An infernal work stretch is not slowing down. I’ve had one crappy file after another and have been spending long days on files that would normally take me a morning. Thankfully, they are all for the one client who pays extra for these sorts of messes and so I’m still earning a day’s wage with them. I am disappointed I didn’t get to have one final Saturday morning in Almer\u00eda, but it is what it is. I’ll hopefully be able to get out on Monday. I know I’m going to get time off in M\u00e1laga and Amsterdam, so I might as well keep working since, really, there isn’t that much to do here in the off season but just enjoy the privilege of living\u00a0here.<\/p>\n
Not wanting to have too much left over in the pantry at the end of the week, I’ve been doing small shops every couple of days. So I went out today to the shop up the road to get stir fry stuff to go with the pork I have left. There was a new (to me) person working the back counter and he looked at me warily\u00a0until I greeted him and asked for my first item (a giant red pepper that was just about 0.80CAD!). Then, the transaction flowed smoothly and he made sure I got what I wanted out of different options (like French baguette versus a rustic loaf when I asked for “pan.” I went with the rustic — good choice!).<\/p>\n
This little shop is wonderful and I’m so happy to have it close by. Getting doggy cuddles whenever I shop there has been a bonus!<\/p>\n
I was finally able to quit for the day at about half four and headed out to the malec\u00f3n. It was such a glorious afternoon, with full sun and a warm salty breeze coming off the Mediterranean. No matter how much I was once a winter person, I now firmly belong to the sun. I savoured my walk. We really haven’t had that many lovely days.<\/p>\n
Now, I’m treating myself to a cold beer. \ud83d\ude42 It really hasn’t been beer drinking weather so this has only been my fourth\u00a0one at home since I got here!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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