A VERT HOT & SUNNY MANILVA ON TUESDAY.

TUESDAY 30^th/ MAY 2017.

I was up early this morning to see little princess ‘ Reina’ back with us for the day, we then all had a little lie in as earlier this morning, at around 7-00am, the ‘Council’  workmen arrived at the top of our street and commenced to ‘ Jet-Wash ‘  down past the house and around the rest of the local ‘ Barrios’! With a lot of loud noise from the machine in the White Van and the Jet-Wash!! We can’t complain as it does keep the streets clean & tidy.

We then had our usual light breakfast of fresh fruit, toast & tea, ‘ Chispa’ came crashing in to join us, it was then time for me to set off down to the surgery for my appointment with our Doctor, Natalia, for my six month review/check up, most of the readings, Kidney, Prostrate, Cholesterol, Water etc are OK except for the ‘Diabetic’ Results, she has adjusted my prescription tablets, I have to cut out all alcohol/soft drinks, any sweets or biscuits ie; Water only! The Exercise Machine/Bicycle is going to be back in use!! My Blood Pressure is a little low so I’m back to monitoring it daily with the ‘Blood Pressure Machine’ that Brenda uses every day.

Finally I have go back to the surgery tomorrow lunchtime for another ‘ECG’ as Natalia wants to see me again in a week’s time, to see how things are going and if it necessary to adjust any of my medications, she has fitted me in before her other appointments, she is very thorough. On the way back I called into the local Chemists in ‘Calle Mar’ for the new tablets as well as one for Brenda, as we are Registered Spanish Pensioners with our ‘Green Health Card’ our tablets only cost a few cents, for most of them.

I then went down to the Butchers for tomorrow night supper ‘ Marinated Diced Pork ‘ to make my famous ‘ Brochettes ‘ with sliced Onion & Shallots, Red Peppers & diced Mushroom. This evening we are having ‘ Pan-Seared Escalopes of Chicken Breast ‘ in foaming Lime Butter with finely sliced Green Beans &  sautéed thick-cut slices of Baked Potato.

As I set off it was already very warm & sunny, the breeze has dropped, the sky is bright blue and the clouds have cleared, we are in for hot one, reaching 28/29 degs by this afternoon, during the night it’s hovering on the 18/19 degs mark, we are down to just a single sheet and all the fans are out in the bedroom, office/studio, kitchen and lounge! We prefer the fans to the air conditioning, we also have some of the blinds up to let in the light, all very ‘ English’ The rest of the week is going to be similar and over the weekend when we are going up to ‘ Alhaurin el Grande’ to see our dear friend Joyce ‘ Baby’ it’s going to be hot & sunny, watch this space.

At lunchtime we went up to ' Bar Rojas' for a cool drink and Tapas sat under the ' Sonbrajo' in the very hot sunshine, as the village returned home for a ' Siesta ' !

The Mayor’s son, Mario, has just cancelled his meeting this afternoon but is back with us on Thursday for his English Speaking Lesson. Tomorrow morning the ‘ Painters/Decorators’ are due, they are here for two days to see to all the damp/water damage in various rooms, watch this space to see what happens. On Friday morning I will be out on my travels down to Sabinillas for the weekly shopping etc.

After lunch we are going to find a film to watch, then we will catch the ‘Quiz’ shows before finding something to watch, over the next couple of weeks there are new serials starting/coming back so we settle into watching them.

Thoughts for the Day;  See above.

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