The big news from yesterday is that I’ve booked my May “get outta town” trip. Swan and I will be sharing a five-day adventure in Bohol. It’s our first visit to this island, and we’ve been looking forward to seeing it. We’ll be staying on Alona Beach in Panglao, and we’ll do our touring from there. Heh, I just learned from glancing at that link that Alona Beach is named after a Filipina actress who ran naked on the beach for a movie role in 1973. Sounds like my kinda place!

I also discovered that stupidity comes with a price. $109.40 to be precise. Travel as an elderly person comes with challenges, and booking airline tickets online is one of them. I completed the process, paid for the flights, and received my booking confirmation via email. And that’s when I realized that what was supposed to be a May 12 departure with a May 16 return flight had somehow become a May 16 departure and a May 17 return. WTF? I still don’t know how I managed to screw that up, but, like everything else, there was a charge for changing the ticket. Oh well, lesson learned. Or not, as my increasingly frazzled brain doesn’t retain much information these days.

Other than that, it was pretty much a typical day in the life.

On the morning dog walk, I noticed the war of words (on paper) between neighbors has escalated.

And then there was the Sunday Sweets Stroll. Wanna come along?

When it was time to head into town, I was gobsmacked by the traffic. Apparently, Labor Day weekend is when Filipinos swarm the beaches in Zambales province. I’d never seen things this jammed up on the National Highway.

A couple of hours later, as we made our way to Jumpin’ Jacks, things were still jampacked.

I was wearing a Hash shirt, and another customer introduced himself as a Hasher from Kentucky. I told him about today’s Hash, and he wants to join in the fun. We’ll see if he shows.

Anyway, despite my costly mistake, I’d rate the day as not bad.

And now we’ve reached January 2019 in the journey through the LTG archives. In this post, I recount having one of those “love at first sight” moments. As you might expect, it proved to be a one-way street. But I am happy to report that the woman in question found the man she wanted and is now a happy mother. I wound up doing alright, too.

Today’s YouTube video discusses China’s motivations for its provocations against the Philippines. I like that the fallout from the Iran conflict is directly impacting China. FAFO.

Let’s lighten the load:

By golly, I’ve gone and done it again. And now it’s time to get ready for today’s Hash. There’s a climb involved, and it is another hot day, but I’ll give it a shot. You’ll know if I live tomorrow.