Email exchange with Alia 2012
Alia Floren <aliadfloren@live.com>
to me
Hola Javi,
How are you
doing? I tried to call yesterday but it never seemed to work. I just called now
and it seems to be the same problem. I will try again later. You could try too
if you like.
Thank you for
forwarding Maria's email. I made the salsa Española yesterday, but I´m not sure
how good it is. It has the right color, and seems like it should be about the
same flavor, but I wasn´t sure about one thing. Your mother put 1/2 kg of meat
on the ingredients list, but I wasn´t sure if I was supposed to leave the meat
in with the recipe. Do you know if she takes out the meat when she takes out
the beef bones? I ended up leaving the
meat in, which caused the sauce to be much thicker than usual (though I could
have put more water/broth to make it runnier), and also did not have such a
smooth texture. I put the sauce in the blender to get the meat small, and then
put it through the Chino
I miss you
very much. I woke up this morning and wanted a big cuddle with you. I am doing
okay. Our house is getting clean. I have gone through most of the cupboards and
organized. I have gotten rid of spoiled two years old food. I have reorganized
the living room so that it has some sense of style. Robyn had another big comfy
chair for the living room. It came from the nursing home where Morema was
living. It was in Morema´s room and when she died they moved it back over here.
It doesn´t look too bad with the other stuff.
I put our Guatemala
When you get
back we can work out any changes we might want to make to the house and how it´s
arranged. I am going to do some work on some old wooden chairs for the table.
They will look nicer than the ones we have here. They were just rotting away in
Daniel´s garage, so better that they get fixed and used than fall apart more. I
am going to bring your little bed into the extra bedroom. There is still a big
mountain of boxes in there from your stuff, but Grandpa Wally is coming
tomorrow because his friend´s wife died and he´s going to the funeral. He will
stay in there, which will be nice.
Someday when I have paid the bills I need to pay and I get a little
extra money I´ll look into some big tupperwears and we will go through those
boxes and organize the clothes. Until
then, there will just be a mountain of boxes in there.
I do want to
know when I need to pay the credit card and if you could remind me if there is
anything else. How much will it be and when? I´m not sure when I get paid.
Probably end of next week or beginning of week after. I can look and see when the check gets sent.
I will need to go pick this one up, but after that it will direct deposit. I don´t think I´ll get too much. I got approx
16 hours this week, but since it is labor day weekend I will get less this
upcoming week. I don´t know how much the
bill will be, but I will pay everything I get from this next check. I still
have 45$ in cash, and I can live off of that. Robyn has been buying food and I
cook for her, and Daniel gives me meat and veggies.
I went out to
see grandma Gingin this weekend. It was really nice....talking to John.
lol. I had a wonderful time speaking
with him. He is bidding on an engineering job (he has a doctorate in
engineering and his business does contracting all over for industrial projects)
that would utilize biofuels from the Bonner area. They would cut the dead trees
and continue a management plan to continue cutting live trees for sustainable
energy from wood. He was interested to
hear my point of view since he really doesn´t know much about the forestry side.
When I was
out there I really enjoyed seeing all the chickens. I even hugged one! Daniel´s kittens are soooooo cute too! I
really like Juicy Fruit. She is really cute and sweet. The dogs were pretty
normal. Brewster ran off in the middle of the night. Daniel and I went and
looked for him but he was off partying somewhere. I was camping outside, so I
heard him early in the morning and let him into the house. Honey is a really
good dog. She never runs off. We keep telling her she needs to teach her
brother how to stick around!
I also
injured myself with Daniel´s new truck. I slammed my thumb in the door.
Luckily, it did not break, but it is swollen about two times bigger than
normal, I can´t bend it, and there is a huge cut across the knuckle. It hurt so
bad. The pain radiated out from my thumb into my whole hand and all I could do
was rock back and forth as I walked to the bathroom to wash it off. Daniel kept
asking if I was okay and what had happened, but it hurt so bad I couldn´t even
talk. It was hard to stand with that pain. It´s not too bad now, but I can open
jars very easily and use it in other ways. I´m just trying to keep it clean and
healthy now. I want it to heal pretty good before going back to work. Not good
to have wounds in a kitchen.
