So what am I doing this fine Monday morning? Why I am mopping up water with a dustpan and brush. So Captain's flat has flooded again, the first time being just before I came out to Peru. Captain had been awake since 4am mopping up the place, apparantly stealthly as Ididn't hear a thing and woke up to have a flooded room. As fate will have it, the corner of the room where my phone was charging and on the floor was up hill so remained dry. Now captain is fixing things and I am writing this.
Comedy moment over, I have noticed I haven't posted all weekend. The weekend has been interesting to say the least. I am finding more people that speak English, and every one can speak English a little better. I have spent 2 nights in a row at the fire station. The first being friday night. After responding all night we went and done other days and came back and spent another night. Because one of the drivers who are actually paid is on compassionate leave, Captain is having to step in to drive over these nights. Saturday, after our day helping peoplestudy for exams, reading and telling stories, we went back to the station house to find it all locked up. Captain had a 7am run so we kind of had to be at the station. The 3 shutters were down and the door locked from the inside as the normal lock was broken. A man who also showed up (blind drunk and stumbling everywhere) also couldn't get iin. After him ringing the doorbell many times to no response, Capptain decided he might have a screwdriver to take the window out to get us in and he can fix it (When you live in Peru, you learn many thingsin terms of DIY from fixing a fire truck, to fixing the boiler as I have now seen him do both).A higher rank man turns up at this point with a remote control and opens it for us.
So yeah that was that night. After a couple of jobs and a few hours sleep (or not sleeping) the next day arrives.
Captain goes for this run that takes several hours as he is babysitting the teenagers that can't complete it and I play on the ambulances more. After 4 or 5 jobs, a failed attempt for the firefighters to wake me up for breakfast Iam up, showered and fed. Captain's friend that took me to central Lima has said he will take me to Miraflores market and do the whole touristy souvineer shopping. Due to circumstances he could not make it so I settle in to watch Ice Age as there is no vehicles in service. Another friend of Captains, who is from here called Italian as he tells us many times he is part Italian but can't get an Italian passport, offers to take me to Miraflores and have a wonder. He helped me get the touristy bits (all but 2 small things), showed me the beach shopping centre, came for food with me and showed me the beach. Many hours later we return to Captain's house. Now, half of my stuff is now at the fire house. The door to the girls bedroom was locked by the girls and they had all left. That stuff abandoned until today I head to sleep. Cue the beginning of this post with the water, sleeping through the mess,waking up to wet floors and very luckily no wet things.
Now that most of the water is gone, Captain has decided to give up and get a plumber to fix the boiler so we can have hot water so we can head out to play with big BIG trucks and the rest of the day.
Here is some photos to keep you amused whilst I go out to play.
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