Another day in the life and another post here at LTG. All is right with the world!
Well, I’m still not quite right. Stamina and energy are at low ebbs lately. I managed a 9K solo walk yesterday but it was a struggle. I kept trying to talk myself into taking a shortcut or even, heaven forbid, cheating and taking a trike back home. In the end, I prevailed over the evil thoughts and completed my hike as originally intended.
I also had good intentions for a similar hike this morning. All the way through putting on my hiking shoes. But then I couldn’t manage to drag myself out the door and do it. My only bad excuse is that I got winded on a short incline walking the dogs this morning. So, I convinced myself to give it a rest. I do feel guilty about it though.
“Happy”, my new favorite bargirl, is scheduled to perform massage services for me for the first time later this afternoon. I’m not sure what to expect but that’s fine too. Straight massage or something extra will be entirely up to her. And the level of compensation I provide will vary accordingly. She’s a cutie though, and I’m looking forward to her hands on my tired old body.
I popped into the Kitchenette last night. The place was hopping, at least in terms of beer drinkers. Unfortunately, Maris is not allowed to sell beer under the terms of her lease. Beer is purchased from the beer bar down on the beach which is also owned by Kitchenette’s landlord. I guess it is not that big a deal, the Kitchenette had a big day on food sales, but it’s a bit of a pain in the ass to hike down for buckets of beer at 70 pesos per bottle. In fact, the bar actually ran out of beer before the Kitchenette closed, so we bought beer from the small store nearby at only 45 pesos a bottle. That might be the way to go in the future.
For those of you who enjoy photos from my walks, here are a few from yesterday’s adventure:
But that was yesterday, and yesterday’s gone. You can Relive it here though if you so desire:
That’s all for now. Thanks for stopping by. And don’t forget to check out Kevin’s walk blog. Great photos from Day 1.
If you’re feeling tired, take a rest. You normally go at a relentless pace and have a pretty highly ritualized schedule (based on when you post blog entries and when you leave comments at my place), so take a break without any guilt. It’s okay to relax now and then.
Glad to see 👀u
You look quite different without glasses.
Much younger.
You look like an anxious Californian 😬
Perturbed and in deep thought.
Tired and grateful.
A completely different person I say.
Anyway
Maybe I missed some blog posts.
I notice u r now disguising people’s names . I guess somebody accosted you and berated you again. People.
But then again, the town is much too small to offer any anonymity. And you make such a piss poor attempt at the disguising anyway. First rule of fake names : make the reader believe that the names and characters are real.
Anyway
I just popped in to thank you again for your consistency in your writing , your drinking and your walking.
Soeaking of walking; have I missed a recent development about your health ?
Is the heat sapping your energy that you can’t do long walks any more? The new chubby fella whose name escapes me now seems to be consistently showing up for walking 🚶♂️
And I see you have completely ignored my advice about avoiding that bar cafeteria in which you’re a silent investor. 🤫good on you. It appears that you are one of the more regular customers ; but more importantly you bring all your friends there to have a good time .good on you . I was wrong. You have managed to be a regular visitor without being too intrusive into the practices of the business . A regular customer.
What do you call it when a man invests in a business and then subsequently becomes a regular customer in that business 🤔
Moving money from the back pocket to the front pocket
Good times
Thanks for the writing ✍
And I wish you wealth and health
Congrats on getting through that first walk. I have always felt that , the less you do the less you can do.
Dear John,
Pleased to see the eye op was not only a success but has paid dividends. You appear 20 years younger without the spectacles. Deep pockets combined with being blessed with tallness and retaining a full head of hair (with not a a fleck of gray) must result in you leaving all the competition in the dust there.
I wonder whether your cantina charges corkage and who gets the pagpag?
Wow, I haven’t woken up to this many comments in I don’t know how long! Thanks for the feedback everyone.
Kev, yep I do my internet explorations with my morning coffee and post on the blog after my nap and before my beer drinking rituals. That leaves the morning sweet spot to hike. Or not, as the case may be.
James, thanks for the compliment. I was born an anxious Californian but saw the writing on the wall in 1978 and fled to Arizona. One of my better life choices for sure. Not sure what is up with the lack of energy, it may or may not be related to the eye surgery. Or old age. The big guy is Martin and he’s a regular. Even plays darts. I do try not to intrude on the business (she doesn’t listen anyway) but it’s not a bad after-darts venue for a cold one. She hasn’t asked for more money since the initial expenses of opening, so there’s that. Oh, and as for the fake names, yeah, I’m doing that. As much for plausible deniability as anything–“no, I swear I wasn’t talking about you!”
Terry, sounds like a play on the old “less is more” saw. I like it!
Dave, I don’t FEEL 20 years younger, unfortunately. Oddly enough, only a few people seem to have noticed my new glasses-free look. And I have seen no uptick in female interest in my face (the wallet is still popular though). The grey hair is there, but I use a hair treatment called Youthair that restores natural color without dye. No, there is no corkage charged because the beer bar is already overcharging customers at 70 pesos a beer. I understand the beer drinkers have been tipping pretty generously though.