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Today we went to the pool which was full of children with floats and water guns. This is the trade off. Our last apartment building had few children at the pool. It did however have prostitutes and people that might have been drug kingpins. This building is full of families and no prodtitutes or shady characters which is worth dodging floats and kids.

The pool was crowded because today is Martyrs day which is a holiday to remember a sad event in Panama’s history. I’m too lazy to explain it so copy/pasting this from wiki.

This is especially interesting with the recent comments by Trump about the canal.

Today also marks our five year anniversary in coming to Panama. Hard to believe what started with a six month trip could turn into five years.

Today I went back to the chemo clinic but this time just for the maitenance drug.

It’s an infusion but only takes 30 minutes. I know all the nurses and the above photo is my view. So it’s really not bad. On the way home I got these juices.

I was a lot less tired than last maitenance drug day. I even made it to the gym. Was it the juice? Maybe.

Turns out I don’t like a beverage I have to chew.

This one a smoothie of avacado, almond milk, banana, blueberries and spinach. It was healthy I’ll give it that.

After chewing my smoothie I saw my doctor and got cleared to get my maitenance drug tomorrow morning which is good.

A new juice store opened near our house. This green juice was really good. It had kale and cucumber and basil but also a lot of apple and lime because it was really good.

For dinner we made a broccoli spinach soup. It was also green and delicous. But it didn’t photograph well. I can’t imagine how they do it for cookbooks. Below is from the recipe.

Above is the picture from the recipe. Below is how it came out.

We didn’t do the topping but the color is totally difrerent. It was super good but I understand if you don’t want me to make this the next time you come over for dinner.

Today we started the day with a, walk and then I went to an expat event. It was something called a Sound Bath. Basically everyone lied in a yoga mat and someone taps these singing bowls. Each one has a different sound so it sounds like meditation music. It was so relaxing. After about 30 minutes we all chatted. You can see how relaxed everone is.

Today Jeff and I went to Parque Omar which is a not park in the middle of the city. We’ve been several times since surgery but today was the first day I did the complete two mile loop. I forgot how hilly the park was. While not hilly compared to San Fran or Sesttle it’s hillier than the other walks we’ve done.

I sounded like Darth Vader at the top of each hill but I was able to do it which is progress.

When I told Sven and Sergio they had to take a bath today get ran and hid. But, since they’re sloths it took them three hoyrs to get up on the couch. Turns out sloths are bad ar hiding.

Once they were in the sink they relaxed and enjoyed the bubble bath.

They insisted on luxury robes to dry off. They also wanted a blow dry but then complained they were too hot.

Now they are hanging to dry with the laundry which they think is fun.

Today we got back to our normal routine, but also relaxed. I’m starting to go back to the gym which feels great.

We flew from Miami back to Panama today. Our flight was good and it’s nice to be home. 2025 it’s going to be a great year.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from Miami.

Jeff and I flew from San Francisco to Miami today. We landed at 9:30pm. The traffic from the airport was so bad we didn’t check into our hotel until 11pm.

On our way down to the hotel bar at 11:30 a woman in the elevator asked us if we were walking to the fireworks. Turns out it was only a 10 minute walk

The crowd was mellow, the weather was warm and the fireworks were great. 2025 is going to be a great year. Happy New Year!