and the other girl and we worked in an office with a bunch of people who spoke spanish and a lady from Cuba. She fed us a nice Cuban dinner one night but of course I was a very picky eater at that time so I am sure I would appreciate it alot more now. We had to go through all these files...it was just busy work so we could have a job. While I was there this one guy kept after me to go out with him so I started dating him and when I got back to Utah I was met at the airport by my Grandparents Bird and my steady boyfriend Larry. Well, I had decided to break up with Larry so I did and he was not to happy with me. In fact one time I was walking down the street and he rode by and flipped me off...can you imagine that??? I just could not believe he did that. I was so nieve!!! Well, I went through the school year having fun like I always do and I dated then in April here comes Larry to my house on Easter Sunday, it was snowing and he asked me to go for a ride with him. This time he was driving that black ambulance/hurse. So we drove all over Utah county and ended up at Stan's on 9th east for a hamburger. We have been together ever since!!!
On my 18th birthday I ditched school and Larry took me to Salt Lake City to buy my graduation dress. On the way up he told me he wanted to show me something really cool...you know like FAR OUT!!! So he had no religious intention at all but he took me to Temple Square. I had never been there in my life and the minute I stepped onto that sacred ground I had the spiritual experience of my life. Larry just wanted to show me how they had painted the heavens, planets, stars etc. above the Chistis. I remember walking past the statues of Joseph and Oliver receiving the Aaronic preisthood, I had know idea what it was but I was feeling the spirit so strong. Now at this point we were just dating, no talk of marriage or engagment. I said to Larry... with wide eyes "Lar, we need to change our lives and get into the church. He looked at me and said "Cool, that would be Far Out! I said you know we would have to dump all of our friends because we couldn't be good and be friends with them. I don't know if he thought I was serious or not but I was. We made our way into the Visitors Center and I just walked around wide eyed and my mouth hanging open and when I saw the statue of Christ, the spirit told me then and there that the Restored Gospel was true!!! So I don't really know how the subject of marriage came up but it was probably me that mentioned it but not that day is was a month or two later. We were engaged on July 24, 1969. Third Verse I will tell you the whole engagment story...it is quite funny!!!

Thursday, July 31, 2008

YOU ASKED FOR IT...SO HERE GOES!!!

Well you asked to hear the story of how your Dad and I met. We were at a football game in Springville. Wouldn't you know it he was on crutches because he had just had knee surgery so my friend Debbie Lawrence, who had dated Larry a couple of times, introduced us. You know me when I am all excited about something I like to SHARE!!! So after being intoduced we started small talk and I said guess what...I am getting skiis for Christmas and he said "So What Big Deal"
I gave him one of my dirty looks and walked away and thought "What a Jerk" So I didn't see much of him or did I care to see him. I think he danced with me at the Saturday Night Dances. I happened to tell him I had bought a beautiful formal for Home Coming but nobody had asked me to go. He then said I will take you to you Junior Prom in the Spring. I thought "Yeah Right". Well along about April of 1968 he shows up at my house and asked me to go for a ride with him in his cool panel truck, so I did. He asked me if I still wanted to go to Prom with him and I said "sure why not"? So we went to Prom and I went with him to his Senior Dinner, he lived in Provo and it was his Graduation year. I think the dinner was at BYU somewhere. It was nice and we had a good time!

Then school was out and somewhere along the way he asked me to go steady with him so he gave me his class ring. It wasn't too long after that, he and my Grandma & Grandpa Bird took me to the airport so I could go to Venezuela for the summer and be with my family. I lived in Mapleton with Grandma & Grandpa Stone for my junior and senior year. So there I was all alone traveling to Venezuela...it was a little scary!!! I spent the first night in San Francisco and I met up with a girl who was traveling to Venezuela with me. Well after a horrid long flight from San Francisco to Caracus her parents were there to met her and take her the rest of the way. So here I was in Caracus all alone for another night. The courier picked me up and took me to my hotel. I remember it being so humid and it was stifling! Well the clerk at the hotel showed me to me room and asked me if I had ever had mango or papia and I said no. He just had to get some for me and I was getting scared and I thought he would never leave because I wanted to curl my hair so it wouldn't be so frizzy. I didn't sleep at all that night, it was awful. In the morning the courier picked me up and took me to the airport to take this 2 bit propellor airplane to Puerto Ordez where my family would pick me up and take me by car to Guri, where they lived.
TO BE CONTINUED. . .