This morning we had a nice surprise. The installation of the hot water heater has required several visits from the team who have had a difficult job to do. This last visit was a surprise, but the gift was even more surprising. They, of course, did not have to bring us anything. But they did! A bag full of tomatoes and pickles and a huge loaf of cheese - homemade and natural.
I offered some freshly made biscuits. They refused, but finally the quiet one said, "Yes." Eugeniu gave them two - just in case. I was given a kiss on my hand and Eugeniu gave me the papers to file.
Earlier this morning I washed my hair and still am amazed at how it is turning blacker rather than grayer! Not easily seen when dry but nevertheless there it is. I have no idea why. But I do know that once I quit pulling it so tight for the bun that it has grown back thicker again. It is possible that the tea tree spray has been helpful in restoring the former thickness.
My CPAP reports have been fabulous. I have researched the information for the extra battery and find that without the humidifier it should last for approximately 13 hours. The last time when I really needed it, it lasted 4 hours. Short night sleep was the consequence until we figured out how to turn the electricity back on. Then I began to read more about the extra battery. It was then that I fixed the extra CPAP with the closed side to the area for the humidifier and also changed the hose so that during these days when we might have another rolling blackout for this neighborhood, I can switch quickly to the one that uses less electricity and attach it to run smoothly for a good night's sleep! So now we know that we have the solar panel batteries and this small extra battery to power my sleep needs more easily and with less confusion about what works and how!
It has been a busier morning than expected. But that is usual here. The completion of the work for installing the new hot water heater and now Gigi has come to wash the rug in the patio room. I offered her a biscuit and she refused coffee, but did accept a glass of water. Then I told her about the granola I made and gave her a taste! She smiled and ate the rest of the sample. She brought another bottle of the wine her daughter made so that we have a good supply for a while. The wine Eugeniu made turned sour so he threw it out and now she brings us 5 liters when we have finished the last one that she brought.
At 6:23 pm I am relishing the blessing of the day. Gigi came and cleaned that last rug that we put in the patio room. Then she trimmed my toenails! What a relief! Then I did that chore - riding the bike. After a while I began to organize the last entry to the Luxembourg contest for Eugeniu's paintings. Finding the date that he painted them led me to see that I have so many pictures on ACDSee that I cannot believe it. In looking at them I found the first time I took pictures of those paintings, but also many other things of high interest. What glorious memories of the years here as well as the visits there to see friends and family!
So the day has not been lost to idleness once more. Each day I do things on a list or just thought of at the moment. Then I rest and play some kind of game on my iPhone! Right now I like Clockmaker because it changes and challenges me with each new game.
The next step in my mind - to clear up the stacks of things put on the to do later list. It has to do with the little stories I have written over the years, but have not used in any way to let them be available for others to see or to read. Mostly impressions of how it was here when I first came and during the few years after, Then there are trips we took including cruises. All these are things we can no longer do either because of the Covid-19 pandemic with its variations following one after the other or to our declining desires to move as fast as some trips might require. Thoug a stay at a hotel in Palermo might just be the ticket once we have thing sorted here and the pandemic will allow a flight there and bacvk more easily than so many other options. I investigated the cruises, but they sto pat Palermo for just a short while. All the interesting sights unseen would not do.
There are so many pursuits available to me now that the world has become a different place. I have more choices of things to do than I have hours to do them! Ancestry, recipes, stories, pictures, email messages to some who maintain contact. Sadness about others. Also, there are the jigsaw puzzles and the crossword puzzles that help to keep my brain functioning in a suitable fashion. And I do like Facebook in spite of all the criticism. Keeping in touch in a limited fashion with so many people is life enhancing despite the evil uses some put to that blessing as they try to make it into an instrument of evil by of passing along lies that so many believe to their detriment and to the detriment of all in their path.
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