If we have been having espresso, I’d point out it has been one other busy week, which included an opportunity assembly with an expensive buddy whom we’d misplaced contact with. Our misinterpretation of the possibly difficult cause for his or her silence meant we had not reached out once more. However, their obvious silence was not attributable to a scarcity of curiosity however attributable to main coronary heart surgical procedure adopted by one other spherical of operations, and they didn’t wish to hassle us for assist. Life is difficult, and indicators could be misinterpret, sure? How do you decide when folks want headspace or assist? IT simply goes to indicate by no means ASS-U-ME
CHARITY SHOP
Monday introduced one other busy morning within the store, offering an awesome alternative to apply talking Portuguese with the locals. I gabbled away, asking folks to repeat phrases after I couldn’t catch the pronunciation, that means or what an merchandise was in Portuguese. They appeared genuinely happy to oblige. We not solely mentioned garments but in addition household, though I did have a second when asking about one girl’s household, and I received caught when she talked about the phrase he died. I dug deep into the reminiscence vaults. What was the verb to die? Sort of remembered. Conjugated the verb into the previous tense. The girl appeared unhappy. Oh, my God, she was telling me her husband (marido) was useless! I gave her a hug.
COVID AND FLU INJECTIONS
Ouch! I’m a coward. I didn’t need them, however at 70 years previous, it will be simply my luck to be struck down with the flu if I refused to have them. Pre-flu jab take-up I’d suffered a number of years in succession with flu and was unwell for weeks. So… final yr, sure, I caught one thing, however I used to be solely unwell for a number of days and never weeks. I did really feel spaced out the day following the injection–perhaps a response?
What are your ideas on having ongoing COVID jabs?
APERITIF ON THE BEACH
Mid Friday afternoon Mr. Piglet provided to take me to the seaside for our aperitif. It was a fantastic, nonetheless afternoon, and I’d not been on the seaside for the reason that starting of August when the household have been staying so I jumped on the alternative. I’ll add that Mr P hates the seaside with a ardour. ‘They ought to all be lined in concrete‘ he complains…. so I knew it was an enormous sacrifice for him to supply. While I completed my chores, he packed a backpack with what I assumed have been the traditional: plastic glasses a bottle of wine and nibbles. I used to be solely half listening to his reply after I queried why he was pouring gin into our small, steel water bottles after which attempting to ram in an ice dice….
When we arrived on the seaside, only a two-minute drive away, luck was on our aspect, and we discovered a parking area. We arrange our chairs, hoping nobody would camp in entrance of us and obscure the view of the ocean. Yep, it occurs. Even when the seaside is empty. So far, so good. I closed my eyes and breathed within the atmosphere. The sounds of waves crashing on the shoreline. The seagulls squawkin overhead. The odor of salt air and the texture of sand between my toes. BLISS…
Mr. P handed me my water bottle and a can of tonic. I waited expectantly for the plastic gin glass.
‘Drink out of the bottle,’ he mentioned in reply to my unstated query.
My reply: unrepeatable. My look: I needed to eat you alive. I imply. Who drinks gin and tonic from a water bottle? Sacrilege.
I changed the lid on my bottle, closed my eyes, and considered Buddha.
‘I should have brought a bottle of wine’, he mentioned.
‘Yes, but you didn’t.‘
Ten minutes later, Mr. piglet redeemed himself when he returned with a bottle of wine and two paper espresso cups from the native cafe.
Men are stuffed with surprises!
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