{"id":8112,"date":"2026-04-05T14:47:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T18:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=8112"},"modified":"2026-04-05T14:48:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T18:48:31","slug":"rainy-easter-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=8112","title":{"rendered":"Rainy Easter weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5762.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8113\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5762.jpeg 240w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5762-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption>Flavia likes the rainy days<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It continued to rain a lot this week &#8211; and this isn\u2019t even rainy season yet! As long as I don\u2019t have to get out, Flavia and I actually enjoy the rain \u2014 which is quite heavy at times. We\u2019re on a four-day weekend for Easter here in Guyana, which is oh-so-nice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last Sunday evening we went to a wine &amp; cheese tasting at the EU ambassador\u2019s home. It was a small gathering and really enjoyable &#8211; I like Luka a lot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I took Flavia to the vet for her rabies shot on Wednesday, then we went back again yesterday because she has been in distress. The vet confirmed feline dementia, which we have suspected for a while, but her symptoms seem to be getting worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I finished reading Wade Pfau\u2019s retirement planning book and have started The Bogleheads\u2019 retirement planning book. Our friend and former boss Laura Dogu was one of the authors\/editors, which makes it even more interesting. So far, it\u2019s much easier to digest than Pfau\u2019s (which made my head spin!). I also read actress Cheryl Hines\u2019 memoir, \u201cUnscripted.\u201d We always loved her in \u201cCurb Your Enthusiasm.\u201d A good portion of the book talks about her marriage to RFK, Jr. We\u2019ve continued watching \u201cIndustry,\u201d and I\u2019m caught up on \u201cThe Pitt\u201d (what a great show).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve been going to Mellisa\u2019s apartment this week to check on it and drive her car while she\u2019s away. I came across this huge bull in a vacant lot in her neighborhood. The picture doesn\u2019t do it justice &#8211; he was big! He may be a water buffalo &#8211; not sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5758.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8114\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5758.jpeg 320w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_5758-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It continued to rain a lot this week &#8211; and this isn\u2019t even rainy season yet! As long as I don\u2019t have to get out, Flavia and I actually enjoy the rain \u2014 which is quite heavy at times. We\u2019re on a four-day weekend for Easter here in Guyana, which is oh-so-nice. Last Sunday evening [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8112"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8112"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8116,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8112\/revisions\/8116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}