Taking care of business

We had a busy day taking care of business today. First we went to get Pat’s stitches out from a cut he had last week. Since we contracted medical insurance here the total cost of this procedure was $7 and it was done in the emergency room in less than 30 minutes. We will be paying for medical insurance every month around $30 for each of us. After the doctor visit, we headed to the Registro Civil to ask about legalizing our marriage in this country and getting Mateo’s Ecuadorian ID. Since we did not have all the papers, we need to go back another day. Then we went to get our immigration records which will help us with other business. Later we visited two car dealers looking for a good truck to buy. We were very surprised at the high taxes, interest and hidden costs we would have to pay buying a new truck. We will look some more for use truck and hopefully decide this week what will be in our best interest. We made it back home just as the heavy rain fell in Quito. Usually the mornings are warm, sunny and beautiful and in the afternoon the rain, lightning and thunder takes over.

Hopefully this week we will get a high speed internet service so I can add photos to my posts!