One thing that has surprised me about this whole thing is that, even though there is little to do, I’m not bored..... I guess in a way we are luckier than many, because we do have some social interaction: we eat together with our group - so that’s 3 times a day for about one hour each, when we get to interact with other people. We can walk to the supermarket and the pharmacy down the street, we can sit outside in front of the hotel. And the weather has been just beautiful. Low 80's with a nice breeze, sunny. Still, I should be climbing walls by now, or at least binge watching Netflix, but I’m not (we have not turned on the TV once).
Today was basically the same as yesterday. The neighborhood is very quiet. While soldiers were stopping cars at the main intersection, I saw these people sitting together and enjoying the nice weather very near that same intersection, and no one said anything - that was surprising, because the message is very clear about people not being allowed outside in groups (in fact, the rule is only one at a time, although that does not seem to be enforced at all). One person in our group saw soldiers giving chase to a motorbike with two people on it......
I went to the local pharmacy to refill a prescription for Joe. It was really easy.... I just brought a picture of the label, and they sold it to me (at a very reasonable price) - no prescription needed....
So we keep hanging in here.... We are hearing positive rumbling from the embassy, and they have opened the bar on the 29th floor.....
Things could be worse......
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