Gosh yet another lousy day, other than finding a new place to live. One of my daughters friends has just been diagnosed with “multiple tumours” and basically … nothing the doctors can do to help her, so it is terminal. An appointment has come through for a specialist doctor which is her last hope. As this woman has a young family, I hope a miracle occurs. But as I don´t believe there is such a thing, I will not hold my breath waiting for it to happen.
On a more personal footing, my left breast (the site of my tumour four years ago) now feels uncomfortable and much lumpier than previously. So it is back to the doctor.
I am again having difficulty coping with the heat, which is again increasing here in Alicante after a brief respite. I would say it was around 40 degrees again today. I saw on the news an item about earth tremours and as it was local, ie Valencian TV, and Alicant was mentioned, that the epicentre was here! This time I didn´t feel a thing, probably asleep. So far in the 18 months we have been in Spain we have experienced three (including the last), earth tremours!
I looked into the history of earth tremours and Almoradi was destroyed and had to be totally rebuilt (cannot remember the date but it was a very long time ago), Torrvieja was also destroyed and I assume, but probably wrong, that it was about the same period. It would be just our luck for it to happen again. As I have said on many occasions, it is better to be born lucky rather than rich, I am neither of the two, ie either lucky or rich.
I would just love a nice homemade lemonade, the sort Mum used to make when we were children. Tasty, tart but sweetish at the same time. She also made ginger beer, which I didn´t like too much, but my parents and sister loved it. I remember one year there was a lot of noise from the pantry, the bottles had “exploded” and ginger beer was all over the shelves, walls and floor, even the ceiling was covered. Things were much simpler then and I wish I could go back to that time to live out the rest of my life. Have to say I dislike the modern “uncaring” attitude many people have adopted.
Spanish Journal • July 21st, 2008 •
