Wandering, 20 january 2022

    Another quiet day and frigid cold weather.  I had thought of going to town but changed my mind.  Too cold to consider it.  We were in the single digits during the night and a balmy 21F this afternoon.  Extreme cold again tonight.  A little warmer this weekend then very cold again.  And the weathermen want us to believe there will be snow.  Ha!

    Nico has a way of sitting with his back to me and then he leans way back.  Sometimes he just sort of fights/plays with me but tonight he was laying up against me and I was rubbing his belly and feet.  And he dosed off.  When he moved he snuggled with his "baby".

    I shampooed my hair tonight.  Not my fave job.  My hair is so thick it takes a while to get it dry.  But done for a short time.

    I have struggled with my Spanish.  I flunked my last test at least 4 times.  It is over 40 questions and you cannot miss more than 3 questions.  Some of my errors are just plain stupidity ---- spelling, adding a word in English instead of Spanish.  So this afternoon I started early!  And I went slow and careful.  I only missed one.  I take notes and most of the separate test areas I have had 2 pages of notes.  This one I had at least 6 pages!!  But today I passed!!!  I celebrated by starting the next area.  Seems easy but that is false.  It will get difficult later.  But I learn as I go.  I enjoy ordering my food in the proper way, etc.  We always have ice cream after we eat.  I am proud of being able to order 3 bowls --- 2 with chocolate and 1 without.  My friend JS was so proud of me the first time.  He listened and smiled and never had to help.  I was a bit proud of me too.

    Watching the Mysteries of the Abandoned on the Science Channel.  They had a couple of abandoned towns in Idaho.  Both falling apart but they told the history.  A 2 day drive from here.  Maybe in the spring if Covid is better.  A fun road trip with lots of chances for unique photos.

    Speaking of Covid it is on a rage here.  In my county alone we have 11 clusters of Covid.  From schools, sports, business, etc.  Makes one scared to go anywhere but yet in my town seeing anyone with a mask on is almost rare.  One nurse was interviewed and she said most of their patients are unvaccinated.  And because of them many of the health care workers will end up with PTSD.  Sad and caused by many lies and uneducated.

    Photos are a mix and subjects that I have edited.  All are photos taken by me except the teddy bear.  It is from Unsplash.  Fun for me.  The first photo are pictures I created on an app called Dream.