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Getting back to normal

We’ve spent the last two weeks settling back into normal life. It feels great to not be thinking about Wasabi or upcoming medical stuff.

My hair is back to its normal color thanks to Jeff’s hair coloring expertise. I’ve also learned to embrace my waves vs fighting them thanks to curl coaching from my friend Julie.

I finally wore one of my wigs when Rolf and Samuel hosted a murder mystery party.

I was the murderer.

This is the last week at my job and then we take off for a two week vacation in Colombia.

Excited to have more things to blog about soon.

Sloth friends forever

Sven had his friend Stanley visiting this week. They are friends from way back in the rain forest.

Due to covid it’s been a few years since they saw each other so they had a lot to catch up on.

But, being sloths. They talked for awhile but then took naps.

They have spent the last few days hanging out, watching movies and enjoying the view.

They did some yoga.

Their form needs work.

They were better with meditation.

Sven spent time cooking Stanley’s favorite leaf casserole.

We weren’t crazy about him using our stove because we feared he would fall asleep.

He offered us some but we declined.

Fancy leaf casserole.

We weren’t sure where Stanley would sleep since our apartment is small, but they made bunk beds.

Stanley had such a good time he’s decided to look for work in the city, so hopefully he will visit again soon.

Coconuts, sushi and edible flowers.

Jeff and I had a great weekend. I’m still a bit tired but taking lots of naps.

On Saturday we walked/ran around Parque Omar. Jeff ran, I walked. Not sure it if was the humidity or just being tired but it really wore me out.

Drinking coconut water directly out of the coconut helped revive me.

We still had to sit and dry off before calling an uber to go home. We were so sweaty it looked like we were caught in the rain.

Later that night Rolf and Samuel made us sushi rolls with fresh tuna, a fish Jeff is not allergic too.

much rather eat the real thing vs as a code name.

Today we went to the old part of town for lunch.

I had ceviche which included these edible flowers.

It was a good mix of fun things and resting.

Chickens, church and bird poop

Jeff and I took advantage of the day off yesterday to go to Taboga Island.

It’s a small island only a 30 minute boat ride from Panama City

There is a beach but it was rainy so we saw it but didn’t hang out there. Instead we walked around town and I took a lot of photos of doors. There were a ton of chickens as well which I also took photos of.

Jeff tried to interview these chickens on why they were crossing the road.

they wouldn’t tell him.

Lunch was a pork chop and fried plantains. In an effort to have something American for the 4th of July, we had light beer.

After lunch we went to the church of San Pedro which is the second oldest church in the America Pacific or possibly the western hemisphere, or continent. Google has varying accounts of what exactly its the 2nd oldest of. Just know it was old.

The church was founded in 1550. I’m assuming the basketball net is slightly newer.

On the boat ride back we watched these birds. They flew right in front of the boat and seemed to be surfing on the wind.

As we watched we saw something leave the birds butt. Before we could register what it was we were splattered with bird poo.

Didn’t catch a photo of that.

Luckily we had kleenex with us and were in our way back home. Once home we washed our clothes…twice and took very long showers.

I hope everyone has a good 4th of July. The sad news about the parade shooting made the news out here. We were relieved to know our friends there were all safe.

Silver Mama

This is the face of a woman who just got a senior citizen discount! Women who are residents and over 55 get a jubliada (retired person) discount on many things in Panama. One being entrance into forest preserves.

It did include wearing this bright yellow wristband. Non jubliados like Jeff just got white ones. I’d like to believe in a natural disaster they use the bright yellow to know who to rescue first.

My discount was an entire dollar. Yes one dollar off. Jeff is not a senior citizen yet. Even though we are the same age men don’t get the discount until age 60. This is why I’m Jeff’s silver mama. Not able to support him like a sugar mama but at least can save us money.

Jeff’s pretty happy about that discount.

At this rate only need to go a few thousand times to get this residency visa to pay for itself.

I was super tired on this hike. It made me realize I’m getting stronger everyday but still regaining strength.

The only wildlife we saw were catapillers.

When we got home we realized why we didn’t see any sloths. Sven was on a conference call with all the Panamanian sloths. They were planning their next meet up.

Bad Hair Day

I am thrilled to still have hair, and happy with my new haircut. But, it is not a get up and go hairdo.

This is what my hair looks like every morning, after brushing it.

Today Sven asked to style it for me. He still is considering a new career as a hair stylist.

He started by straightening it. As a sloth he really took his time and worked slowly.

He suggested some sloth fur products but agreed to use some of my hair products.

He was surprised I had so many. After much time styling and a few naps since he is a sloth he was finished.

Fish heads

We started the day at an art museum. When we got there a group of people were doing the hokey pokey.

After the museum we went to Veragrus which is the nearest beach to Panama City. It’s not the greatest beach but there are restaurants that line the beach which make for a fun Sunday lunch.

Jeff had chicken. I had a piece of fish but Rolf and Samuel had entire fish including the heads.

some people enjoy fish heads.
some do not.

But it was a fun day and I’m feeling back to myself!!