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Monday, 2/14/22:
Rain Day. Overnight it rained at times like the end of the world. Had all of the windows open and fans on to keep it cool. Woke up to a puddle of water on the floor. Forecast called for at least 24 hours more of rain. No diving today.
The kids brought breakfast from Sandy Buns Bakery in West End:
Muy delicioso! Then, with rain coming down, Nicci introduced us to “fish bowl”. It’s a game that she and Tyler and friends play where each player writes six words on slips of paper and place them in a bowl. Each person draws a piece of paper in turn and then gives clues to their teammates trying to guess that word.
The rain fell off and on, sometimes with a few hours in between. Met a young couple staying at Ananta by the name of Kelly and Todd. Said “hi” to them. They were on their way out walking somewhere. We were on our way to the fruit stand and grocery store. Starting driving up the road and a half mile or so on our drive, we saw them walking on the road. I stopped and, after discovering that they were headed to West End to buy groceries, picked them up. We went to Woody’s in West End first but decided to hit Eldon’s for their better selection. Kelly and Todd tagged along. Made our first stop, our daily stop, at the local fruit stand. Their produce is fresh and ripe- great tomatoes, avos and mangos. What else do you need? Picked up a few things and then made the long and winding drive to Eldon’s. It was the usual dodge ‘em cars on the way in plus a lot of flooding in low spots. I find it stimulating. Others find it harrowing. Loaded up at Eldon’s and then headed home.
With a break in the weather, I went out for a walk. It was a beautiful day. Somewhere in the mid ‘70’s.
Walked for about an hour and then came home for lunch. Sandwiches, guacamole, mangos, salsa and some amazing sandwich cookies with crème brûlée filling.
In the afternoon, the Feffer games began. I busied myself by telling annoying bad jokes from the Garrison Keillor book to the players.
Later Clay and I took a good walk on the beach, walking all the way to West Bay and back. Walked for about an hour.
Got all the way back to Ibigari before the skies opened up. Made the final climb up the drive in a heavy rain. It was almost enjoyable. The temperature is warm enough that you don’t get chilled and when the rain stops things dry out pretty quickly.
When we got back, Susan was hard at work on dinner. On the menu tonight: fish tacos. It’s terrific but also labor intensive with a fresh and delicious pico de gallo as the center piece. While dinner prep was under way, there were several spirited hands of Feffer. Had a great meal accompanied with wine and locally made Passionfruit cocktail. After dinner we all hit the hot tub and swimming pool and then off to Lala Land.
