Some days are just crazy!

this was one of them with some great laughs.

I had an appointment for my teeth at 10:00am and Craft Ladies in Paraiso at 2:00pm (thank heavens that was cancelled) and a meeting in Orosi at 5:00pm about the feria at the church on 9/30. Doesn’t sound like the life of an old retired lady to me.

In the past the lady in the reception area at the clinic told me to just go back to the waiting area for dental so that is what I did. I figured I would give her a brownie on the way out. I was hopeful since there was only 1 other person waiting. She got called and I figured I was next. An old man and woman came in and they went right in. Finally the assistant looked at me and asked if I had an appointment and said I had to register. That done I was next and it only took 5 minutes and I was told to come back in 6 months. Now I have been there 4 times and never an ex ray. I am not sure how they figure out where you have problems other than just ask you if you have a problem.

I carry a water bottle with me and this one was glass covered with a rubber cage. Well, about now, the glass cracked and leaked in my red bag so I threw it and most of the napkins I had for the brownies away. Not too much damage to what was in the red bag.

Not long ago I talked to Jose when he was at the hardware store and he told me the employees missed my cookies so after the dentist I headed there. The first person I saw was Gerardo and I explained why I was there. He said good and he got the first brownie. He started calling people over and I was happy I had enough for all the employees and the customers.

Next stop was the chicken place in front of the school. I ordered 2 pieces and papas and gave him a  brownie. He gave me an extra piece of chicken. I took care of what I needed to at the bank including handing out brownies and headed for the bus. It is now almost noon and I haven’t eaten anything yet so once I get on the bus I have a few fries then a small piece of chicken. The driver and passengers around me can smell the chicken and they are laughing and joking about the chicken. I pull a drumstick from the bag and hand it to the driver. He laughs and says no but everyone got a big kick out of it. When I got off the lady ahead of me got off too and walked with me until her house. Her name is Nora. I forgot. I stopped and bought a new water bottle and it turns out the clerk lives near me here in Rio Macho. When I say I live in the cabana of Adrian Arce they all know where that is.

I took the bus back to town about 4:30 and went to the Cafeteria by the church for the meeting. They decided too many people were coming so we moved to el jardín, the other pizza place in town. I haven’t had any of their pizza but it is a lovely place with a lovely garden with unusual, beautiful flowers. What it is also is very dark so it was hard to see the people at the other end of the table. It also turned out that it is a group concerned with much more than just this feria. Half were gringos and half ticos so both languages were used. By 7:00pm the place was full with customers so besides not being able to see, you couldn’t hear. Have you guessed, being part of a big group isn’t my thing. I am more a one on one person. I have been told that ticos aren’t good about working together so I would be concerned that a lot of talking happens but not so much action. I don’t know much more about the 30th than I did. BUT, I had a container of chocolate cookies and I got an order to make 60 cookies for a kids birthday party on Sunday. The man from the Cafeteria also said he would be happy to carry my cookies but I said thank you but I don’t want to work that hard making them all the time. And what you may ask did I charge for my cookies. I decided on 8000 colones for 60 cookies.

There were nice parts of the meeting. Ligia and Jeanette explained what we do from the hats for the cancer ladies to making the extra things to sell to buy more yarn for the hats. We are considered a non-profit so we can do the Féria’s for free. We stayed to speak with a couple people about other opportunities for us and for the seniors that Jeanette and Ligia work with. I  even had a man tell me I have a very big heart and another offer to donate some yarn.

It was 9:00 before I got home but it was taxi this time. He picked us up in front of the church and we took Ligia home then me. Life stays interesting.