Aging Project XCIII

 

Aging Project XCIII     81.66 years

I don't have a scales right now, so I don't know my exact weight, but it is less than it should be. I need to bulk up just a little bit.

At last, I am here in Uruguay. Thanks to the help of my good Unitarian Universalist friends of the Church in the Pines, My apartment was emptied on time. Betty is not here with me yet, because she is embroiled in international health regulations. I think she may get here by the end of May.

It is quite cold here, for the Fall. The temp this morning was 45°F/10°C. Still, I feel good and ready for anything.

My friend Emily, whom I have known for ten years, is here, helping me to get the house better prepared for a cold winter, and helping me to connect to services and utilities. It can be a bit complicated in the beginning. I already have my internet and telephone (both mobile and fixed) connections, and a bank account. Keeping money in that account will be a bit tricky, unless I switch my Social Security over to Uruguay. That is what we did before, and it just requires going to the consulate, and takes about a month. In the meantime, I can use ATM and credit cards.

Neither I nor Emily cook much, and we are using a great service ("Rico y Sano") that delivers healthy, vegetarian food to your door. Fortunately, they have things that I, being gluten intolerant, can eat. The stores also have some things, including some bread that I believe is made with rice flour, and it says it is "libre de gluten." I would be lost without the help of Emily, so I am grateful to her.

Here is a little puzzle for my Udugi language followers:

ᎤᏁᎳᎩ ᏄᏁᏌᏴᏢ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᏴᏢ, ᎠᏯ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᏗᎴᎦ ᏥᎸ ᏍᏆᎴ-ᎦᎶᏇ.