SO "DRAINED" YESTERDAY.
BUT GOT SOME REST OVERNIGHT.
NOT MUCH SLEEP.
PAIN IS IN SKULL /HEAD IS BACK.
NOT DRINKING ENOUGH TO STAY HYDRATED LIKELY,
THEN GETTING COOKED OVERNIGHT.
HOT BATH TO SOAK.
RESTED A LITTLE, PAIN CALMED SOME.
TRIED SOME CAFFEINE MINERAL TABS TO ACCOMPLISH TASKS.
HELPED.
ENERGY TO PACK UP, CHECK OUT OF MARRIOTT.
GO TO ERRANDS.
PICK UP FOOD.
CHECKED IN TO ANOTHER HOTEL
WAS SO DRAINED .
FELL ASLEEP IN CLOTHING.
WOKE WEE HOURS, ETC.
ATE INCORRECT FOODS FOR SURE.
BETTER TO BE FASTING ON LIQUIDS AT LEAST.
HEALTHY CLEAN NOURISHMENT
VERY DIFFICULT UNLESS ONE TRAVELS WITH PREP TOOLS ETC.
NAUSEA, VOMITED.
SOAKED IN HOT BATHS.
PAIN CALMED DOWN.
LEFT MY VEHICLE KEY IN THE ALDI STORE RESTROOM.
REALIZED IT, RIGHT AWAY, AFTER I LEFT THE STORE.
TURNED AROUND AND QUICKLY WALKED BACK INSIDE.
SOMEONE WAS INSIDE THE RESTROOM.
SO, I WAITED OUTSIDE THE DOOR.
AN ELDER MAN OPENED THE DOOR AND BEGAN TO WALK OUT.
I ASKED IF HE HAD SEEN A KEY.
I LOOKED INTO THE RESTROOM...
I FOUND THE KEY SITTING WHERE I HAD LEFT IT!
WHEW.
WE BOTH WALKED OUT OF THE LITTLE HALLWAY OF THE RESTROOM AREA...
INTO THE STORE AREA.
I NOTICED SMALL GOLD MEDALLION ON A GOLD CHAIN OF HIS NECK.
IT WAS OF "MARY."
I ASKED HIM ABOUT IT.
HE SAID THAT HIS GIRLFRIEND HAD GIVEN IT TO HIM.
THEY ARE HERE IN USA AS CITEZENS...?
HE LOOKED DOWN AND I REALIZED THAT HE HAD SEVERAL OTHER SMALLER CHARM SIZE MEDALLIONS BEHIND THE MARY ONE.
THEY LOOKED OF A HIGHER QUALITY/ K/OF GOLD ...
THAN MUCH OF LOWER K USA JEWELRY.
HE HAD A VERY SMALL TATTOO I ASKED ABOUT...
HE GAVE ME BRIEF STORY OF UR/ IRAQ...
ABRAHAM ETC.
CATHOLIC/CHRISTIANS ETC.
ALSO HIS GIRLFRIEND IS FROM EGYPT.
ALSO, HE OFFERED ME A FEW MORE GEMS OF HIS EXPERIENCE,
REFRESHING.
TURNING SOMETHING POSSIBLY BAD, LOST KEY,
INTO SOMETHING GOOD,
A VALUABLE EXCHANGE CULTURAL, AND BETTER THAN WHAT I COULD RAPIDLY FIND ON THEE TWISTED INTERNET SPIN AND SCHPIELS* !
HAPPY.
WENT TO BOOKSTORE TO SEE BOOKS,
AND TO FIND IN PRINT THE POEM THAT DR A REFERENCES.
A MAN SAT NEXT TO ME.
TURNS OUT HE IS FROM RUSSIA ORIGINALLY.
HE OFFERED SOME INSIGHTS FORM HIS OWN LIFE.
HE SAYS HE WAS A CHEF IN NYC, I FORGOT TO ASK WHAT RESTAURANTS?
LIVES HERE W/ WIFE.
HAS ONE SON.
HE OFFERED ME A TINY BIT OF HISTORY FROM HIS LIFE AND A PART OF THE WORLD I HAVE YET TO VISIT.
HE HASN'T BEEN BACK SINCE 2003. HAS NO FAMILY LEFT THERE.
PRECIOUS LIFE STORIES.
(SIDE NOTE:
I CANNOT BELIEVE I EVER STOPPED TRAVELING...
BEING MARRIED TO A MEXICAN BORN FOR MANY YEARS.
I DID NOT EVEN TRAVEL TO SPEND TIME IN WITH MY OWN IN-LAW FAMILY IN MEXICO!
NOR EVEN PRACTICE SPANISH AS MY MEXICAN HUSBAND. WHO WOULD NOT GO OUT OF HIS WAY TO PRACTICE, AND LATER BARELY CONVERSED WITH ME! PROBABLY AFRAID TO SLIP.
HAVE NOT BEEN NOT MY HIGH-SPIRITED, NATURAL HEALTHY SELF FOR DECADES!!
TECHNOLOGIES ARE AFFECTING NOT JUST A FEW OF US, BUT MOST OF US.
IN WAYS MOST PEOPLE CANNOT FATHOM...)
*Did you mean: SCHEELS
GOD, DIVINITY, WHEN ONE IS IN TUNE,
CAN AND DOES TURN ALMOST ANYTHING TO GOOD.
TO TAKE CARE OF AN AILING FRIEND?
TO VISIT OTHER PLACES?
HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO RECORD ON MY CELLPHONE.
AND OR HAVE SEPARATE RECORDING DEVICE AT ALL TIMES!
LITERAL RACISM AGAINST MYSELF.
PLUS MORE THAT I WILL NOT TYPE HERE.
m showed up.
ANOTHER...MAN...
NEARLY COMPLETELY OVERTAKEN.
HE IS ALMOST 80 years of age now.
he moves his lips, as if a recorder, recording, whenever i speak.
stays very brief time slot.
AS IF JUST GETTING A LIVE REPORT!
NEVER OFFERS HELP, ASSISTANCE.
LIKE EACH OTHER THAT HAS SHOWN UP.
SULLIVAN THE RIOT COP.
OTHERS.
NODES ON THE NETWORK/S?
WILL WRITE NOTES LATER.