At 6 a.m. Jeanette is already here before she leaves for work. Mem gives Mama Irma her medication. I ask how long this needs to continue, because the medicine is almost gone.
Mem goes to Soto and asks if I can look after Mama Irma. It gets dark and a rain shower breaks out. You know those tropical showers, pouring rain for 15 to 20 minutes.
I sit with Mama Irma and chat a bit, but she is tired and wants to sleep. I ask her where she was born and want to talk about it a little, but she says, ‘mi no recorda’ (I don’t remember).
At 10:00, I head into town. Just to get away for a bit. I’ve arranged to have lunch with MarieLouise. At Number Ten.
First, I pop into Sambil to buy some new slippers and go to the bank to exchange some ‘old’ money. The shops in Sambil don’t open until 11:00. Oh well. There are at least 20 people waiting in front of me at the bank. Oh well.
So I head to Number Ten, right on time. I made a reservation and have a nice table with the Scrabble letters PERRY on it. I have a nice chat with MarieLouise. It’s always very familiar and just like we met the other day.
After lunch, back to the bank. Now only an hour and a half’s wait to exchange NAF 80 for XCG 80. It’s done in three minutes and credited to my account.
Then I get some new slippers at All Star: Reef.
Back home, I sit down with Mama Irma for a while.
Swimming at Karakter, where I see a pelican with a white cap, a sister pelican, who may be coming to help Mama Irma.
Mem watches baseball and I chat with Mama Irma for a while.
20:45, off to bed.