Adaption comes in many forms
Some things I’ve learned in 10 months I’m not young. I’ll repeat, I’m not young. Some days I’m older than others… For more details on these topics you can read previous posts and the hell I went through on many of them…just saying…, especially with apartments….never underestimate how your home can make or break your […]
Im still alive despite Covid and spiders.
Hi all, I’ll try not to write a novel, but it’s a short one. As you know I’ve been sick with Covid after my return from North Spain, got over it then four days later came down with a massive headache and a new fever of 103 for two days. I had to go back […]
Health No-Care
Some days I want to just go home. I say that because I’ve been here 9 months and unfortunately have been sick 7 times. That’s an average of once a month. I was never sick this much in my life until this year. I know being around the kids every day is a risk as […]
Time to go, for now anyway
It’s been 13 days since I finished my first year (well 8 months) at the primary school in Albatera as a language auxiliary. I have not posted anything as I wanted to gather my thoughts. First off, two weeks ago the teachers all surprised me and gave me a wonderful wine package and spa treatment […]
When in Rome, Don’t
I’m sitting here in Cangas of the Galician region on a sandy golden beach just across from Vigo port. The water is clear, cool, and crisp. I am alone as Jorge went home after we traveled all around Vigo, Ourense, and various little towns looking for his grandfather’s birth city. Im resting. I need it, […]
Choices: butt, what?
Can’t I just pick what I want? Since living here I can’t help but compare things to living in the US once in a while. I can’t help it. But I accept the way things are despite the sharp contrasts. It is what it is. I’m not out to change anything here despite my wish […]
Sliding is as good as walking. What a fool I am.
Holy moly, Batman, I can’t walk. I tried my first exercise class at a local gym. I have been searching for a group class of some sort as walking five miles a day is not staying ahead of my butt or my arthritis pain. You’ll lose weight in Spain they said, you will walk everywhere […]
Trains, Planes, and Automobiles
It’s been a while since I posted again, I’m sorry folks! But I went on a 12-day vacation during Easter Break. Here Easter break is nearly two weeks! My brother and his wife came to visit me here in Spain and I met them in Barcelona. We decided to go to 3 places while they […]
The fat American, unkempt doctors and where is the heat?
Well, it’s been a while since I’ve written anything. I’ve been so busy, and a little depressed… eating bread, olive oil, and sipping too much wine every day. The wine is like candy, it’s so cheap, and bread is near free. My hips are not happy. I’ve been to 3 more doctors since my last […]
Moving, medical and no pasa nada…
Well, I’ve moved into my new apartment in Elche, a great little city with everything and over a million palm trees planted all over… a world heritage site to boot…. Woohoo! I tested the central heat the minute I moved in. It works. I have a washer and a drier and a clothesline. I have […]