Post of the Day

Hello My Good People!

I have decided to try to post a new entry on the blog every day while I'm here in The D.R. this time.  I am already warning you that I may prepare some in advance to publish on the days when Wil is here and we are having too much fun for me to take the time to post.  No offense, that's just the way it is :)

I have been here two days.  It is amazing to me how quickly one can get back into routines.  We had a good weekend, which I will describe in a different post...

But today, Wil left for Miches around noon.  He had some medical testing done this a.m.  We did not have power or water at that point, so I decided I should get out of the apartment.  It was not quite as hot today as it is sometimes.  I loaded up my little store bags of garbage in my backpack (it's a little gross, but they are double wrapped) and headed out to find garbage containers on the street just waiting to accept my rubbish.  I walked along the street that has the egg rolls and my favorite fruit vendor. 

Eventually I hopped back over to the main street to get to Mail Boxes Etc., where we have our mailbox.  It did feel a little bit longer today (I'm out of shape), but I had nothing else to do so I took my sweet time.  I was pleasantly surprised to find that the packages that I knew had arrived about the time I left were still there!  I received birthday greetings from both of my sisters!  It was wonderful!

If anyone is so inclined, the addresses remain the same:

For letters, cards, large envelopes:

One of our names
SDQ 1632
PO BOX 025725
MIAMI, FL 33102-5725

For parcels:

One of our names
SDQ 1632
2250 NW 114th AVE UNIT 1A
MIAMI, FL 33172-3652

(One thing that I didn't bring any more of this time that I realized yesterday Wil really likes is decorative paper napkins.  Just an FYI, if you are trying to find something that you could send in an envelope.)

I walked back toward home and stopped at the superstore Plaza Lama.  I meandered through the grocery aisles and found a few things.  Our refrigerator is not working now, so I was looking for things that I could prepare and use immediately.  I'm just going to need to buy milk more frequently at one of the corner colmados.  You may be wondering about the refrigerator...it is not that the electricity is out more, it's that even when the power is on and the fridge is plugged in, there are many small surges that cause the fridge to continually be clicking as well.

On my route home, I bought two egg rolls.  I then had a lovely lunch of egg rolls, half of a small pineapple and half of a small cantaloupe.  Delicious!

This late afternoon I did some reading, some napping and some putting awaying (nice word, huh?).  Then I had a friend, Sammy, come over to play a game.  Sanmmy drove his car to the airport to pick me up the other day.  Sammy is a really sweet guy.  He and his boyfriend, Johnny, took us to the beach yesterday.  More about that in a different post :)

Sanmmy and I were part way through our game of cards when the electricity went off.  Wah, wah!  But, we lit some candles and continued our play.  Johnny arrived after work and a work-out to visit and take Sammy home.  They don't live too far away.  They were both very kind and offered to help me.  Even saying, "our home is your home" and "call if you need anything!"  It was very sweet.

Wil made it back to Miches safely.  I'm excited because he has a meeting here on Thursday, so he will be coming home on Wednesday evening!  Yay!