It’s almost noon here. If I’m calculating correctly, that means it’s midnight on the 4th for people in the United States. I hope that my publishing this doesn’t cause notifications that wake you up.
I took a picture of my brand new computer (!) with my phone but I can’t get it to show up here yet. It’s lovely. It’s lovely, purple, and the brains of the thing are in the monitor. Other than the slim monitor, there is what to ME is a teeny tiny keyboard on which I am bringing “fumble-fingered” to a new art form. Then there is the rectangular “mouse.”
All my computer habits are wrong now and I’m frantically practicing and taking notes on how to add websites I frequent to a special favorites folder, get ONTO the websites and do what I normally do, all the while typing the wrong keys… I will learn how to use this. It’s sleek, stylish and not at all like its owner – but that can be one of its character-building tasks. 🤪
I went to get an audiogram this morning regarding the sudden hearing loss I have since I left the hospital. We will now take the results back to the ear specialist I saw last evening. I really am amazed that people have evening hours and have appointments on the weekends here. I’m going to get used to this in a hurry. 😄
My husband and I have an appointment for pedicures tomorrow (Sunday!) This is especially wonderful since my husband has Type II Diabetes and needs to take care of his feet, which have numb spots. His toenails are especially hard to cut, so having a pedicure by someone who understands his situation will be wonderful. I’m going along for one, too, just to indulge myself. Neither of us has ever had one.
We are trying to do two walks a day now, continuing to try to build our strength. Yesterday we took one while the maids were here to clean the air bnb. It’s included in the price of this place. This is the first time I have ever had anyone clean a place I lived, and I really like it. Our son has a maid come either once a week or once every other week, I can’t remember. He says it costs next to nothing. Amazing.
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Oh! The koi fish are amazing! It seems everything is going well and idyllic even! You might inspire others to move there. Ha!
I don’t know about others, but I mute my phone when I go to bed, so notifications never wake me. Who am I kidding, I turned my notifications off years ago!
I love that they take appointments in the evenings and on weekends there, and that you can get maid service and such at a cheaper price. After a while there you may wonder why people think America is so great. I know when we went to Ireland, England, and Scotland in 2019 and things were so much cleaner there than in the USA, we thought that.
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Things are certainly not idyllic here but I sure like the prices, and being able to get appointments nights and weekends.
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Oh, I hear you, Linda. I never really thought about the big difference in the humidity and temperature there from what you had back in Arkansas. And I also didn’t think about the language barrier since so many people all over the world seem to speak English—but maybe not as many as I perceive. I’m sure it will take time to navigate the area, even if you just focus on what you can walk to, but you both are pretty forward-looking, positive people (at least you are). My husband is still adjusting to New Hampshire, complaining about the kids (sometimes), and the cold (all the time). Spring can’t come soon enough!
I guess no location is perfect. Darn. I do think you’ll adapt though.
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I am learning tricks on getting dressed, for example, that are helping with the humidity problem. I will find ways to adapt as we go. Our son is always with us to guide us at this point. He will teach us to cqll a
Grab – quick, but remarkably complicated until you know what you’re doing. We also need a credit card from our yet to be opened bank account in order to pay the Grab people. All will happen in good time.
We just need to be patient and roll with things. Just had a gorgeous fancy chef type salad delivered after we got back from our first ever pedicures. Life can be tough.🤣
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Oh! Everything has sounded idyllic. Did I miss something?
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no, you haven’t missed anything, Sheila. Things are incredible and exciting, but also exhausting and a lot intimidating, when you’re basically lost all the time, don’t speak the language, have no money yet, are still trying to work with immigration and the banks in order to open a bank account and get a retirement visa. There are endless things to handle, but there are all the wonderful things, too, so I’m concentrating on them. You don’t really want to hear about my trying to get dressed in the morning, drying off, sweating again, sitting in front of the fan, drying my hair two or three times before it stays what passes for dry here, even with the nice air conditioning we have in our air bnb, do you?
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Bice colouring 🐠🐟. I like. I mute notification on my mobile. Don’t disturb me. Tack Care Linda 🙏!
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We have decided the koi fish our ‘ours,’ because we can go rest from our walking and visit them each day. It’s a really calm, shady, relatively cool spot where we can catch our breaths and enjoy the beautiful fish. I had never noticed or used the Do Not Disturb setting on my phone, or many apps. Now I have my phone wherever I go. I’m learning!
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Thank you so much. Iam so happy for your Walk & visit them each day
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Thanks,Linda
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