View from Convento de Cristo once a Templar stronghold

Saturday, April 4, 2020

Day 25:

Bandits blew up the ATM machine below MIL's bedroom window last night.  She and all the neighbors were out on their balconies within seconds.  Very exciting.  Her favorite new activity is watching the daily mass from her local church broadcast online.  That and German soap operas.  Dubbed obviously.

I have been shamed.  Our condos have a fenced-in area for our trash and recycling.  (Everything is recycled here which is a very good thing.)  Yesterday I took out our paper in a cardboard box that I FAILED TO BREAK DOWN, thus taking up TOO MUCH SPACE.  Well a photo of the offending box went onto the condo's Whatsapp group and what can be seen?  PAPERS IN ENGLISH!  Caught me.  This morning GP woke me up with a message and the photo saying, "Is this you by chance?"  I have been shamed.  I walked the walk to the recycling and whatta ya know?  The garbage men had picked everything up!  Raspberry to everyone.

Stay well.  xxoo me

Friday, April 3, 2020

Day 24:

I got out!  I got out!  I WALKED to the supermarket.  I decided that if they stopped me I'd tell them my car wasn't working.  I can't take it to a mechanic, can I?  It was great.  The line at the supermarket was longer than last time.  But the shelves were stocked.  Even with toilet paper!!

Weather turning for the better so my horizons are expanding a bit.  The little garden beckons. 

Stay well, xxoo me


Thursday, April 2, 2020

Day 23:

I'm trying to set myself a project for every day but with limited space there's not much I can do.  I thought I'd change out my winter wardrobe for my warmer weather gear but as I've been living in sweats for the past month with no end in sight, what's the point? 

So today I took out the trash AND the recycling.  Yes.  It was that kinda day.

Numbers holding steady on the virus front.  I'm praying we've seen the worst of it.

Stay well.  xxoo me