Sunday, June 27, 2021
I had a difficult night’s sleep because of a conflict with someone over money- an unpleasant topic at best. The problem for me is that discussion is impossible. Their negotiation style is by fiat, and the other person has to rise up and object. Very stressful. Because we have financial ties, I finally made a move like that myself. I got my way, but I’m not comfortable with it.
Yesterday, I went back to my old, very worn-out Crocs. My foot feels so much better. It is clear now the problem with my foot was caused by my new Crocs. I never had that happen before. I hope my foot can adjust. First, I will wait until the injured foot is healed. Then I’ll try the new shoe for a few hours.
We had a downpour around 9 am. Good thing I did my walk early.
I spent several hours watching the slides from the several videos I created on my reading method to select the best version. I compared one slide at a time on all the videos. I found two slides that I have to redo. As for the rest, I found one of each slide that will do. Are they perfect? No. but they seem good enough. I texted Tommy, my go-to tech, to make a date for him to come over to work on slicing and splicing the final version using slides from different videos.
On one of my walks, I ran into two women I’d never seen before. Sylvia lived a few streets away. The other was a friend going to house sit for the first woman while she traveled to the mainland to visit family. Sylvia asked me if we had mangoes. The women continued on their walk while I continued zigzagging slowly. She would meet up with me at my house on her way back. Then she stopped at my gate. When they came alongside me, she said they would be back later. When I walked into our driveway, I understood. Yvette was standing there. The women had talked to her about the mangoes. They had made arrangements with her. Yvette wants the dogs in the house when strangers come on the property. I always thought it was for the protection of the dogs. No, she said. It was for the protection of the people. She was concerned that Liner might attack someone. Huh? Liner is a pussycat. He rolls over on his back. Yvette said she had seen him growl at someone once and, therefore, always takes precautions.
Sylvia and Kathy came by later. I walked them to the bottom of the property. I thought the mangoes were ripe because they were this red and purple color. But no, mangoes are yellow when they’re ripe. They said they would come back in two weeks.
Yvette had been standing in the driveway waiting for a flatbed tow truck to pick up her car. She had two flats yesterday. She thinks she got it when they parked at the Magic Sands parking lot when we videoed the Shine dance routine. I had been lucky. As I pulled in, a truck was pulling out. It was an odd angle for me. I managed to maneuver myself into the space without having an accident. I was driving under 5 mph, the danger zone. Yvette had to push her car into a space that wasn’t a parking space. She believes something in that space made holes in her tires.
Yesterday, Yvette, Scott, Elise, and I met at the seaside park just north of Magic Sands Beach. We videoed the dance we each practiced individually with one joint rehearsal. The dance called for simple rocking and walking steps to accompany the arm sequence. My leg was very bad at that moment, and I was standing on grass, which challenged my balance at the best of times. I was placed in the center. I just did the arm movements. Yvette and Elise did the whole Monty. Scott videoed us. Yvette asked me if I wanted to see the video, No, I had fun working on the dance, but I have never liked how I looked. I wasn’t going to like it more now that I weighed 10 lbs. more after losing 2 ½ inches from my height. Mike used to complain about my aging body. He always had a potbelly, I point out. He said, “Yes, but you didn’t when I met you,” when I was 32. Oh, well. He didn’t stop loving me or telling me I was beautiful.
Yvette made it home because Scott changed one of the tires. Josh met them in town and brought a gadget that inflated tires. Scott said they had to stop twice to reinflate the second tire to make it home. Yvette had joyfully announced that Costco had four new tires in. I didn’t know why she was so happy. Winds up, several people have had problems because no one on the island had their tires in stock. They had to wait several weeks for them to arrive.
At my door was a package with the Hersey’s Milk chocolate with whole almonds. The price has jumped substantially of late. I understood the price of sugar had gone through the roof because of the pandemic’s effect on the supply chain. I was resolved to do without my main food staple. Then I bit the bullet. I ordered a supply for $50. Wow! The price was originally something like $15 for 2 lbs. That was a quick price jump. When I opened the box, I discovered the bag held 4 lbs. not the usual 2 lbs. That’s still a substantial price jump, but not as bad as I thought.
Late in the afternoon, we had another downpour, and what a downpour it was.
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