I was up by 5:30 and out on the street with Elsa. I walked only up and down my street as I have been doing. Between my left leg and my urinary urgency, I didn't dare get too far from home. As I walked, I passed a woman looking at the property on the corner. I assumed she was looking at the mangos lying on the ground. These were the mangos Judy had asked me about the other day. I told her the story. The property was a vacation rental, and I knew a friend who would contact the owner and ask if people could pick the mangos and lychee.
The woman joined me as I walked. When we came to the end of the block where I turned around, she turned around with me. She visited her son, his girlfriend, and the one-year-old child. Now that inter-island travel was open again, she and her husband took turns coming over for a week to help out.
When we came to my house after I completed my 5,500 steps, the driveway gate was closed, meaning the dogs were already in the driveway. Yvette was setting up for the Thursday driveway yoga class. I asked the woman if she wanted to join. Yvette provided her with a mat. It was when Yvette asked that I learned her name, Naomi. She was heading back to Oahu tomorrow.
After the class, I cleaned the table on the lanai and myself quickly. I had a healing session with one of the yoga students. When that was done, I went outside to plug in the car to finish its charge while the sun was up, utilizing the solar panels.
I was already exhausted but had a 10:30 Zoom tutoring session with Daniel. I hoped that I would get energy in the session, but that didn't happen. I've been feeling sluggish and downright tired. I worry that my age is catching up with me. However, I hear that many people feel this way.
D. had no memory for the multiplication facts. He even had trouble remembering that they were multiplication problems versus addition. I asked him what he thought we could do that would help him remember the facts. He suggested doing the math facts at the end of the session. It was worth a try. More importantly, I wanted him to ask himself the question, "What can I do so I will remember my facts better?" Just asking the question has an impact. I told him that if we couldn't solve his memory problem, someone in his lifetime would.
We discussed his feelings about his limitations. He wasn't very distressed about his inability to remember things. However, he was reasonably interested in improving his memory. I have no idea what to do to help him. He did do well on his reading today. Also, his mother said she sees an improvement in his self-confidence when he reads. There were several points where he caught his mistakes. There were also two incidents when he misread words but substituted words with the same meaning.
After I got off the Zoom meeting, I went to lie down for a nap. I lay down shortly after eleven and got up again around 1:30. I was still tired and lay back down for another half hour. I did get something done today. I squeezed all the lemons I had, threw the remaining T-shirts into the washing machine, and folded the shirts I had taken off the line the other day. I also called the vacuum repair store. The answering machine gave some weird information. I sure didn't sound like the repair shop.
About half an hour later, the lady who owned the shop called. They run on aloha time, which means whenever the spirit moves them. I asked how I could know when the shop was open to drop off my vacuum cleaner. She told me to call first. She also told me it would cost me $50 to examine it. She said repairing it wouldn't cost more except for the replacement parts. I told her how I had the carpet attachment repaired twice, and it never worked properly. She said she would look into it and get back to me. Now, I have to consider putting out $50 to have the vacuum evaluated.
I have been thinking about the Progressive bill on the Ford, which is $120 a month versus the $79 a month for the Prius and the brand-new Kia. When I called the adjuster, I found out that the extra charge was for an accident Michael claimed for an accident he had in a rental car. I checked. Progressive hadn't paid for that accident. We had insurance on the rental car. If Progressive didn't payout, why were they charging us more?
I will call Progressive tomorrow to ask about this. I hear them say the penalty was issued because of the VIN number. Okay, let's say I sell the car. Does that mean the next owner will get charged more for his car insurance? Does the charge follow the VIN number? If it follows Mike, why didn't the extra charge disappear when I took his name off the insurance? It's unlikely that he's driving the car anymore. It is equally improbable that the car will be responsible for another accident.
Yvette texted me to tell me that today was the sixth anniversary of our move to Hawaii.
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Musings:
I remember a woman in Licking Heights expressing the belief that black people have more encounters with the police because more criminals are in the black population. I have difficulty believing that there are no whites who commit petty crimes, make small drug purchases, or pass counterfeit $20. Anyone who argues that blacks are treated the same way whites can post police videos of how they treat whites in similar situations.
I was once stopped for speeding. I pulled over and said, "Oh, shit. I know perfectly well this is a speed trap." He let me go. I'm a white woman. Could it be better?
I had only one bad encounter with the police. The siren went off in the car behind me after using an access road to get onto a highway. I pulled over even though it was an unmarked car. A well-dressed man got out of the car, came over, and gave me hell for driving slowly. Really? I think he was a cop, but what was he on? Other than yelling at me, he didn't do anything else. Although he threatened to give me a ticket. I doubt he would have done that to a man.
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