I got up late this morning. Good thing I have Bikram every morning; otherwise, I would probably never get out of bed. I stayed put long after I woke up. I sent all three, Yvette, Mowgli, and Lilith, individual texts asking them to tell me when they were up.
Yvette was the first to contact me, letting me know she was awake. I still had to shower. When I got out, Yvette had sent a text saying she was freezing and had to shower to warm up. Then she came over and up to my room to check out my toilet and cut my toenails. She sat down on the toilet. The woman is 5’10’; her knees were way above her hips. The toenail job used to be Mike’s; now, it has fallen to Yvette.
After my pedicure, we headed off to the same restaurant we went to yesterday with Mowg and Lilith. I had the same order, two eggs sunny side up and toast, but today I order a salad. I ate the eggs first; I couldn’t finish the salad and had it packed up to go. I had a wonderful time with Yvette alone.
Yvette and I walked over to Mowg and Lilith’s house. On the way, we passed a house with two large tubs with ripe tomato plants sitting between the curb and the sidewalk. As Yvette and I were admiring them, the woman of the house opened her front door and told us to take as many as well like. We grabbed a handful.
When we arrived at the house, Mowg was at work, but Lilith was preparing to cook a meal. She was delighted about the tomatoes. She didn’t have enough to do what she had planned; now, she did.
She delayed the cooking because Yvette had some chores and needed Mowg to drive her. First stop, off to pick up the Chinese herbs that our Hawaiian acupuncturist had run out off. She graduated from a school in Chinese medicine in Portland. Perfect. She sent in a prescription for both of us. We’ll have to pay her when we get to Hawaii. Ah, methinks she makes a percentage when she sells it — Fair’s fair.
Then we went to Yvette’s hairdresser/ friend. I met her when she came to Hawaii several years ago and stayed at our house. She had copies of pictures she took of Yvette mounted for display.
Yvette and I ran back to the car through the Portland rain. Yvette had a yen for a pumpkin-something injected with something. The first stop was Starbucks. They were out of the something for the injection, and she came out emptyhanded- off to the next stop. The yen was too big.
She had success at the next stop at Fred Something. Yvette had three drinks in hand. Two Pumpkin something for Mowg and herself, something for Lilith, and a box of chocolate chip cookies for moi.
When we got back to the house, Lilith had prepared food. OMG! It was delicious and filling. We sat around and talked while Yvette slept with her head on Lilith’s lap. Mowg and Lilith are interested in exploring ideas. I love doing that. I left around 6 pm. Mowg drove Lilith to the 7/11 and then me to the motel. A very satisfying day.
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Musings:
Mowg and I talked about someone who had been raised to be selfish. Her mother taught her to always look out for herself. How’s this for a definition of selfishness: Someone who always thinks all situations with other humans are win/lose situations; a win/win is inconceivable.
I don’t run into many people who can be described as selfish in that sense. But we are all vulnerable to ego-centricity, where we define the world by our needs instead of striving to understand the people we deal with on their terms. That’s the hard one.
