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We mourned the death of a keyboard. San Geraldo’s wireless keyboard appeared to be drained. His does not recharge but takes AAA batteries. We were all out. I went to the local bizarre and picked up a package. That didn’t do the trick. So he went online to see if there was anything else he needed to check. He found helpful advice that explained in so many words that he should plug the keyboard in and then unplug it to trick it into being wireless again. That stumped him. It’s wireless; what was he supposed to plug in? So, this morning, we walked over to El Corte Inglés and bought a new wireless keyboard. Not an Apple keyboard for €229, but a Logitech keyboard for €39. I’m surprised San Geraldo hasn’t told me that we now have €190 to spend somewhere else.
On the way home we stopped for coffee at the unfriendly but good-quality Roldán Bakery, because it was there. SG came directly home and I walked over to the neighborhood bizarre again to pick up a new Phillips-head screwdriver. That’s what SG is using to assemble the aquarium cabinet and the head of ours had finally worn down.
The temperature was surprisingly low (for us) at just 31˚C/88˚F but the humidity was surprisingly high (for us) at 64% and SG was already damp. I would have walked the 10 minutes downhill to the hardware store, but the idea of walking home the 10 minutes uphill didn’t thrill me. I wasn’t yet damp, but felt like I might melt.
I found a cheap screwdriver that will do the trick so that SG can finish assembling the cabinet. I figured, for €1.60, it wouldn’t matter if it only lasted for this one project. The aquarium is still in the box. The apartment looks like a construction site.
We both had siestas after lunch and I put clean sheets on the bed when I woke up. I wouldn’t want to waste clean sheets on an overheated siesta.
Last night we went to Cebú, a restaurant near the train station. We taxied there and walked home and had a pleasant and delicious meal.
The photo above is one of many young crape myrtles (Lagerstroemia) in the Gardens of the Merced. Click here to read about my mother-in-law and crape myrtles.
Lamentamos la muerte de un teclado. El teclado inalámbrico de San Geraldo parecía haberse quedado sin batería. El suyo no es recargable, sino que usa pilas AAA. No nos quedaban más. Fui al bazar del barrio y compré un paquete. No funcionó. Así que buscó en internet para ver si había algo más que pudiera revisar. Encontró un consejo útil que explicaba, en pocas palabras, que debía enchufar el teclado y luego desenchufarlo para que volviera a ser inalámbrico. Eso lo dejó perplejo. Es inalámbrico; ¿qué se suponía que debía enchufar? Así que, esta mañana, fuimos a El Corte Inglés y compramos un teclado inalámbrico nuevo. No un teclado Apple de 229€, sino un teclado Logitech de 39€. Me sorprende que San Geraldo no me haya dicho que ahora tenemos 190€ para gastar en otra cosa.
De camino a casa, paramos a tomar un café en Pastelerías Roldán, un lugar poco acogedor pero de buena calidad, porque estaba allí. SG vino directamente a casa y yo fui de nuevo al bazar del barrio a comprar un destornillador Phillips nuevo. Eso es lo que SG está usando para armar el mueble del acuario y la cabeza nuestra finalmente se había desgastado.
La temperatura era sorprendentemente baja (para nosotros) a solo 31˚C/88˚F pero la humedad era sorprendentemente alta (para nosotros) al 64% y SG ya estaba mojado. Habría caminado los 10 minutos cuesta abajo hasta la ferretería, pero la idea de caminar a casa los 10 minutos cuesta arriba no me entusiasmaba. Todavía no estaba húmedo, pero sentía que me iba a derretir.
Encontré un destornillador barato que hará el truco para que SG pueda terminar de armar el mueble. Pensé que, por 1.60 €, no importaría si solo durara para este proyecto. El acuario todavía está en la caja. El apartamento parece una obra en construcción.
Ambos tomamos la siesta después del almuerzo y puse sábanas limpias en la cama cuando me desperté. No querría desperdiciar sábanas limpias en una siesta demasiado calurosa.
Anoche fuimos a Cebú, un restaurante cerca de la estación de tren. Fuimos en taxi hasta allí, volvimos andando y disfrutamos de una comida deliciosa y agradable.
La foto de arriba muestra uno de los muchos jovenes árboles de júpiter (Lagerstroemia) de los Jardines de la Merced. Haz clic aquí para leer sobre mi suegra y la historia de estos árboles.
• En Cebú. Obra de arte del Mr. Haz, artista urbano e ilustrador originario de Argentina y activo en España y Francia.
• Un techo en Cebu.
• Mi crossaints de rabo de torro. Excelente.
• Uno de una hilera de árboles de lluvia dorada en el camino hacia lo bizarro.
• Farolas modernas y elegantes en la Plaza de Colón con la Torre de la Malmuerta del siglo XV (haz clic aquí) al fondo.
• Me costó mucho autocontrol no extender la mano y desenroscar la correa de este hombre.
• El vestíbulo de un edificio de apartamentos cercano.
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I like SGs economics — what you didn’t spend is now available!
Boud
Oh, Boud. This has been the story of our lives. We once bought a $900 monitor for our computer. It wasn’t compatible. We exchanged it for a $300 monitor and SG asked, What should we do with the extra $600?!? (We spent it.)
I have tucked in a stranger’s shirt tag before.
Kelly:
Women can get away with it, I think.
I love Cebu’s mural and ceiling. Also love that apartment building’s lobby. So much beauty just waiting to be found and appreciated!
Debra She Who Seeks:
Cebu has more art I was too lazy to walk around and get. Beautiful, simple interior. That lobby was a surprise. On either side of the entrance are a Dominos Pizza (ugh) and an ornate Chinese restaurant.
Carlos would say, We saved $190. And I’d say We Spent $39.
To-may-to, to-mah-to!
Love the mural in the restaurant!
Bob:
I now jokingly say what I know SG will say.
Oh, I’d make a reservation at Cebu just to sit next to that cool mural.
Kirk:
It’s a great place, too. And there’s something relaxing about the cool art.
That apartment lobby is something! I feel like I should be dressed up just to traverse it. Olivia
Olivia:
That lobby is flanked by Dominos Pizza and a Chinese restaurant. I was surprised. I’ll share a photo of the building soon.
Crape Myrtle looks like Rhododenrons from a distance.
That ‘entry way’/lobby is lovely!
Crape myrtle can be lush and stunning. I was so surprised by that lobby.
It has been to long since we untwisted someone’s manstrap.
David:
Not the man I’d want to untwist, but I agree.
I had read that post about SG’s mama before but I had to reread it because I remembered how much I loved it. And I loved it again! I think of Alice every time I see a blooming crepe myrtle which is quite frequently.
At my very first glance at that man’s bag strap I yearned to untwist it myself.
Also- thank you for reminding me of the Tower of the Wrongly Dead Woman. You know how much I love that name.
Mary Moon:
I do love living so close to that.
Mary Moon:
SG regularly has his shoulder strap twisted. I always fix it. It makes me crazy. He just laughs. Just the thought of Alice makes me smile.
Oh, noooooooo, I can’t unsee that twisted strap 🙁
I can’t quite make out what the bull’s tail croissants are, exactly, but I’ll take your word that it was good.
That apartment building entrance is so colorful and clean and interesting!
Judy C:
Yeah, it was hard to see the croissants. They were small and filled/covered in rabo de torro. I’ll share a photo of that building, which is nice although it tops Dominos pizza and a Chinese restaurant. Very large apartments apparently (there’s a 7 bedroom).
I was so focused on the flower and foliage that I didn’t see the woman’s face at first.
Me too, want to turn that bag strap.