Boo!

No, this post has nothing to do with Halloween – though you could draw some parallels if you’re a parallel-drawing sort of person:  1)  It could be said that my blog is pretty dead since I don’t write in it much, haha! or 2) my posts are so infrequent that this one actually took you by surprise!  There, there, you can relax.  Happy Halloween everyone!

It’s been a good vehicle week:  The Rover now has matching (though used) rear tires and mudflaps to keep the garbage dump mud (which is a rarefied and stinky variety of mud, let me tell you) from getting everywhere (including completely filling the hollow rear bumper with putrid goo) every time we go.  They are just about the coolest mudflaps EVER, too, because they say “TURBO” on them in huge letters that positively scream “British Dignity” befitting a classic Land Rover.  At least they don’t have the playboy bunny on them or Hello Kitty – wouldn’t be surprising in Thailand at all.  And, the Mazda pickup runs!  I took the battery to a fellow on the corner with a charger, so now we have spark, fuel, and air.  A guy came by to look at it late last week, so maybe we’ll get that thing sold before too long.  It started right up today, so hopefully it will still start on its own tomorrow…now if I can get the driver’s door to open (both the inside and outside handles are useless now), we’ll be in business!

I’ve started into the rotation that feeds baby Su Su – you may remember from my letter that she’s got a bad skin disorder and is in need of special attention.  My day is Sunday, so I went for the 10-12 time slot to feed her, hold her, and love her.  Though her skin is damaged, she is still beautiful.  The condition kind of prevents her from moving her mouth very much – it’s kind of stuck open in an oval shape that makes it hard for her to seal around the bottle, but she’s doing better at it and it’s great to see.  I swear she smiled at me several times, too!  The hospital administrator stopped in again to show me the bill, but since I am an unintelligible, monosyllabic caveman she gave up on me.  Please pray we can resolve the bill and that Su Su continues to get the care she needs – frequent baths, better lotion, and lots of Compasio people coming in to love on her.

Thank you!