Sep 17, 2016
Taking it one day at a time
Everyday I have an idea of what I want to accomplish but it seems that everyday something crops up that takes several hours of my day. Not major issues but time consuming. I am running out of time and we leave six weeks today. The weather has changed for the worse, dark grey sky and major rain. Colin made the most of every great hour last week taking photos, so he is busy at his desk photo shopping from 7AM till late at night. Hopefully we will eventually get back to some lovely perfect fall days so he can finish up his projects.
The bubbles are from a special cleaner that we used to clean the jets in the tub. It certainly did the job.
One of the things we love about living here is that we have 24 hour security that actually patrols the park. The phone rang at 9:30PM yesterday, it was the office letting us know that there was a door open in our RV which is in the storage lot. Colin went to hop in the golf cart to go check the RV out but none of the lights were working so he took his car instead. Turns out that a basement door had been left open by the RV tech we had doing a few things for us. I am more than impressed that security spotted the open basement door. However now we have to figure out what is wrong with the golf cart. As I mentioned, there is always something extra to deal with. One thing we did to the RV was remove the original antenna and put in a modern digital system. Now when we stop at night we should be able to pick up some stations without bothering with setting up the satellite dish. We only do that if there is particular show we want to tape. Usually by time I make dinner and do the blog I am ready for bed. We also hope to pick up some Mexican stations when there.
Lots of geese enjoying sunning themselves on our beach this past week. Haven’t seen any of them today. Only the ducks are out in the rain. I took this thru the window but they still moved away as they sensed my presence.
With Colin gone from early till dark we haven’t done any dancing this week. I have however managed to get 10,000 steps in ten days in a row. Wish I could do that every day but soon I will.
I started to tear up when I saw this canoe. Over the years I have noticed this lady paddling with her husband. She has bird feathers in her hat and is an older person. This is the first time I have seen her without her husband. Who is the young man with her, her grandson, son? Where is the husband? Did he die. That was my first thought and it upset me. I hope my intuition was wrong. For some reason I tuned to that thought and was very sad.
I am very very very slowly making headway in our preparations to leave. The Mexican insurance for the car and the RV have been purchased. I am awaiting a quote re the medical insurance. Somehow I screwed up and missed purchasing US dollars when the dollar was up. Yesterday when I went to the bank it was down 3 cents in the last 8 days. Dang! Right now it is more than we paid last fall. However the peso is costing us a lot less. Who knows what this US election is going to do to the economy. Not good I think. The two weeks that we are not staying on the Isla this season ( only 4 months vs 4.5 or 5 months ) will pay for our 18 days heading south including our very expensive Napa Valley RV park fees. I was extremely lucky and got the last site available in the park. Sigh!
Saw this boat on the lake for the first time a few days ago. The driver was sitting at the back and two elderly people were in the front having a tour of the lake. No idea where it is moored.
Our sweet darling Carmeh.
Yesterday for the third time in just under two weeks she was sick. It is her stomach, you can hear the churning and strange noises. She refused to eat or drink and it was obvious that she was in great pain. She mostly just ate grass. Eventually, same as last time it comes out in a reddish mucous. It hurt me to see her distress. I finally called the vet who okayed me giving her 25mg of Tramadol. If didn’t seem to make any difference. She kept coming to me to be held and petted and soothed but soon she wanted down as she had to run outside. She could not lay flat and was either hunched over with her head hanging low or walking with her back humped up and her tail between her legs. She could not sleep. When I wasn’t holding her or letting her out and back in, I did some online research. She has had colitis in the past. But she could also have irritable bowl disease or irritable bowl syndrome. The main cause of the latter is stress. Carmeh has always been attached to Colin but even more so in the last year when she became paralyzed. She lives for him and when he is not here I am forever, as in every 5 – 10 minutes, opening the door for her to go check if he is home. She sleeps plastered to his side every night. It occurred to me that Colin has been home more that normal this summer and suddenly this past week he has almost disappeared. She has even been reluctant to walk with just me and keeps turning her head to see if he is coming up behind us. I believe that she just missed Colin so much that she made herself ill.
Not the sunset, but a reflection it, two night ago.
Colin came home early yesterday, late afternoon, as the clouds had come in. Sure enough Carmeh perked up the moment he walked through the door. Her tail began to wag and she just wanted to be with him. After a time she finally fell asleep in a bed next to his desk. Rest is what she needed. I gave her rice with some canned dog food for dinner, just a bit. This morning she got the same thing. I likely will add about 1/3 of the regular amount of kibble she usually gets to her meal tonight. Fortunately Colin is home for at least three days and hopefully her gut will heal quickly. We only need to get through the next 6 weeks and then he will be with her all winter. The interesting thing is that she appears to be fine when Colin and I leave together but only becomes upset when he leaves and I stay here. I know she was in great pain yesterday and it upset me so much to see her that way. Today the pain is gone but she still has the other symptoms. All we can do it take it one day at a time.
Very nice sunset. The previous photo was its refection.
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Nice that tings are slowly coming together, you soon be on the road heading south.
I hope Carmeh feels better. The sunset pics (reflections) are beautiful.
I think dogs who around their owners a lot (like us and you guys – the self-employed) get so attached they can’t function properly without us. Buddy is fine if Mom comes to sit for him (she comes to our house) as he loves her to pieces – but when Dave and I go together he sometimes refuses to eat. He lost a couple pounds when we went to Spain when he was at his old human owners and I know she takes super good care of him. He mopes when hubby is away for a few days – I often have to bribe him to eat with some turkey or something that I know he loves. Apparently it is common to show emotions in poodles by refusing to eat. Maybe your pups too? Exciting times packing for Mexico – a lot of work but there is definitely a beautiful 4 months to look forward to once you are done the next hard 6 weeks of work.
I would like to think that that lady in the canoe is just enjoying an outing with her grandson at least I hope that is the case.
Love your last too pictures, the sunset and the reflection of the sunset.
Ruth
Poor little Carmeh, so wish we could just talk to them and know what they know and what they want… or need.