Souvenir Photo Studio, by Al Bourassa: Friday Nov 30, 2018 Cleaning

Friday, November 30, 2018

Friday Nov 30, 2018 Cleaning

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Friday Nov 30, 2018

I didn't sleep much last night and heard a huge thunderstorm that started somewhere around 2 am and went on for about 3 hours. It wasn't until later that I realized that I have forgotten to take my usual bedtime Gabapentin and Melatonin. It is sad to have to need these drugs. The poor dogs also missed out on their morning walk.

It is now 2 years since my bike accident where I broke my neck. Outwardly there is not much visible change, I am just a little slower and more careful in my movements. Luckily my reflexes are still pretty sharp but there are a lot of things that just don't work 100%, especially my nervous system. I still experience a strange electrical tingling to anything in contact with my skin, .. like clothes, chairs, and even the wind. Since there has only been minuscule improvement in my condition in the past year, I am learning to just live with it.

I tried to do an International transfer via Internet Banking as suggested by my bank, but... they do not seem to have any spots to input the intermediary bank's information. Then they have to send a verification code to my phone number, which is, of course, my presently useless NetTalk, so I am hooped... I sure hope that NetTalk arrives soon and i have no trouble setting up the new Duo.

Omaira came to clean today along with son Jhorman who had a great time playing tug-of-war with all the dogs. Then, again, we had no water... We made do for a while but then ran out of our stored water. So we made a long trip to the river but after the heavy rain overnight had the river running high and super dirty so we just turned around. We decided to head to the faucet at the cemetery and were headed home to pick up some flowers that Lina had delivered to our place. As I turned the corner by the park I saw a workman twisting a long pole in the ground which I knew was a water shut off. He confirmed that we were getting the water back, which we did... Boy, do we ever miss water, electricity or internet when they are not working.

I just checked to confirm that my monthly pension translates into about 3,500,000 pesos per month, which is more than I thought, but the conversion rate is high at the moment. It sounds like a lot, but it really isn't, although we should be able to survive OK on that. It is now time for us to stick to this budget.

I wanted to get away before the coming storm hit, and Omaira and Jhorman probably got wet going home on the motorcycle although it looked sunnier up north. We wanted to meet Lina at the cemetery with her flowers at 5pm but that didn't happen because we got hit with very dark clouds and a deluge that caused watermains to back up and a little lake in our backyard. We also had 3 places leaking in the house, 2 of which were supposedly recently repaired.
I had to go out anyway to get the food for the dogs but I didn't mind, except that, when I got home and opened the door, 3 dogs came running out... Grrr. Anyway they didn't go far in the rain and came back in easily. The rain is continuing...

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

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