Souvenir Photo Studio, by Al Bourassa: Tuesday August 22, 2017 Buddy

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Tuesday August 22, 2017

Good grief, we were zonked in bed by 8pm last night. I had enough of this goofy feeling so I took a Gabapent last night, and then later this morning. I really hate taking drugs but I have to admit I slept good and felt a little better today.

We had to be up early to go the Mujer y El Nino Clinica (mother and child clinic) at San Blas for tests for Cristina. She was in such a long lineup that I thought she would be an hour for sure so I wandered around the Artisan Plaza and took a few photos. Many of the photos were taken through glass so you may see some reflections in some of them. I was just getting bored when she came out within a 1/2 hour.

We went home for a bit and went to Coral for groceries at 11am. I checked first to see if I had to register my new Cuenca Pass card at the office or not, and no, I didn't have to. I asked if the card gives an additional 5%, over Coral's 3% and the answer was no... That certainly reduces the value of the card in my eyes although it will still pay for itself. We hadn't shopped in 2 weeks so the bill mounted quickly. The bill came to $129.79 after a discount of $7.68 (actually 5.6%!!) and then I will get back $6 in IVA as well, so we can't complain, can we??
Cristina sent me 3 videos of her baby bird which I stitched together and put on YouTube for you: https://youtu.be/48M8_NNQXvw

I wanted to go on another ride in the sunshine today but couldn't get any takers to tag along. Anyway, Cristina decided we were going to clip and clean a new stray dog she found so I stuck around to help, and named him Buddy.

So we locked ourselves in the lavaderia (laundry room) and I held Buddy while Cristina cut away the awful clumps of hair from the poor guy. I actually just had to pet him and he was very docile and cooperative. I almost got my face licked off several times. We easily filled a large grocery bag with this superfluous pelo (hair). Then we came upstairs and gave him a shower and shampoo. He had crud on his dry nose and thankfully that cleared up as well to help him breathe better. He was skittish for just a few seconds then he settled down and enjoyed it. Then he got dried and will be ready for a closer shave at a later date.

Buddy really is a handsome, loving, docile little guy, but unfortunately he is not very housebroken and has no grooming skills,.. and yet I know he would make someone a great pet. He just wants to be loved.

So, again, if you know anyone who needs a good pet, let them know that we have Jack and Buddy available. Jack would be great with someone who likes power-walking and Buddy would be great with a yard to play in.

All the photos today were taken with the new Lumix.

I hope you enjoy the photos. That was the day’s excitement.

Cheers, Al

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