The last two weeks I spent mostly in Bagaces. The last couple of Fridays some of the people in the company here have organized soccer games against various other teams in Bagaces. Apparently Bagaces has about 30 teams that play soccer regularly. We played in a full-sized field in town with 11 players on each team and we even had a referee giving out red and yellow cards. We had about 5 or 6 other players who don't work here but played for us anyway. Our team won the first game, but lost the next two. I was surprised that we even competed because we never practiced together and one of the other teams even had a real coach. It is a lot of fun even if it is too hot, and it brought back memories of playing soccer on the big field when I was a kid.

In work we are ready to ship the first new machines with the software next week. The software is still partially under development but it is functioning well and some of the customers are ready for the new machines. Also, Mark, the guy from the States, returned after a couple of months traveling through the States and Europe and is happy to be back working here.