What I've been up to
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serenissimaLast Saturday we drove up to the nearest big city, ostensibly to run an errrand and do a bit of sightseeing, but also just to go and see how the trip is, since we anticipate several such drives during our stay here. The errand was to pick up dog food: we've been buying a brand that doesn't seem to be available locally, and while we could switch brands if I could find one without too much in the way of filler grains, it did make a nice excuse. We planned to visit a cavern, something of a tourist attraction, after lunch. A constant temperature of 70°F underground sounded like a good idea when it was going to be over 100°F above ground.
Once we got to the city, we quickly found PetSmart and made our purchase, leaving us with at least two hours to spend before we could justify even an early lunch. We drove up and down the street a bit, wandered into a Filipino food store, found a shoe store and bought a new pair of sneakers for each of us, and finally headed off to what turned out to be a very nice restaurant indeed. Made note that it would be a great place to come back to.
There was a little open-air market being held on the sidewalk of the shopping center where the restaurant was. The vendors were packing things up by the time we finished eating, but we stopped to say hello, discovered they hold the market every Saturday, and were given several grapefruits for free because the chatty grapefruit farmer said they'd go to waste otherwise. I was never a big fan of grapefruit, but these are sweet and tasty.
After a morning of shopping and delicious lunch, we decided we were tired and didn't really feel like touring a cavern. So we headed home. The dog probably would have been distraught if we'd stayed out all day anyway.
There are a surprising number of Asian restaurants in this little town. They're all small establishments and in general not much for atmosphere and decor, but at the three we've been to so far, the food was decent. This week, we have tried out another local Asian restaurant, registered myself and the dog for our respective medical care, picked up a few household items and looked without success for flypaper. We have a lot of flies in the house, but neither the supermarket nor the discount store sells flypaper; they only have sticky traps for mice, not flies, and roach poison and insecticide sprays. Does no one want the product anymore? We bought a spray, but I may cobble something together out of duct tape and cardboard.
We finally got a call from the truck driver carrying our worldly goods, who told us he expects to reach our house next Tuesday. Meanwhile, having little else to do, we both got sucked into a couple of Facebook games, in particular Mafia Wars. Time spent playing will likely taper off once we get into a real routine.
Once we got to the city, we quickly found PetSmart and made our purchase, leaving us with at least two hours to spend before we could justify even an early lunch. We drove up and down the street a bit, wandered into a Filipino food store, found a shoe store and bought a new pair of sneakers for each of us, and finally headed off to what turned out to be a very nice restaurant indeed. Made note that it would be a great place to come back to.
There was a little open-air market being held on the sidewalk of the shopping center where the restaurant was. The vendors were packing things up by the time we finished eating, but we stopped to say hello, discovered they hold the market every Saturday, and were given several grapefruits for free because the chatty grapefruit farmer said they'd go to waste otherwise. I was never a big fan of grapefruit, but these are sweet and tasty.
After a morning of shopping and delicious lunch, we decided we were tired and didn't really feel like touring a cavern. So we headed home. The dog probably would have been distraught if we'd stayed out all day anyway.
There are a surprising number of Asian restaurants in this little town. They're all small establishments and in general not much for atmosphere and decor, but at the three we've been to so far, the food was decent. This week, we have tried out another local Asian restaurant, registered myself and the dog for our respective medical care, picked up a few household items and looked without success for flypaper. We have a lot of flies in the house, but neither the supermarket nor the discount store sells flypaper; they only have sticky traps for mice, not flies, and roach poison and insecticide sprays. Does no one want the product anymore? We bought a spray, but I may cobble something together out of duct tape and cardboard.
We finally got a call from the truck driver carrying our worldly goods, who told us he expects to reach our house next Tuesday. Meanwhile, having little else to do, we both got sucked into a couple of Facebook games, in particular Mafia Wars. Time spent playing will likely taper off once we get into a real routine.
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