Today I am
going to make tomato sauce and croquettas. I will prepare all the stuff and
Robyn said she would help me make them later. I will try to make a ton so that
we will have them in the freezer for awhile. You will have to evaluate my work
when you get back master croquetta maker!!
I love you
and miss you so much. I wish I could give you a huge hug.
Be good Javi,
Luey
Javier
<jbscheuber@gmail.com>
to me
Hey Alia!
I hope you
were able to get some good sleep last night and did not feel too bad this
morning. I left Skype open this afternoon and noticed you did not log in, so I
guess you slept as much as time allowed to get to school on time. Because I am
sure you were in school on time for your first class at 8:00am . Too bad you did not stay at home and
bake some cookies.
How is
school? how is your first day? o school? Well, I guess we will be able to talk
when you get off of work. I will leave Skype open.
I slept a
little more this morning after I talked to you. It took a while to fall asleep,
but then I got up around 3pm . I had some orange juice, but not much
more, because there is no more food left in the fridge! I went down again to
take some picture of Rolf's gas gauge. I think it is actually OK. The first
picture I took showed the gauge dead; it was totally empty. It seemed too much.
That made me think I needed to turn on the car in order to see the actual level
of gas. I did so and the gauge jumped to one quarter liter. When I turned off
the car, the gauge fell dead again. If I am wrong, let me know.
Anyway, I
urgently need to go buy some food. I only have a few hours left for this,
before I also fall dead of starvation.
I hope you
have a 'not too bad' day and feeling happy to be back home.
Javier <jbscheuber@gmail.com>
Mon, Aug 27, 2012, 9:23 AM
to Alia
Alia Floren <aliadfloren@live.com>
to me
Hi Javi!
I just about
died when I read this:
http://missoula.craigslist.org/zip/3243656689.html
How sad...
that I am not responsible or stable enough to help. :(
Two other
things really quick before I go to bed:
1) Please
tell Maria that those postcards that were not given the correct postage DID
make it to Montana
2) Did you
call today? I called your gmail number to see if it would work, and somebody
called back three times. The first times I could only hear background noise and
no one was speaking. The last time somebody said something, but I was a little
weirded out because it didin't really sound like you? Did you call? If not,
then somebody else called and their number registered on my phone as your gmail
number (I have it programed in under your name).
Again, how
sad. Rrrrrrraaaaabbbiiittts!!!!
Love you,
Luey
Javier <jbscheuber@gmail.com>
Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 7:30 PM
to Alia
Hey Luey!
I read the
rabbit post... I am not sure if I told you, I think so, the last time that my
mother was here the kids asked her why don't they get a puppy. She explained it
requires a lot of responsibility. I thought about it and was not could not
figure out what kind of responsibility need my parents to improve in order to
be able to have a puppy. I actually thought it would be a good. I talked about
it with Cristina last week. She said a puppy takes a lot of time. That even
left me more confunsed.
If you like
the idea of getting some rabbits to join you eating chocolate cake with bacon,
while you watch TV, I am with you. You know better what kind of
responsibilities and sacrifices that would require, but I am not sure I
understand what you mean when you say you are not responsible or stable enough.
Maybe Robyn would also like the idea, although I am not sure how does that
match with Jackie.
I talked to
my mother tonight. I asked her about Salsa Española. She does not remove the
meat. But, as I kept insisting questioning the result, it turned out she
basically does. She uses cheap meat, like skirt flanks and the kind of meat you
would put on a stew or soup, and cuts it in cubes. She does not put them
through any blender, so that meats never goes through the chino. She said some
meat would go through, as it will be very soft after the long time cooking. It
is clear to me you can leave the meat cooking until the end of time, that none
would go through the blender; only the juice. Eventually, she agreed with that.
It turns out it is a long time she has not made it, so the picture is not very
clear in her mind.
I always
forget to tell you, last week I had to different issues with Rolf. The first
time I had been talking with this guy who was offering the gas conversion. He
open the hood to illustrate his explanation. His wife was waiting in their car
while we were talking, and she was getting tired... So finally called him to
wrap up... He got nervous and tried to finish very quickly. Then he rushed back
to his car. I was going to draw his attention towards the hood, still open, but
he was running away. In one second they were gone and I was left in the dust.
