BACK

I”m back from visiting my sister. She was doing better than I personally expected, but she is basically doomed unless there is a miracle. I pray for that miracle every day. My Mom made her funeral arragements for my sister already. While she was at it, she made hers too.. Here is a pic I took of some pics my Mom had out.

In the US, we stopped by this outlet mall along the highway. I got so angry and disgusted I thought I wasa going to puke. A couple of my pairs of jeans are a little faded, and I thought it would be appropriate to replace them, as I wear them to work. In the mall, all the jeans were already faded and ripped up and much much worse than the jeans I wanted to replace. In fact, these jeans were ready for the trash can. Literally. Garbage. The thought of buying such pants made me nauseous.

I ended up getting a NEW pair at a Levis outlet. Blue so blue it’s almost black. And a pair of black Wranglers at Target.

I’m going back to work today. It feels like I have been gone a long time.

Have a good one!

In Maryland, Headed To Virginia

Yesterday, my Wife and I flew up to Baltimore to my Moms apartment in Silver Spring. We landed almost exactly at midnight and used Uber to get here.

This morning, got up, drank coffee, went outside for a little walk with my Mom. She’s going to a meeting at the funeral home this morning.

I guess I haven’t really talked about it here yet, but my sister is not expected to live. Her liver has failed completely. 

She is 5 years younger than me. 

I remember when she was born, and came home for the first time. She was o the bed, in wicker basket with a big handle, like a picnic basket. She started making noise, and I took the basket out to my parents, holding the handle up by my chin while the basket part almost dragged on the floor.

So, when my Mom gets back, we’re headed to see my sister, in her hospice care facility. The doctors say she has two months to live, but her husband says he thinks less than that. 

It’s going to be a real shock to see her.

And I guess that’s all for now. We’re in the US, which to me always means no internet, so this will stay on my tablet till I can post it. It’s 8:19AM on April 1st 2017.

Last Fun Day

Yesterday I had some friends over, visiting on a cruise ship. I really enjoyed myself. 

That was my last fun day for a while. Tomorrow we go to the US to see my siister, who is gravely ill. 

The doctors say she has two months to live, her husband says much less than that.

Her liver has failed completely.

I remember the day Mom and Dad brought her home from the hospital, 52 years ago.

Left My Tablet At Work

I hope. Can’t find it this morning. I’m posting this on my teeny tiny phone using the browser.

Speaking of teeny tiny, yesterday, my Wife got me a new gnome. I shall call him Tiny Tim and he shall be Travlin’ Tim’s gnome.

National Puppy Day

Was YESTERDAY! Who was in charge of promoting this should-be worldwide event? Why wasn’t there more publicity and hype?  Why didn’t everyone get the day off work?
I’m glad it’s Friday. Got the van fixed yesterday. No charge, of course. It’s a beautiful, ride-the-scooter day, but I’m taking the van. 

Have a great weekend!

Cat Closet

For the past several days, our cat has been obsessed with the bedroom closet. Every morning, she meows and wakes us up and wants to go in there.

This morning we had it out. I guess I won, because she’s hiding under the kitchen table.

She was whining, and I took her to her bed on the sofa, she ran back to the closet door. I picked her up, and put her on her bed on our bed, I petted her and got her pretty calmed down, but then she went back to the closet door, meowing loudly.

I put her back on the bed and she bit me, pretty hard. I gave her a swat and told her, “If you wanna play nice, I’ll plaay nice. If you wanna play rough, I’ll play rough”. Then I went downstairs and got her kennel.

She’s been quietly laying on a chair under the table ever since.

Today I’m taking the van in for some minor issues. Sounds like a loose piece of plastic inside the horn button, the telephone microphone doesn’t work on the bluetooth stereo, and there’s this rediculous heater in the back back that needs to come out.

Allso, my sister is quite sick, and I may need to go see her very soon.

Have a good day!

File Transfer App

One of the reasons my blog has less photos on it is because I blog on my tablet and take pics with my phone. Their paths rarely cross.

Sooo I’m installing a photo transfer app to each device so I can easily move files from phone to tablet and vice versa.

Possibly not the best choice, I’d rather have something more technical that boasts transferring files instead of photos, but this one came up near the top of both devices app list so here we go.

Hopefully, soon, more photos!

More of a DIARY.

It’s Tuesday and I feel pretty good again. Last night we went to the Macabuca Monday night bbq with some friends and it was nice.

Yesterday, the weather said rain today, and I was looking forward to taking the van instead of the scooter, but now the weather says clear, so I’ll probably scoot. But maybe not. 

I guess this blog is more a diary than anything  else. I don’t know what I expected. It’s not very “cool”, which I definitely wanted.

Oh  well, I’ll keep posting.

Have a great day!

Been A Long Time?

It seems like it’s been a long time since I posted, which must be a good sign, a sign that it was a nice long weekend.

I was reading a nice article about Britans Tidal Islands. It was a very pleasant read. You can read it HERE, if you’d like.

Oh and  the coffee came out good today too.

The Wife bought a new huge pot for growing big plants. I think it’s 100 gallons or 500 liters. We set it in place and put the dirt in it yesterday. (8 cubic feet of dirt filled it nicely)

AND as of 5:28 AM EST, about 45 minutes ago, SPRING HAS BEGUN! Or, Autumn, for my dear friends in he southen hemisphere.

Have a wonderful week and new season!