Before our hosts returned to Vancouver on January 6th, they left several requests with Nestor, the Property Manager.They join us again in PV tomorrow and there is a mad scramble to ensure that everything is in place.
The most important request was for the installation of a pool heater. That might seem like a strange addition to a PV pool, but, there are days when the pool temperature drops below comfort level. So, the heater installation guy in the red pickup truck came to work on this project 4 or 5 times before being satisfied that it was working. That was before the heater blew up last weekend!
Since then, the supplier has visited twice to examine the damage and finally decided that he would replace one part, not the whole unit!! Then, Nestor decided to move everything...heater, pump, filter. As a result, the laugh-in door was very busy with strange men coming and going all day yesterday. At 7pm last night the sun had set and the project was not complete.
On a bright note, Noe, the new computer geek managed to get the computer up and running after a four week delay! So the second request has been satisfied. I discovered that my Spanish is quite proficient when discussing computer language. I had no problem translating AUTOCAD and OFFICE. Noe sat at the desk, sipping tea and gazing at the computer screen for 5 hours before declaring the job done!
The third request involved filling and hauling about 50-50lb sacks of soil up three sets of stairs to fill a garden area outside the new bathroom. Don Beto, at the age of 60, managed to outdo Ulysses, his young helper. Now Jesus has the challenge of finishing the inside wall of the planted area with stone and mortar before tomorrow!
Saturday is usually a half day for workers but it looks like we will have at least seven men rotating through the laugh-in door all day long. Tonio is pretending to be in charge, running back and forth between the upstairs garden and the pool maintenance areas. His last challenge will be to clean the pool and make it crystal clear! Will everything be ready?
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