FRIDAY's FAVE FIVE

On Monday it was so hot, that even moving the little finger was to much. I had left my two windows wide open all night to let the room cool down. In the morning, I closed them and drew the heavy curtains. 

So, I spent almost the entire day sitting with the light on, sorting photos, playing around with AI, and watching TV. I didn't go to our activities because the A/C there was either set too cold, blowing freezing air right onto the back of one's neck, or the doors were all left open, including the ones leading outside, happily letting the hot air pour in. The unit is ancient, and only a few people know how to operate it.

After all, eight people had been hospitalized with pneumonia, and I’m certain that A/C was what made them sick. I did go to the restaurant for coffee, though, to catch up on the latest news. But there wasn't any, besides some of the sick people were back. 

The weather cooled down and went crazy, it did exactly the opposite of what the weatherman had said !  Instead of returning to normal temperatures as forecast, it suddenly turned chilly! So, we changed our plans and played a fun letter game indoors.

These constant temperature fluctuations seem to affect people too,  my neighbor who spends all day in bed yells at the staff and drinks red wine. His wife isn't any better but she doesn't yell at anyone,  she makes fun of her husband and laughs loudly, which naturally makes him even angrier. 

The worst part is that he refuses to be washed and smells terrible, he has already been kicked out of the dining room twice much to his wife’s delight, because the stench was so awful. I really don't know what kind of people they are; they certainly have no manners at all, but a lot of money ! They get their ration of wine delivered almost every day from a man coming from outside, and I see the results the next morning when they simply leave the empty bottles outside their door. 

Here is his double, only the double looks "cute" !

The man is also incontinent and refuses to wear protections, so the room and unfortunately the hallway, too stinks. I have nicknamed him "the skunk." I don't know what medical condition the two of them have, other than the fact that they are both alcoholics that's for sure and they both sit in a wheelchair !

A friend told me they order five glasses of wine in the dining room every day on top of their room delivery ! I had already informed our manager and told her everything because it’s really embarrassing for us when visitors come, and  the hallway smells so bad. 

The maid scheduled to clean the room today is Tunisian a tiny handsome girl, looking rather frail ! But she has character !! Where others were running away crying, she shouted at the skunk forced him to be washed by taking his bottles of wine away and telling him that he will only get them back when he is clean !

I got out of my room because the guy made such a fuss and shouted insults ! He became hysterical and wanted his bottles back ! I laughed, she had found the weak point ! She could wash him and after that she probably gave him his wine back. In his room he can do what he wants. Apparently. I think our manager must first find out what they can legally do, before taking action and changing them to another floor or kick them out. They really don't belong here ! I pity the staff who have to deal with these two ! Jeanine and I are directly concerned too, because I have my room beside them and she just opposite, so when they open their door and we too, we almost faint. I think monkeys in a zoo behave better and smell less !

We ended the week with playing "Hangman". As I was never a friend of games of any kind, I didn't know it. I have to say that now on my old days I learn playing ! "The Hangman"is a guessing game or two or more players. One player thinks of a word, phrase, or sentence

 

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HODGEPODGE AUGUST 6

1. What's something on your August calendar you're looking forward to? Or dreading if that's easier to answer. 

If my COPD allows it and I can breath and walk normally, I want to to spent a day at the sea 

2. August 5th is National Oyster Day...do you partake? How do you feel about pearls?

Certainly not ! I loved to eat oysters the more the better until one day I got an oyster poisoning and spent three days in the bathroom, it was awful. Since then, I can't even look at an oyster without thinking of that terrible week!

I tried to make it with AI but the ​​clasp is not quite right.
 

Pearls are a different story; I have a very beautiful necklace with a ruby ​​clasp that I inherited later from my mother. Here I was wearing it when I was with the dancers of Maurice Béjart I also have another one—a very long one—but that’s just costume jewelry. 

3. Tell us about a time when you felt like 'the world was your oyster'. 

That was mostly as a young woman, when I had a responsible job, was dependent on no one, and the world was at my feet (or my oyster)

Here I am 22 years old with my first car, bought with my own money !

4. Trip Advisor lists seven islands in the US that require no passport (for US citizens). If you're answering today from outside the US you'll still need to produce yours. An-y-way, have you been to any of the seven? Let's pretend you get an all expense paid trip to one this month...which one do you choose and why? 

Catalina Island California~Martha's Vineyard Massachusetts~Mackinac Island Michigan~Key West Florida~South Padre Island Texas~or Kauai Hawaii

No, I have been in California, in Michigan, Florida and Texas, but I don't know these places and I have never been to Hawaii. But I always had to travel with my German passport, because although I live now since 1959 in Belgium, I have never asked for the Belgian citizenship. I have the same rights as a Belgian so I don't see why, the only difference is as Belgian I would have to vote, voting is mandatory, and if you don't vote, you get fined. I don't like to be forced. 

5. Sylvia Plath is credited with the following- 

"August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time."

Agree or disagree? In other words, how do you feel about this month? 

I very much agree ! August leads us to autumn which I hate. It already smells like end of summer beginning autumn ! In the past it had often been the hottest month here, but with the climate change there are no rules anymore. 

Lago di Garda, (Garda Lake, Italy) in August. Rick's home,  the lake is very famous for Windsurf.
 

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

The last three days have been terrible for me. I could hardly dress myself and if I made 5 steps I was breathless, it is always better when I have taken my medication, but unfortunately it doesn't last in this heat until the evening. I hope it will get better the next days and that the temperature falls under 30°C and that the air is not so humid anymore ! We are not used to these temperatures and have to change our habits.  

 

WHAT CHILDREN SAY ABOUT THEIR PARENTS

“Mom, you have wrinkles. But doesn’t matter—after all, you’re already one of the old people.”

 “Dad, why do you have such a big round belly? Is there a baby in there?”

 “Dad is the one who decides things. But Mom decides what Dad is allowed to decide.

 “When Mom scolds me, it’s as loud as a tractor. But afterwards, there’s ice cream.”

 “I love my parents. They buy everything I want if I scream really loud.” 

 “Parents are there to tie your shoes and open the cookie jar.” 

“Dad, it tastes so deliciously burnt—it must be a specialty!” 

“Dad’s cooking today? Great—where’s the number for the pizza delivery?”

 “When Dad cooks, we don’t eat with our mouths; we eat with a lot of courage.” 

“The meat is so tough, Dad, you could still use it as a shoe sole.” 

“Dad said there’s a secret ingredient. I think it’s salt. A lot of salt.”

 “Your food tastes like love, Dad—you just have to swallow it.”

 

 

Pregnant Daddy