John and I hired a driver yesterday to run a few errands. There are two malls not far from the house, so we went to buy a new mattress (we gave our old one to the movers in Buenos Aires) and I needed to pay my cell phone bill (no option for online payment). At both places, the customer service folks were super-nice but the credit card machines were all down, so we had to make a return trip to Mall #1 after lunch at Mall #2 to pay for everything. We were ultimately successful so the outing felt like a win! We treated ourselves to a good hamburger for lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This week I\u2019ve been doing homework for a \u201cconsumables\u201d shipment \u2014 because things are so expensive here and\/or hard to get, we can have a certain number of pounds of pantry items to be shipped as a separate allowance. I\u2019ve been browsing online at Sam\u2019s Club and Walmart to see what I can put together for a shipment this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
John and I are also doing some vacation planning for the spring \u2014 let me know if you have any tried and true recommendations, especially anything involving wildlife. Top on our list is a river cruise on the Amazon but we\u2019d love to hear other suggestions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I finished Jeff Hiller\u2019s \u201cActress of a Certain Age,\u201d as well as Lauren Groff\u2019s \u201cFates and Furies.\u201d (I didn\u2019t enjoy it nearly as much as her \u201cMatrix.\u201d) I started reading Kamala Harris\u2019s \u201c107 Days.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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