Oops!

I re-read yesterday's blog.  My oh my.  What can I say.  That wasn't pretty, was it?

It's amazing what a nights sleep and a strong cup of coffee will do to my future outlook.

Yella and I feel pretty good today.  We have accepted our fate.  And, decided to get on with our lives in Panama. 

Yella mentioned that life is more difficult here but there is a calm satisfaction to living this way.  (Assuming you don't go off the deep end)  Something grounding, more natural.

But, here is what a day will throw at you.

Yella washed a load of clothes at the laundry facility at our rental house.  When she went to use the drier, it wouldn't work so she hung the clothes on a clothes line with clothes pins.  When is that last time you saw a clothes pin.  Of course, the wind is howling and fine bajareque mist is dampening the clothes so the drying process will take 2 days or more.  Hope the clothes don't blow away.

This morning I walked down to town, a nice 30 minute walk down hill.  As I am sitting around a cafe talking, Yella calls and says the diesel beast won't start and she wants to get to our storage unit to get some of her professional computer equipment for a job she is working on.

So, I scamper up the hill in 20 minutes, getting a full blow work out.  I give the beast 2 or 3 blasts and it starts right up.  She did all the hard work so I could get the glory.  All is good, the car started.

She drops me off at the cafe on her way to the storage unit which is 20 miles down the road.  As soon I get settled in, she calls and says none of her keys will open the unit.  Damn!  She is on her way back so I say turn around, the key is hard to use.  She tries is again and it opens!  Second disaster diverted!

I leave the cafe and head over to where the fishmonger hangs out.  I was surprised to see him this morning because it is Carnival holiday, Fat Tuesday before Lent, so not much is open.  I've been looking forward to fresh Sea Bass filetes all morning.  He's gone! 

Now to plan B.  I go to the market to look for chicken breasts.  All sold out.  I guess it will be a vegetarian lunch for Tom today.

Start stop, up down, hot cold...nothing is steady, consistent or easy here.  But, with the right attitude, it is satifying.

By the way, Yella is doing great with all these issues.  I have to say she is doing better than I am.  What's that all about?  I need to get with it and catch up to her.  I can't have her winning the "Who's Doing Better in Panama" olympics.