| 11:58p |
My Recovered Wallet
Goodness, I just realized it’s been 18 days since I last wrote. A lot has happened since then, but the most important was my getting my wallet back with everything in it. I suppose I should be delighted, but actually I’m furious. It was my fault to start with for leaving the wallet in Rite Aid store, but the fact that they kept it for ten days before making any effort to find me infuriates me. My personal checks had my address on them, and they could have found me through my bank card. Instead I spent a great deal of money and wasted time because of their thoughtlessness. I haven’t visited the manager of the store yet, but when I do I will tell him that I will never use his store again,
AND neither will many of my friends who are as disgusted as I am.
A couple of really nice things have happened at work recently. One day an attractive couple came in for wine tasting, and the wife was Japanese. It turned out they have a home very near where I lived in Tokyo. The husband is an engineer who works for a Japanese company, so they have the best of both worlds. They were soooo nice, and I think I finally found the digital camera I want after seeing theirs. It’s a Sony, but so far it hasn’t arrived in the U.S. yet. Just as well, because with my Vietnam trip coming soon, I wouldn’t have the cash to pay for one anyway. BUT….some day!!!
Then on another day a beautiful black couple came into the winery. I knew immediately that they weren’t American, just by their bearings. I was right; they came from Tanzania in Africa, but they knew Uganda and Kenya where I have been, so we had a wonderful time comparing notes. The husband is a computer engineer working in Silicon Valley, and he had a fabulous sense of humor.
Then, when I arrived at Simi Winery today I was told as soon as I entered that an old friend of mine was there. Not only was there one friend, there were two. One was a handsome French lady, Chantal who used to work at Simi. We hadn’t seen each other for ages, so we hugged and caught up on each of our news. The other person was my very very dear friend, Wendy. She had worked five years at Simi’s, and it was she who actually was responsible for my first getting a job there. We see each other a couple of times a year, and she kindly cuts my hair for me. It was also with her family that I had the unbelievably lovely walk in Armstrong Woods among the giant Redwood trees on Christmas morning two years ago. Wendy hasn’t worked at Simi’s for a couple of years now so it was a delight to see her again. She has promised to cut my hair again just before I go to Vietnam. So seeing those two ladies started my day off perfectly. It was a very slow day, so I was able to read the newspaper and also the article about Saigon in an old Natural Geographic magazine I found,. These chilly mornings it is my job to start a fire in the fireplace and to keep it going all day, I love that!!
My computer was acting up again, so that, plus my laziness, has kept me from writing, but I have good intentions from now until I leave for Vietnam on Feb. 23rd. |