When the cloud of dust dissipated, I found myself alone, confronted to Rolf's
wide-open mouth. I asked Rolf how would he close it, but he was not willing to
cooperate; I think he was enjoying the scene. I tried to lift the hood, hoping
that would give the pole a bit of slack and allow me to remove it, but it
didn't work at all. I inspected the pole one thousand time, but I just couldn't
find anything that would give me the slightest insight how I could get that
pole to fold, bend, retract or just get the fuck out of the way. I kept trying,
but I was not making the slightest progress. It became clear, as pathetic as it
was, my only hope was to stop and ask somebody. I could not even run back to
the house to ask, while the hood was still wide open. When I was finally able
to gather enough courage to approach somebody, all what I could get is the same
idea of lifting the hood to give the pole some slack. That left me even more
confused, as it only reinforced my own thoughts. I was now asking everybody,
but either they would not know or they would insist in lifting the hood. But
that just did not work!! ...Finally, some guy told me to simply press the hood
down. Fuck! that was stupid...
Well, before
you start rolling on the floor, choking yourself in laughter about my
auto-mechanics ignorance, you may want to hear the second story. This one
happened last Thursday as we were meeting Rolf's second date. After we went
through all the procedure and paperwork, I finally gave him the key and he got
ready to take off. He started the engine, but it sounded rather weak. He said
maybe the battery was low. I explained we changed the battery last summer (last
year's summer... of course). That sounded convincing to him, so he continued
trying to back out. He couldn't, however, engage the reverse. He asked me if
there was any lock or something on the gears. I answered there was nothing special.
He kept trying and struggling, but could not get it to work. I was waiting,
watching not knowing what to tell him. He explained he was able to engage the
first gear, but the reverse seemed to be stuck. I insisted there should not be
any problem. All I could offer is to bring down Cristina and have her do it. He
said he would try some more. At that point I made an effort hoping to recall
what you told me on that tutorial in Plaza Castilla. Then, I thought I could
remember you saying something about pressing the stick down and then to the
left for the reverse. So I told him my understanding was he had to press first
down to engage the reverse gear. That did it! HA!! I was so proud of myself!
Now, who is
the last to laugh?? Mooooonkeeeeys!!
Anyway, it
was me who call you this morning/afternoon 10:30MST. All of a sudden I noticed
a little window on the right-down corner of gmail. It was showing a little
history of incomming calls. There was a bunch on the (Spanish morning, I
pressume) of Aug 27. The last call was your again: your call this afternoon.
They all had your caller id. I called, but it did not seem to connect. Now I
think it did, but something was wrong with my computer's audio. I tried a
couple of times. Then I got an incomming call, but when I answered, the server
crashed and lost the call. Anyway, it was me. I guess the number still works
and is forwarded to my numbers and gmail. It is just that it is not quite
reliable. By the way, I had been thinking: now that you also have a gmail account,
you may want to ask for a Montana
OK, I need to
go to be too! Dream with the rabbits, I will dream of them too!
I love you,
Monito
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Alia Floren <aliadfloren@live.com>
to me
Hola Javi!
It is very
late and I need to get up pretty early, so I will make this short. I guess the
problem with the rabbits is that I do not know where we will be in the next year
and whether we will be able to take them. I also don´t know what kinds of
resources I might need to take care of them. I guess I´m a little intimidated
by getting house rabbits. I´ve read a lot about them, but they seem a little
bit fragile (did I say fragile! I meant too strong. Yeah, that´s what I
meant...). It is questionable how Jackie
would respond to them as well. I guess I
just feel like It wouldn´t be the best idea right now.
Next time I
make the salsa española I will probably just use the bones. Did you ask your
sister how she makes it? She still makes it, though not often.
That´s pretty
funny about the car. I wasn´t rolling on the floor, I felt more sympathy than
mockery. What a stressful situation. I´m sorry about that.
I think that
most every time you called the other day that we connected. I could hear
something each time, but it just sounded like background noise. I could not
hear your voice until the last seconds of the last call.
I miss you a
lot. I am not really feeling very interested in school. I am not too excited
about my timber management class (big project). I kinda just wish I could just
work. I don´t feel motivated and am having a hard time getting focused. I hope
things change in the next weeks and I do ok.
