Saturday, March 2, 2024

Another nervous day/Carlos Pueblo

 Another nervous day/Carlos Pueblo

Maintaining a senior life is an art to avoid boring and stressful. I make it very simple that I shall eat and sleep to keep my daily needs filled, then I would add something in between during the day. Usually, I play light tennis in the morning for an hour; therefore, I can take my morning nap when I return home. If I take lunch, I can take another nap right after the meal. I go to bed before 8:30 am and wake up several times right at midnight to do something which is interesting to me. Amy couldn't wait for me to help her to cut dead branches on the flower trees, she went ahead to finish it. She still asked me to clean fallen leaves from the Arizona oaks. I went to the pharmacy to request my Metformin drugs for a month-long trip to Taiwan. When I came back, I was very happy to do more street blowing of fallen leaves and I moved my street car in order to complete the cleaning. In the afternoon when I tried to go to the pharmacy to pick up my medicine, my cruise agent from Miami, Florida called and chatted with me for a while at my chilling garage. I found my old vehicle on the street had a flat on the right rear. I got nervous. It was late and the traffic was bad at that time. This old vehicle might cost me additional money to make it running.

I had a towing car service company send a technician here to replace the spare. Amy was against going right away to the tire store because of the traffic and the closing time for the shop. She could help me to pick up my medicine because she had one to pick up as well. She also liked me to accompany her to a supermarket to buy some vegetables. Drugs were not ready and the clerk asked us to wait. We decided to go to the market to do the shopping. It was a busy evening, A 10 pounds watermelon is $8 now, a one pound pineapple is $4, the asparagus is $4 a pound, and a nice big mango is $2, etc. I agree to Amy that the inflation is here to stay.

I decided to drive the disabled vehicle the next morning to the tennis court first, then slowly to the tire shop. I was early so I went to another store to check on some flower plants to prepare to plant in the yards. I found Dahlia bulbs in a bag for $11. The tire store supervisor gave me a hard time to accept my vehicle because Amy needed to be present. I argued and a store manager came and overruled it in my favor. The mechanic recognizes the vehicle and me both are the original customers from the store.

Friday, March 1, 2024

緊張一日/莊峻華

 緊張一日/莊峻華

因為準備外出旅行,開始緊張生活,需要打包行李,又要隨時注意是否有所行程改變,半夜凌晨發現一節郵輪,從東京返阿拉斯加段已售盡,立刻訂購兩日後返美機票,提早結束台灣之旅,然後清晨網球局,回家後愛美要我幫忙鋸掉花樹枯枝,小憩後,她已耐不住,逕自上梯整樹,但又差我清掃落葉,我還有事需要到藥局拿藥。

從藥局回來,我又多事,掃清老車下積葉,街道一新。下午正待出發藥局領藥,邁阿密郵輪代理來電話,討論我今年行程計劃,發現老車右後輪胎消風,於是開始緊張。先是電話接通拖車公司,很快的技師到來,他很熟練的卸下車輪,果然是壓上鐵釘,換上備胎,我需要開到卡斯口大店修補輪胎,美國人善於生意,拖車公司是會員,卡斯口輪胎有保證,都是免費,就是緊張而已。

晚飯後,愛美載我到藥局,因她也需領眼藥,兩藥均未備妥,因此我們先去附近買菜,藥局菜市場都甚忙碌,美國大都市真是繁榮,一粒西瓜約十磅許,要價八美元,一粒一磅許鳳梨,要價四美元,蘆筍一磅四美元,難怪通貨膨脹,但我已無壓力矣,我還是省吃儉用,投資儲蓄,靠退休計劃生存。

今晨還需網球局,開老車第一段到球場,再慢慢開到卡斯口大店,週五共和黨眾院議長同議讓預算暫時通過,股市稍有波動上揚,也很緊張。