- While in Marrakesh, we visited Le Jardin’s Secret Botanical Garden, where we found many unusual varieties of cacti.
Last evening, we hoped to return to the Village since it was the actual date of St. Patrick’s Day, assuming there would be more festivities. The celebrations were on Saturday night, the 16th and last night was relatively quiet. On a few occasions, we heard voices of visitors wandering through the Village to check out the offerings, which, on a Sunday, were minimal.
Nonetheless, we had a pleasant evening, enjoying our chicken salad with a side salad of lettuce, cabbage, grape tomatoes, and celery tossed with homemade dressing. It was an easy and delicious dinner. We have leftovers and will have the chicken salad again tonight (plus rice for Tom). This morning, I made a fresh green salad.
Also, this morning, I called Aflac, wondering why they hadn’t taken out the payment from our bank account for our March premium. When I called them this morning, they stated they’d taken out the payment in February, one that I thought was a deposit but was the first payment. The policy began on March 1.
They accidentally canceled my policy earlier this month, but I resolved that error by an extended phone call. Thus, I was cautious and concerned when I didn’t see the payment come out in March. Now, I hope all is fine and nothing will go wrong. Next time I go to the cardiologist on March 27, I will pay my $240 annual deductible and won’t have to think about any future bills until next year, when another deductible of $240 will be required.
Time is passing quickly. In only nine days, I’ll have the cardiac ultrasound to determine if I need another heart surgery. It seems that everything in the future regarding our travel will depend on the results of this test. If all is well, I will be on Cloud 9, and we can proceed with worldwide travel. We shall see.
Our grocery order from Smith’s via Instacart will arrive soon. Once we have everything, we’ll walk to Season’s Market in the Village for a bottle of brandy for Tom. If there are any odds and ends, we need to supplement Smith’s order.
Much to my surprise, they are often out of things I need. I just received a message from the “picker” that he has checked out. He must have found everything we needed. I’d asked him specifically if anything wasn’t available to let me know so I could choose an alternate. He never notified me that there were any issues.
Since we’re leaving Lake Las Vegas two weeks from today, I’ve begun to think about packing, although I don’t plan to start until three or four days before we depart. Since we arrived here over three months ago, we’ve accumulated quite a bit of non-perishable grocery items and toiletries. I’ve ordered a few clothing items while here to replace many items that have become threadbare.
I’m making a pile of old clothes for Goodwill, for which we’ll arrange a pickup. We’ll also find a place to dispose of my old laptop. Other than those two tasks, we don’t have any errands to run before we go. Our efforts will be inside this condo before we depart on April 1. It only takes about five hours to drive to Apache Junction, Arizona.
That’s it for today, dear readers. We’ll be back for more tomorrow.
Be well.
Photo from ten years ago today, March 18, 2014:
