Casi diciembre

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What with the pending arrival of a new month, we are entering the third calendar month in Zihua. We had dinner at Irma last night with Lynn. I have Dominique's leftover chicken kebob to feast on for breakfast. One or maybe two bridge games today, speculating whether the 11:30am team game will have enough registrations to hold a game.

A few nights ago we watched a quirky flick with Sally Field ... Hello, My Name is Doris. It was so un-Hollywood, about an aging lady who has a crush on a new much younger man at work. It was brilliant, sad, but heartwarming at the same time.

We saw Crocodile Dundee last night and that was fun. In her usual manner, Dominique was highly entertained, with repetitive outbursts of her trademark laughter. I am sure we will take in #2 one of the nights. We are still ploughing away at 6 Feet Under, as the characters get more weird every episode. I have nicknamed the show Weirdo Palace which, given the shenanigans, is putting it mildly.

No word back yet from the masseuse she tried to contact who specializes in fixing sciatic nerve issues. We had planned a walk yesterday but she was feeling too uncomfortable to proceed. While the cleaner was here yesterday morning, we camped out at the pool and ended up chatting for a while with a chap named Walter ... a farmer from Saskatchewan.

I did some work on a few ABBA songs. So much like a lot of material I do, the chord changes are minor (and major?), confirming my opinion that it's more about the arrangement that attracts one to a song. We watched a collage of appearances they had at the BBC and they hit all the high points of their repertoire. It's fun watching what was in style during their busy decades ... the guys and women both. The haircuts on the guys were so in at those times but now look not short of ridiculous.

Dominique went up to meet with Lynn about 11am. Looks as though the 11:30 bridge game we had scheduled willl be cancelled due to lack of interest. Ever since we early 2018 we have not had any luck getting traction for an afternoon game. By this time people have their favourite spots to play and that affects of course who plays where.


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