Friday, September 20, 2019
Preparations and Potential Delays
The electrician is still at the house. Couldn't finish it all in one day. I guess that is why it is expensive. I think everything is expensive, though, and I don't know how other people afford to live. They have boats and new cars and giant tvs and vacations. Every year for the past many, I have had to forego my vacations because the house needed painting or roofing or plumbing or. . . . I am one of those Americans that has left vacation days on the table. Lost. Kaput.
I travelled more when I worked less and had much less money. I'm not sure how that works. I guess one learns how to deal. I bought used cars, used tires, used batteries, used clothes. True.
But I know that is not how other people do it. No, I don't know that. I don't know what they do. I'm finding out a lot about stretching money. Bogo (twofers) is fun. I'm learning which days of the week to buy certain things at certain stores. I'm learning about outlet stores, too.
"That's a nice jacket. D'ya pay retail?"
Panic about the trip sets in. There is a hurricane that will be off the coast the day we are to fly out. We could be in for it. I can't control it and should just relax, but it is not my nature. I must stress.
The electrician should be done today. Plumber tomorrow. These guys make me nervous. How do you know if they know what they are doing? You don't. You just never do.
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ReplyDeleteMy friend posted a photo on insta today of her and her fellow family travelers at sunset on the Sea of Galilee. It was magnificent. They were mucking about ancient Roman ruins. So jealous. Don't forget to look for the Roman ruins ... there is one on your island. Visit Saint Michael in the Latin Quarter. Of course.
(I absolutely know you are going to have your own perfect fucking trip (sorry it's messed me ALL up) to Paris - I'm simply doing what a therapist said to do when you are struck with a fever and cannot strike it down with what you really need/want - that is "re-read your travel diaries, look at photos .." blah blah blah. It barely scratches the surface - but it's something - along with pot and pretending your there by having a plate of cheese, walnuts, grapes, a little drizzled honey for desert tonight in stead of what you were serving Mum & Co.)
There is something wrong with me.