I hope when you get here I feel better.
Anyway, I
love you very very very very much monkey!
Luey
P.S. What
about a rat? lol
Date: Wed,
12 Sep 2012 03:30:15 +0200I thi
Subject: Re:
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jbscheuber@gmail.com
To:
aliadfloren@live.com
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Alia Floren
<aliadfloren@live.com>
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Hi Javi,
Thanks for
the job posting. I'm not sure if I'm really qualified enough. Sounds pretty
technical and although I do know most of the programs they are talking about,
it has been a while since I worked with them, and don't remember how to use
them too well. I also think this might be too much work for someone who is in
school as well.
I guess it
just seems intimidating, but I will read it more thoroughly later.
I have been
working on moving all of the data over to my computer so we have another
copy. The only question I had was: Did
we put "Europe 2011" on any of the drives? I could not find this file
anywhere (I'm referring to the folder with most of the countries, not the
"Europe 2011=2012 folder). I was going to incorporate all the Europe photos into one folder, but this seems
missing.
Maybe you did
not put it on because it was so big.
Otherwise,
the transfers are going well. This
weekend I've been pretty productive. I made croquetas yesterday. I think I'll
have a couple for dinner. I feel proud of my bechamel. I think it might even be
up to Javi standards!
As for
pulgarcito, it is doing okay, though it does not feel it has gotten the respect
it should for its hard work. I am comforting it all I can, but it feels it will
never live up to everybody's expectations.
Otherwise...
I love you very much and I am really starting to miss you. I can't wait till
you are back and we can hug and kiss, and I can whip my slave monkey back into
shape.
Be good
monkey,
Luey
Date: Mon,
3 Sep 2012 23:50:19 +0200
Subject: Job
posting in Forest Inventory Analysis
From:
jbscheuber@gmail.com
To:
aliadfloren@live.com
Alia Floren <aliadfloren@live.com>
Thu, Sep
20, 2012 , 9:18 AM
to me
Hi Javi,
Will you
please just write something short to me so I know that you are ok and that you
made it to Barcelona
I'd love to
hear how your eye exam went as well.
I love you,
Hope you are
ok.
Luey
Javier <jbscheuber@gmail.com>
Thu, Sep 20, 2012, 11:36 AM
to Alia
Hey Luey!
I am sorry I
did not reach internet earlier. I just maded to the library. I am in a hurry...
I made to Barcelona
The phone
exploded with calls asking for Rolf... It is driving me crazy. I need to run,
to make it to my host. I hope to speak or write you later.
Te quiero y
pienso en ti,
Monito
Javier <jbscheuber@gmail.com>
to me
Hi Alia,
I spoke this
afternoon with my mother and she told you had finally received her email. You
had written her back and you sounded rather depressed. I am sorry. I am sorry
it is taking me so long to leave. I am sorry you are feeling sad. I love you. I
am doing my best to finish as soon as possible. I feel very stressed at fixing
a departure date, without a reasonable certainty that I will have everything
done before my flight. I fear fighting to get everything solved, while I hear
time ticking, counting down the hours I have left. It feels really horrible to
think of that and I am trying to avoid that kind of stress. But I am doing my
best to finish as soon as possible.
Today was not
particularly a good day. I spoke with the parents of the kid from Segovia
The guy from
Moratalaz keeps his first offer, so that seems to be safe, but it is very clear
to me, he was planning on manipulating the kilometer count. I told him I would
rather keep a low mileage percentage, like 2%, and increase a bit the fixed
amount per month. He had offered as much as 10% of the kilometers in euros. But
he did not want to raise the fixed amount per month over 150 euros. Well, I
guess that is still OK.
The guy from Zaragoza is still missing. I have not been able
to contact him. He seemed to me the most serious. He sounds in his fifties, and
I don´t think he would want to fool around. I think he is the best fit, since
he need a car of that size and power and is driving all the time on motorways.
However, he is difficult to communicate with, since he does not watch his
phone. I do not want to give up on him, but it is quite a nuisance to be
waiting for him.
