Life has lost some of its savour now that I
am expecting no further packages from Amazon as my Retirement Lucky Bag is now
complete and the contents are in my hot little hands.
The camera stubbornly refuses to do what it
should be doing – apart from taking rather good pictures that is. But the extras that it should be doing;
connected to GPS and Internet are not forthcoming. Yet.
I have not yet succumbed to asking Toni for
his help, as that is one admission of technological failure too far. Yet.
In a Great Change from previous years the
scumbag de nos jours are no longer the obnoxious neighbours but Dutch people:
loud, inconsiderate and dirty, they have become the new hate figures in our
local society.
A society which has just become more
expensive to join as our landlords have decided, in the face of universally
falling prices as a result of the chaos of the economic situation in Spain, to
increase our rent. An incentive, if ever
there was one, to look around at alternatives to where we are living at
present.
If any move is even contemplated then there
has to be a “rationalization” of what we own and have in the house. Basically the logistics come down to books
and how many I am determined I am to take with me to the next stage of our life
here in Catalonia.
A first swift look around at what is on
offer to rent in this area seems to indicate that prices are not reflecting the
fact that the vast majority of people in work are taking hit after hit to their
salaries so that after a period of stasis as far as payment for work is
concerned we are now well into a series of pay cuts. And our landlord raises the rent! As Toni said, this is how the rich become
richer!
I have, at long last, had the courage to
unpack the bags in the boot of the car which contain the detritus of my
clearing out my cupboards in school. My
two mugs have been placed in the dishwasher and I have thrown away those things
which I know will not stand the test of time.
There is yet another collection of books
which have been disgorged from the bags which have absolutely no chance of
being put away with the degree of respect that their content demands. My books are double and sometimes triple
stacked as it is and I cannot.
Something has to give.
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