It’s dire

— not because of last night’s result (1 to 1) but because we were outplayed. During the first half we barely could string three or four passes together. Emelec were ballet-dancing around us. Here is some apt analysis. This link is for a video of the entire game. Emelec’s goal arrives around this time, easy-peasy, and this is our gritty equalizer.

As I said, Leg Two will be played on Sunday. The order of the tiebreakers: (1) total goals; (2) away goals; (3) penales.

I’m old enough now, I don’t feel anxious so much as resigned.

I’ll miss Stephen. We won’t see the second game together: today he went to Nicaragua with his girlfriend.

More fauna

MORE VERMIN IN OUR HOUSE !!!

• two Sundays ago, a squirrel;
• Friday night, another mouse;
• then a mouse at 3:00 the next morning (lying in bed, I heard Martin & Mary hunting it);
• then, at dawn, another mouse.

Without much difficulty, we shooed or carried all those vermin out of the house. So far, we haven’t committed any violence against them. It was suggested that we drown one of those mice, but I protested; then Martin was going to squash it, but before he could, it ran away.

UPDATE, TUESDAY: We’ve found more mice. They’ve been getting into the house through a hole in the cellar. Martin has killed three of them, with traps.

UPDATE, WEDNESDAY: This afternoon, Martin took me down to the cellar to look at the day’s catch. He’d been experimenting with different kinds of traps. Today only one mouse was caught, but now Martin knows better which traps to use and how to use them.

And what has Bianca been doing about the vermin? Nothing much.

(Photo by Edoarda)

Tonight we’re going to eat at Hacienda, for Martin’s sake. None of us, except for Martin, really likes Hacienda.

I just turned thirty-three. I feel very wise … and humble.

And calm.

These days, what do I blog about? Domestic bliss.