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 […]
This Adventure is Getting Real! Ten Days Away! Read More »
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 »
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16KjuokRbh/ I was in the audience that day… *sigh* Still miss the man beyond my ability to express it in mere words, so sometimes I still cry…
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Two weeks from today, I fly away to my new life in Costa Rica!! Muy bueno! Downright Magnifico! Today I put Chari into her soft-sided travel carrier for the first time I put her harness on her, hooked it inside the carrier on a short leash, and carried her around the back
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Before I drive south to Rochester this morning, I made sure to walk. Staying active is part of my mental health plan. The reason? Nightmares. I have had three in the last three weeks. This is significant, because I have had (maybe) half a dozen in my entire life (of 74 years)
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Today I un-branded my vehicle (scraped the wordwhisperer.net stuff off the windshields) and walked 7500 steps. I also took myself to lunch at Shari’s for probably the last time. Alas, they didn’t have the traditional balsamic vinegar for my favorite meal there — a Northwest Steak Salad — so I had to settle
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Just 17 days out from leaving this natal nation in the rearview mirror forever, I am feeling immensely calm, relaxed — and fully primed to “make it so.” My spirit is already sitting on the runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport… No, it’s already arriving at San Juan Santamaria International Airport… No, it’s
I’m Feeling SOOOO Calm, Relaxed and Fully Primed … Read More »