One of my favorite parts of living here is how much multi-tasking I'm now able to do while in traffic. I buy my lemons and oranges from street vendors, I consider avocados, I look sadly at the puppies offered for sale, I once bought a cover for my phone, and I get my windows washed when they need it (and occasionally when they don't--but they pretty much always do, there's a lot of dirt in the air here apparently).
Yesterday I was a few minutes early for picking up Abigail at school and I saw some guys approaching a car behind me to wash it's windows (the driver didn't look too excited about it) and I shouted at them to come and wash my car, which has been dusty and in need of a wash. They quickly started soaping it up, after giving me a surprised glance.
When the light turned green I had to turn, so I told them to meet me over at the side of the road. They ran over and washed my car very thoroughly and with careful attention--at rapid speed. They finished the whole thing and did a thorough rinse from a barrel of clean water (I didn't know about the clean water barrel, the rinse was a bonus I didn't expect) in only six minutes. I wasn't sure how much they'd expect and I hoped what I scraped together would be enough--but they seemed happy enough and told me to give a shout anytime I needed another wash.
Every multi-tasking bone in my body glows with my traffic light transactions. :)
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