It's Thursday morning, and the sun and I have been up for about an hour. Carol is still asleep, Grace is on the couch with me, and Helou is supervising from the dining room table. We are all comfortably at home.

We now live in a small, two story house, with two bedrooms and two baths upstairs, with a kitchen downstairs that overlooks a dining room/living room combination will a wall of jalousied windows that faces East. Outside there is a covered patio and a little yard. 

Grace and Helou have not lived at ground level since they were on the street, and now Grace has gone into full hunter mode as she stalks a bird hopping just outside the window.  She won't be allowed out though, there are unfriendly critters out there. Both cats made the trip well; she did her usual hide-out-in-a-tiny-space routine when we got here, but he spent his time exploring. Grace finally left her little nook (on top of the refrigerator), but is still on alert for noises, strangers, and, of course, birds.

It's Thursday afternoon now, and the day has been full of meetings, Spanish lessons, a big shopping trip to a hardware/housewares store, and now it's time for an icy glass of Sauvignon Blanc. Amazingly, the local Costco franchise carries our usual wine selection from Concha y Toro, a Chilean winery. 

We haven't done a big grocery shopping trip yet, that's in the plans for tomorrow. We really don't expect to be buying a lot of American stuff (it's more expensive) Salvadoran coffee will be just great and certainly local produce (Avocados 4/$1), mangos about the same. I did bring some shiracha, and I might buy Hellmans if I see it, but beyond that, local will be fine!

OK, no grocery shopping means dinner out, so we must explore.

Photos soon.

Stay tuned.