Last night my dinner with Bohemia Isis Smith at Yen Ching was so much fun. We have a great deal in common and chose complementary meals so we could share them. She ordered dim sum (a new delicacy for me to try — WOW!) and I got sweet and sour chicken. I think we were […]
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This afternoon my WONDERFUL insurance broker — Katheryn Evans, owner of Strategic Sound Solutions in Puyallup, WA — got my travel and health insurance squared away. WOO HOO! I am free and clear to navigate on that front now. This woman is like a ferret (in a good way): she gets the info that best
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Eight days and counting! I walked 10,000 steps before 9 a.m. this morning while it was still cool enough outside. Now it’s 9:33 and I’m wondering what to do with myself until this afternoon’s appointment with my health insurance broker and this evenings final farewell dinner with Bohemia Isis Smith at Yen Ching
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I have been outside with Charli most of the day until just about a half hour ago (1:30 pm Pacific Time), when it got too hot (82 degrees F) to do that since I’m presently on heat-sensitive antibiotics. Her vet appointment is this afternoon. I didn’t want to have to sequester her inside all
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I’ve been sitting here for almost an hour wanting to write, but all I can think of to write about is GET ME OUTTA HERE! Yeah, I’m ready! I’m SOOOO ready! I’ve walked 12,333 Steps Today So Far I have two modes right now: write or walk. I can’t
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This move to Costa Rica is getting real. We’re ten days away. Charli is prepped and papered. Colleagues are making last-minute plans to see me for what may well be the last time. I’m getting a prescription for gabapentin …so I can dose Charli the night before and just before
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Charli’s first soft-carrier car ride was kept very short this morning — to just under three miles — because she became upset and cried loudly as soon as I put her into the vehicle. By the time she quieted and settled down appreciably (which took a good two miles at about 15 miles per
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I walked early this morning, first with Charli in her carrier around the back yard. Then I walked myself around the 32-block route surrounding my home address. So, I’m at 6522 steps already for the day (at only 9:22 a.m). Yesterday I walked more than 13K steps I walked twice in
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Had a busy morning. There were three grocery stops — one to Winco for cat food, milk for Patches, and soda pop for me; one to Albertson’s for baby back pork ribs for my crockpot (I had a 20% off coupon for getting my flu shot yesterday, or I’d have bought that at Winco,
If all goes according to plan, two weeks from right now (7:11 a.m. Pacific time, 8:11 a.m. Costa Rica time) Charli and I will have been on the ground at SJO in Costa Rica for nearly an hour, collecting my luggage and making our way through customs. I’m so jazzed just thinking about it!
Two Weeks From Today — SJO Airport and Grecia Costa Rica! Read More »