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barbarasuderman
Joined 2014
Posts: 52

9 years ago

help!!

9 years ago

I like my own company but this is ridiculous. I have been here in Cumbaya for oh about three weeks now--two days in hospital with ugly roto virus. I live in a house in what is a family gated estate. It was chosen because it offers a yard which is fenced for my three dogs --which just arrived--what a nightmare and oh so costly. And my cat. There is no TV yet and even though I speak enough Spanish to get by--I long for company of Canadians or Americans. Really. I didn't move here to be alone--rather quite the opposite. I feel a little sad and lonely. I don't ignore danger signs--I tend to act quickly if I I am unhappy. The lady who helped me originally here is busy now with a house guest friend from the US so is unavailable and I don't really have any other friends here --yet. I am outgoing and sociable and don't have any problem meeting people --when I fInd them. I need to make a move or else I will go nuts. Where I am staying feels a little too isolated for me--and it really is not terribly satisfactory. Lots of issues for 750 a month. One year lease and want to get out of it. There is a move afoot to consider moving to a farm outside Quito with this lady and her husband and other expats--a coupe and a single lady--like me--so far. I really wonder about that as most of me likes to be active. I like to dance, ride horses, read, talk, hike, swim, discover--in other words.--I am bored. If I move--I need a place that will take pets--three small little rescue dogs and a cat--I know--I know. Please someone out there--help--advice anything.

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