Bogus Windows from Amazon

Monday was busy with a bunch of little and somewhat unusual things. It was hot and humid all day; thank goodness for AC at the Institute. In the morning I prepared all the paperwork for the Canfields to get their ZTL pass to drive downtown to the new Friendship Center. It took some effort, cutting and pasting from the forms used when I applied for our car last fall, but it was good to have that as a template. I also cut and pasted President Pickerd's signature, with his permission, as the docs are in his name. In talking with him, we learned that a couple of young missionaries we know and like had had to go home very recently. That is a tough transition, regardless of the reason, and we wish them the best. We were going to go get the ZTL pass in the afternoon, but had to postpone until later in the week as some conflicts arose.

I made a copy of the key for our parking lot post so that Dee and I both have one again, having given one to Ugo. Anziano Bellucci (one of my favorites) and his family dropped by to pick up his (extremely heavy) suitcase, which we had brought down to the Institute. They have been touring for almost two weeks and were exhausted and ready to go home in a few days. They stayed a while to enjoy our AC and to visit with a couple of his former companions who came in on their P-day to see him.

I also found out that it is apparently not uncommon for copies of Windows purchased on Amazon to be bogus, both in Italy and in the US. I have done this several times in the past without a problem, but this time our new computer refuses to activate Windows. I spent about an hour on the phone with Microsoft tech support, and they finally had to escalate it to the next level of support, who will try to call me Tuesday. Sigh.

Dee gave a really nice FHE lesson on not judging too quickly, giving some nice examples and getting experiences from others in the (small) group. 

She made some Mexican wedding cookies, which were very popular. Sorella Yanacallo really loved them; her face lit up when I offered her some to take home! A bunch of missionaries were there to prepare their addestramento (training) for zone conference, and they were all more than happy to have cookies and brownies. Anziano Wijesundera, however, is on a health kick and had a banana instead.

Somehow we got on the topic of dancing. Junior loves to tango and gave us a short demo. Jerwyn loves dancing and talked about it a lot. Anziano Wijesundera's parents won a ballroom dance competition for all of Srilanka. So, I told them about the time I auditioned at NBC and was chosen as one of six out of 300 kids. I was eleven and got to work at NBC for the week. I even had an agent in those days. Junior was really amazed and kept saying, "You had a manager!" No one there had ever heard of the stars who were in that show. It was the Pat Boone Thanksgiving Day Special. Peter, Paul and Mary and Pattie Page were also in the show. I was surprised the Sorelle didn't know PPM or any of their songs!

Alkmini dropped by for the final time. She is leaving for her internship in Luxembourg later this week. She is the nonmember from Greece who has been around a lot and is loved by all here, a wonderful girl.

After FHE, we drove the three Sorelle home. They helped my wife get the scooter up the stairs while I went on a long hunt for a parking spot, ending up again at the top of the hill near the Todis market. They also gave us one of their extra stand fans, which will be nice to have, with one in each bedroom and one in the living room. At some point soon we will transition to using the AC, but it isn't quite needed yet.

One week to my x-ray! Not that we are counting 😉