February 10 to 16, 2019

Sunday ; Happy 70^th birthday to my sister Sharon

Seventy ? Jesus ! ! !

Sunny and warm.

Around lunch time I had a long phone chat with my much older sister 

< snicker >.

After lunch I was searching for something in our shed. I was having difficulty finding it, and … flipped into “purge” mode, throwing stuff out, setting stuff out to be taken to the bargain table, and photographing items to post for sale online.

Monday : Sunny and cool. BRRRRR ! Where’s spring ? Joanne cooked chicken chile verde in the Sun Oven today.

I took a propane tank from the trailer to be refilled today, leaving it at our RV park’s propane refill station. I did some “spring cleaning” in our shed. I’ve been in “purge” mode lately. I continue to struggle to understand, and resolve, along with my investment adviser’s office staff … < ahem > … “discrepancies” in Joanne’s first “retirement” annuity payment, received a few days ago.

Tuesday ; Sunny and cool.

This morning an item I ordered from Amazon arrived. I ordered it before Christmas ! It got lost ! I re-ordered it, and it arrived within a few days. Now the package that has been lost for about a month and a half has arrived. HMPH ! I wonder if I get to keep it ? Without paying for it a second time ?

This afternoon we took our recycling to the recycling depot. I wonder if all that stuff we drop off there is actually recycled ? Or does it all just end up in the garbage / landfill somewhere ? Arizona seems twenty or thirty years behind British Columbia and Ontario in how it processes recyclables.

Late in the afternoon I assisted Joanne with cleaning underneath the range top. YUCK ! And I continued the ongoing “debate” I am having with my investment adviser’s assistant about Joanne’s recent first annuity payment. I am certain that a mistake has been made. And if it doesn’t get clarified / corrected immediately there may be long term repercussions !

Wednesday ; Los Algodones, Baja California, Mexico

Sunny and cool. It started raining a few minutes after we returned home from Mexico around 6:30 PM, and continued throughout the evening.

We left home shortly after 11 AM, heading for Mexico, where Joanne had her final appointment for sclerotherapy at noon. After we walked across the border, Joanne went to the medical clinic and I walked across town to the veterinary pharmacy. I bought some pet ear drops then walked back to the medical clinic near the border. Joanne was still waiting to see the dermatologist ! She finally got in to see the doctor at 1:05 PM, sixty-five minutes late. This a common, and extremely irritating to me, problem with Mexican doctors and dentists in January and February. In order to “make hay while the sun shines”, they accommodate walk in clients, at the expense of their patients with appointments.

We were out of the medical clinic at 1:30 P.M. and walked across town again to pick up our four pairs of glasses at the ophthalmologist's / optician’s. After getting our new glasses ( EXCELLENT ! ) we went for a late lunch at Taqueira Molcas, our “regular” / favourite Los Algodones restaurant. MMMMM … great goat meat tacos ! HA HA HA ! I’m not kidding ! Joanne had tres tacos carne asada, and I had tres tacos, uno camaron ( shrimp ), uno carne asada ( seasoned beef ), y uno chivo 

( goat ). With a Fanta Naranja for Joanne, and a Coca-Cola Light for me, the bill was U.S.$13. HMPH ! Price increases !

After lunch we went for pedicures. Mine took less time than Joanne’s, so while she was getting her nails painted, and waiting for them to dry, 

I went shopping for medications, comparing prices at five different pharmacies before buying what I needed. I returned to the beauty shop to pick up Joanne, and we headed back to the border crossing. < sigh > Longest line up this season ! Took an hour and forty-five minutes to get across … < sigh >… ! We passed the time chatting with the two American couples in line in front of us, relative “newbies” to “medical tourism” in Los Algodones.

Thursday ; Valentine’s Day

Overcast, raining, mild.

This is the rain that has caused flooding and mudslides and death and destruction just a few hours west and northwest of here, in San Diego and Palm Springs. But, as usual … Yuma seems immune to significant weather. How nice !

This morning our neighbour across the street, Bebe ( Miss Thailand 1969 ? ) brought over a box of Valentine’s chocolates for Joanne. 

< shrug >

I was very lazy today. Too lazy to go to the Humane Society for our weekly volunteer session. The cat wing is currently quarantined, which meant that either I would go by myself, or Joanne would have to join me in the dog kennels, and we would have both ended up walking unruly pit bulls … in the rain. I chose to nap instead. HA HA HA !

I puttered around on the computer doing vision care and medical expense records keeping. You know … OCD stuff ! HA HA HA !

We suspect that Ozzie may have a urinary tract infection. We began administering Amoxicillin to him today, and we’ll see if there is improvement over the next few days. If not … off to the vet goes Ozzie !

Friday ; Cloudy and mild.

This afternoon our friends David and Shauna came over ( without their dog Zona ) for a visit in our Arizona room. Shauna was interested in learning about “casino camping”. Afterwards Joanne went shopping by herself. I continued working out details of our pending annuities. One of our four annuities began paying out this month, and the first payment was … < ahem > … wrong !

Saturday ; Sunny, mild, windy.

This morning we trimmed Ozzie’s claws. This afternoon I purged “my” bedroom cupboard. YIKES ! What a lot of stuff that I haven’t used in five years or more. Most of it went to the bargain table. Some of it went to recycling. Joanne went out to run some shopping errands by herself.

DSK