I am also
waiting for Maria Jesus to tell me when she wants me to stop by. I wanted to
talk to her about moving my registration from Navarra to Madrid
I am doing my
best to leave and soon as possible. I miss you. I keep remembering all those
times, I keep having these flashback of our times in Comitan, in the Greek
Islands, in Badejov, In Bolu, in Sibenik, in Bari, in Lofoten, in Bremen, in so
mey places... We have been together in so many places! We have done so many
things together! I love you very much.
I will try to
go to bed now. It is very late. I need to get some good sleep. I was hoping to
go early to bed tonight. I have been waking up pretty early everyday for a
couple of weeks, and if I don't go to bed earlier, I will not be able to sleep
much.
I guess you
had your exam today. I hope it went well. I am sure it did, and if it didn't,
don't worry. I love you very much Alia,
Javier
Alia Floren <aliadfloren@live.com>
to me
Hello Javito,
I am sorry
that I have not been happier and more attentive to how you are doing. I have had a very difficult time the last two
weeks and I am feeling very hopeless. I
have been working so much. All I do is
go to the university and then come home.
The only people I see are my coworkers, classmates, and Robyn. I am lonely.
I have to admit I am also a little upset with you. Not because you deserve it. I guess I just feel angry that you are still
not here. I understand that you are
trying to finish your work there and want to be here, but it is taking so long
that I can't help but be a little angry with you.
I really hate
people right now. I feel like the people
I deal with every day are so immature. I
sometimes feel like I am in highschool.
People whispering and gossiping and acting like teenagers. I keep wondering, "Are adults really no
different? Or is it just because university students are not too far from
highschool?" I just want to
disappear most of the time.
Today I
worked, but not as many hours as I thought I would. I had to work catering, but I worked a
shorter shift than I thought I would. I
was happy when I realized I would be able to finish earlier. I got to take a nap today. I really needed the sleep. Tomorrow I get up early again, so I am glad I
got a little sleep this afternoon.
Tomorrow I go out to Lubrecht Experimental Forest
I got some
things done this week for us. I put our
new clothes lines up, but I somehow lost one of the hooks that holds the end of
the line, so I need to get one more. I
also took the paella burner in to this place.
I don't know if they will be able to do something. If I don't hear anything from them Monday, I
will stop by there and see if they have even looked at it. I just want them to tell me if they can tell
me what to get for it. I have not called
lens places yet. I meant to do it
Friday, but by the time I remembered, it was too late.
I hope that
things are going okay for you there.
Last time we talked it didn't seem to good the deal with the car. It sounded like the fireman might be backing
out. I hope he still wants to rent the
car. If he does change his mind, I hope that
you find someone else soon. I am sorry
that it has been so difficult with the car.
I hope you
are okay and I did not upset you too much the other day. I am just so depressed and tired. I do not have any patience and I am getting
angry very easily.
I am sorry.
I love you
and hope that I get to see you soon.
I will have
money to pay for your flight.
I love you.
I love you.
Mil besos.
Y mas besos.
Y mas.
Mas.
Mas.
Te quiero..... MUCHISIMO!!!!!!!!!
Luey
On Tue,
Oct 16, 2012 at 12:30 AM , Javier <jbscheuber@gmail.com>
wrote:
Hola Alia,
I want you to
know I understand that you are a bit upset. I am sorry it has taken me so long
to leave. I am sorry you are feeling bad. I understand you have reasons to be
upset. I am not sure it really helps me, maybe it does, but I guess I would
prefer if you would not get angry. Maybe some pressure will help me to leave
earlier, but I will not enjoy the stress. In any case, aside from the anger,
what matters is that I wish you were feeling better and I am sorry you are
having a bad time because it has taken so long for me to come.
I was finally
able to talk to the fireman. He was finding it hard to say, but he felt
intimidated facing a payment of 150 euros every month. He was embarrassed to
ask to lower the price, but I guess he was hoping I would offer it. I think he
was also embarrassed to back out now, after all what he had insisted.
