chimalhuacan: day two

the day started relatively early. sunny. sunny like you wouldn't believe. that was a good thing. the morning was actually slightly crisp. the bedroom cooled off as the night wore on to the point where i had to pull the comforter up over me to stay warm.

we started right in on demolishing the old structure. it was a lot more substantial than i remembered it being. we got the roof off and kept the corrugated sheets to use in other places, we took apart the wood framing and spent some time getting the nails out and stacking the wood, in case we could use it somewhere else as well. then we started to tear down the walls. as we were doing that, we realized that the bricks were still for the most part usable, so we started stacking them -- clearing off the mortar as well as we could and stacking them. we actually got a lot further than i thought we would --to the point of beginning to dig the footers for the new walls. we broke at about 11 for a late morning snack, then at about 3 for lunch, then back to work at 4, and wrapped up about ... 6:30, i guess. had to close off the front to keep people out who might have less than pure motives in getting onto the property.

wished romualda and juan guadalupe a restful night, and came back to the manzano's and pretty much collapsed. everyone was tired. had a late dinner around 9 or so. (did i mention that lunch was tripe soup? i just didn't think about what i was eating, and it was fine. Don gave it a try, but ended up eating most of the macaroni and cheese that Isidra made in case we didn't like it.

saying grace over dinner gave me a chance to thank God for what I will be thanking folks in the Northern Neck for for a long time coming --the opportunity to DO this --to BE here ... to show God´s love and grace to not just romualda, but everyone that comes by the lot ...and believe me, there are TONS of people who walk past each day.

grace & peace