Saturday is "P-Day"

SATURDAY P-DAY          Today we went to the feria for our week's worth of fruits and vegetables. We're getting better at buying just enough for a week, but we still managed to fill up our cart. The cart will probably hold about four or five paper grocery sacks full to the brim. That's a lot of fruit and veggies. We have learned that the feria will be open all year round, even in the winter, which is approaching. It is like early October here and the leaves are just beginning to change color.We've had one day with a little rain, but now are back to 70's during the days.The feria is on the sidewalk and about three blocks long, so by the time we walk two blocks to the bus stop, walk two blocks to the feria, and then return the same number of blocks, we have covered about a mile.        After the feria, we washed off all the fruits and veggies and set them out on the drainboard to dry while we joined two other couples for lunch and a movie across town in Alto Las Condes. This is quite a ways away so we walked more blocks, then took a couple buses to get there. Lunch was at Tortilla Factory, a Mexican restaurant with outdoor dining. I had a carne picante enchalada with black beans and rice. It was SOOOOooooo good. Then we crossed the street to the big shopping center that is bigger than any in Salt Lake City. On the second floor is the huge movie plex with 12 theaters. We saw something with Vows in the title, I cant remember. It is an American film with Spanish subtitles. They sell popcorn, drinks and candy at the consessions stand.                After the movie, we went down to the lowest level to the jumbo Jumbo. It is larger than Walmart ( lots of walking), although it IS owned by Walmart. I went away from there very happy because we found a WAFFLE IRON, and a router for the computers in our apartment. The waffle iron will be paid for by the church because it is considered as furnishings for the missionaries apartments.             As soon as we got home (it was 6:00), we called the Masons because we had a dinner date with them. We walked more blocks, then hopped another bus, walked another lots of blocks only to find the little diner closed for the night. We walked two more blocks to a Chinese place that had been recommended. The dinner was very good, and we have enough for tomorrow, too. Not being finished yet, we walked across the street to the big Lider for groceries such as bread, lunch meat, etc, etc. We had to walk another four or five blocks to the bus stop where we caught the bus to Temple Square. Two more blocks of walking and we were home.             We are tired. I am also pleased, pleased that we are now able to walk that much and only feel the same amount of discomfort that we felt after two blocks walking three months ago. Yesterday Jay and I walked a lot during lunch hour and I felt quite refreshed afterward.                  The hamburgers are a little different tasting, but I think it's the condiments, rather than the bread, meat or cooking method. I like my hamburgers with the whole works on them and heavy on the onion. The hamburgers here have mayonnaise, tomato, lettuce, and ketchup. My chicken sandwich yesterday had guacamole besides the tomato and lettuce. It was very good, but different. The hamburgers are bigger, the fries portions are bigger so there are a lot of calories to walk off. If you want a McFlurry, you have to go to a completely separate place in the store to have it made and paid for.