Yuma, Bonita Mesa RV Park, Saturday before Christmas Eve

Thank you God for a wonderful sleep and great dreams. I was actually driving a bus and had a condo in the great complex in the sky.  Not bad.  It was warm and comfortable all night. I had the furnace on rather than the electric heater.  I hardly heard it.  

The storm of last night had blown over by the incredible western 3:10 to Yuma had finished.  I believe that was the third or fourth time I saw it.

Yesterday began early with rain and flooding notices and Laura’s St. Thomas Dental Centre dentist calling in that he’d be late due to the bad weather.  Laura saw Sandra for another pair of studs and after she had her 4 crowns we saw the same man and wife who had the purse and leather shop near Sol Optical.  I was chilled by the rainy day and bought a brown leather vest, he said was, ‘horse hide’.  I also bought a black leather hat which .she said, was ‘kangaroo’.  Laura bought the Coach and Prada purses she wanted as gifts, 

I was very happy as it had been a year or two project to address Laura’s broken tooth. She’d lost one and another broke and she worried about smiling and pictures and I worried about her health.  Seeing my dentist wouldn’t work because he was in New Westminster and she was down town. The cost and number of visits all were concerning. Here I’d know I’d be able to afford it and that it would be done in 1-2 weeks on our holidays.  Two visits and some 3 or 4 hours of work and now she was done. She was pleased. I was pleased she was pleased. 

We came home to our little dog who was ecstatic.  But having to be left to do guard duty has also resulted in him being more subdued and less demanding.  He’s normally bugging us and hyperactive but I expect guard duty means he naps a lot and his overall anxiety reduces.

I was glad to be in a meeting. I admire my medical colleagues and feel at times a part of .  I’ve been quite paranoid after the betrayals lies and persecution.  All the government boundary violations and micro management and frankly no difference from Trudeau, dictatorship and central control with an aim towards elevating their position at the expense of others. Rampant communism.  Hegel turned on his head.

I sometimes look towards retirement simply to be free from the ‘perfection’ of the beaurocrats with their Borg like mentality.  At the same time I consider my own spiritual growth and the need to answer the question why I attract this kind of attention. I believe it’s a reflection of my judgemental ness.  I attract negatives because I’m negative. I must learn to be less afraid of the corrupt authorities and embrace the corrupt authorities.  I can only accept them, the Harrods and Pilates.  This is a world of imperfection as I am imperfect.  To sin is the miss the mark.  I must become more spiritual and less afraid and more loving and more calm even though the Communist Chinese murdered all the Tibetan monks as did the Roman and Persian emperors murder the Christian monks.  The Barbarians destroy the monasteries.  

Barbarian is a good word though it originally referred to my Celtic forefather’s who destroyed Rome.  We’re faced with several empires today, the continuance of the Russian and British empires, the American empire and the rising Chinese empires.  As well there are countries and coalitions as in South America and Africa and parts of Asia.  Muslims and Aetheist Communists, and the Buddhists and Hindus and Taoists and Christians, orthodox and catholic

This is the day before Christmas Eve.  The birth of Christ. The broad strokes are that God became man and man crucified him.  The baby Jesus’ birth is celebrated on Christmas Day infringed on by Santa Clause and seasonal consumerism. 

I personally am making Laura and I more coffee. I opened a bag of ground Italian which was slightly bitter.  Good enough but likely on sale,  Now I’ve found a ground Kauai coffee with macadamia nuts and vanilla flavour we’ll enjoy over Christmas’s.   When I sailed into Kona I found the Kona coffee to be the mildest and tastiest.  It has the least caffeine so couldn’t compete with my caffeine fix desire.  I’ve so enjoyed Ethiopian since I was there knowing that Yemen and the Ethiopian kingdom were the origins of coffee.  Here I’m planning on trying different Mexican coffees because I do like their taste.  With Ethiopian the famous one is Yergicheffe which I like but it’s the Sidamo I really enjoy so I’m suspected I’ll find a Mexican to my taste. There’s such a range or Mexican and South American blends , I do look forward to exploring them.  Epicurianism.

It’s foggy out with puddles. Laura who reads the weather rather than the news says the sun should be up by noon and the storm be over. There was flooding warnings and an advisory to stay home and not drive last night because of the unusual rains storm. Yuma is touted as the sunniest city with 93% of the days sunny.  

My only plan today is to do the laundry or buy more t shirts and underwear. There’s laundry acrosss the street and in the complex building.  There’s also a pool I haven’t used. I’ve the tide pods too.  I’ve had not impulse to eat them either.

We’re an hour ‘a head ‘. Here.    Yuma is 8 am and it’s 7 pm Paciic Time.  I think this is called “mountain’ time.  I just asked the clinic to adjust my time so I’d end here earlier and take breaks earlier . I’ll probably see one less patient a day but it will be more manageable and I wanted to have a couple of hours off mid day to enjoy the sun.  Starting later to I’ll  have time to walk the dog in a leisurely way. I really am set on enjoying this winter and winter break in Yuma. Given the challenge of the drive I might as well get my full experience.  I’ll address extra demands in a more unscheduled way, maybe work Friday morning again if the need arises,  Right now I’m so happy having slept in a faceing a week of holiday and off the clock time with Laura and Madigan.  When I’m here alone I’ll like the work and structure and the sun, Already I feel my lungs are reviving. I just hope my back gets relief.  I have to do more exercise and perhaps see a chiropracter, I plan to see a hearing aid specialist in Yuma given there was no advantage in Mexico. There’s on near the Walmart close by.

Madigan has brought me his yellow star toy and I’ve thrown it a couple of times in here. He’s brought it back but wants to play fight me for it and I want him to learn ‘give’ and ‘drop it’ so we’re not fighting for a bird in hunting season.

When I hug and kiss Laura in the morning , he joins in and she’s got him licking here ear or forehead pushing in while I try to kiss her. She’s much in demand.  She’s a joy as company.