I thought I
would offer him a different deal. I suggested a significant reduction in the
monthly price but, on the other hand, I would reserve for myself a certain
number of days every month, where I would rent the car to other people. He
would have to make the car available for other people renting the car through
SocialCar, and I will keep the profit of such rentals. I offered to reduce his
monthly rent to 100-75 euros and I will reserve 7-10 days for SocialCar
rentals. I was thinking it should not be difficult to get two rent requests
through SocialCar every month. In these two months I have received two-three
request each month. I missed a couple of them because I was in Barcelona
THis is good
considering it became official I made a very stupid decision when I put Rolf on
Cristina's name. I have heard we have to pay some kind of vehicle municipal
tax. Theoretically, they send you a letter requesting the payment, but Cristina
didn't receive anything. I asked about it two weeks ago. They gave me one week
to pay... When I did I noticed it was 140 euros...!! What is most annoying and
disturbing is that I had not had to pay it if Rolf had been to my name. If the
vehicle is registered under a disabled person, we would be exempt of the tax.
So, with this stupid thing we lost 240 euros: 140 on the tax and 100 more since
I will have to change the registration, because I obviously do not want to pay
the tax next year again.
I have also
been looking for some place to have a mouth cleaning. Dental care is not part
of the public health care program. It turns out, it is fearly expensive over
here: it is hardly less than 40 euros. I found some offer where they give you
the first visit free. This visit includes a check-out and, theoretically, a
mouth-cleaning.
I also went
to the optician. I think I got a good insight of what I need. I think I know
what kind of prescription I need. So, probably, I will not have to pass an eye
exam over there. It seems all I need to know is the number of diopters. There
are a couple of other parameter in a conventional glasses prescription, but
those refer to astigmatism. It seems, in my case, it does not make any
difference what values they have.
Alia, I am
sorry it has been so long. I am also looking forward to be there. I am also
excited to go and finally start my new life: to be free to move around the
house, care-free of what other people may think and whether they approve it or
not. I am also looking forward to start a new time, finding some activity that
will give me a steady form of income and not have always to worry on saving a
few bucks looking one week for the cheapest airfare.
I love you
and I miss you and I hope you do not keep doubts about it, since I would not
like to say it if I didn't feel it.
I hope to be
with you soon,
Javier
to me
Hi Javito!
I was hoping
to talk to you yesterday, but you were never logged on to Skype. I did not have work yesterday. I just worked all day on my take home
exam. This morning I had my in class
exam. It was easy. I did not even study and I think I will
probably get more than 100% on it. Today
we are going out to the field to practice our presentations for next week. I am really ready to be done with this timber
sale. Yuck. No me gusta.
Last night,
Wally and Pat came over and spent the night.
I cooked them a dinner which I think they really liked. We had squash soup and then pork loin, mashed
potatoes, apple sauce, and some boiled broccoli. They slept in our bed and I slept in the
spare bed. I turned on the heat so they
would not be cold, and I was fucking boiling all night! In the middle of the night I got up, turned
off the heating, and opened the window in the spare room so i could
breathe. I felt like I was going to die!
I am sorry if
I have not been able to pay more attention to you recently. I know I have said this to you before. I guess i get so stressed with getting
homework done, that it is hard to speak on the phone too long. I really hope we can figure out a way for me
to come get you. We need to be careful
though, because it is supposed to start snowing again and the pass might get
dangerous. Do you have a ticket
yet? What day might you come? I don't want to force you to leave on a day
that doesn't work very well for you. Come when you can, and i will do my best
to try and come get you.
the next
couple days I need to work on this assignment and then this weekend I need to
write a paper. My watershed class has a
lot of stuff due in the next couple weeks.
I did finish
the arboretum update, so i have a bit more time. i wanted to try and pick up more hours at
work, but it looks like the only way I will be able to is if somebody needs me
to take their shift. Ray is trying to
save money since we are not selling much.
It has been
pretty warm the last few days. today it
is raining a bit. Yesterday was
beautiful.
Hey! Did you hear!
We don't have Romney as president!
i guess I'm not so much excited about obama winning as I am excited that
romney didn't win. last night was a
little tense with Wally and pat in the house.
They wanted romney to win.......
Wally kept checking Fox news to see what the predictions were, and
things kept looking worse for him. haha.
Me and Robyn just kept quiet.
They know we are not republicans, but it was best to just be silent
about the whole thing.
I love you
and hope to see you very soon!!!!!!
Te quiero monito (y monitito) (y los conejitos) (y rolfi)
