Natalie's 7th birthday!!
I can only say that this is one horrible miserable day. The mosquitos and no see-ems really attacked me yesterday and I am suffering today. Have salve; have Benadryl.
We packed. We spent the morning putting final slide show together for the REI presentation.
Then we had our final massage from Mina. She ended mine with a folk lore treatment for what she thinks is my big tummy issue - not fat but air. So she bought an ace bandage and then proceed to cut a white crusty bread in 1/2 and chop up an onion and some oregano and drizzle alcohol over it all and then slap it on my belly and secure with the ace bandage. She said I should sleep with it tonight and take it off in the morning and bathe then.
I complied. Mostly out of politeness because though I am a believer in native/natural medicines but this one stretched a bit too far. Nothing natural is going to diminish this belly! And besides, with my itching legs I could hardly stand to have some stinky bandage around me. So off it is now. Note: there is no photo to go with this description. You'll all be glad of that!
So tonight's our last night. We're about to have dinner, using up what's left in the refrigerator. Since we're both itching now, we probably won't stray too far from home.
That's ok. This too shall pass.
This is the text I sent to Heather:
Talk later? I can't now. Packing and having a miserable time having Mosquitos bites all over my legs and wanting to jump off a cliff. I'm afraid my perspective on the meaning life would not be helpful. Going for a massage in an hour. Let's hope it calms down for that and afterwards. Later? Will you be around? An alcohol induced state post massage may help. It was a great adventure but again, life humbles my glorified experience😡
And so it goes.
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