My truck is back in the shop today. FINALLY getting the windshield wipers fixed. While driving up to the dealership I stopped for coffee. Ever since I got here I have gone by the Dunkin Donuts sign and thought about stopping in for some good old DD coffee. But every other time I have been by there too latein the day to drink coffee or I have not been in the mood for coffee. Today was perfect. I stopped in to experience my first heartbreak of the day.

That big sign was only to advertise a cabinet full of donuts. There was no DD coffee! Sigh. Such is life.

In 40 days I will have been here for one full year! Amazing! The time has flown by and I have not done as much as I had hoped to do. Still, things are well and life is still fun. I walk around in the warm weather looking at the exotic plant life under blue skies and marvel at the idea of living in this paradise.

Sunday Wakana and I took a drive after going to the scuba swapmeet. There was little of interest there. We went down into a small jungle marina near the power plant. On our way out there was a monitor lizard in the road. At first I thought it was alive but it had been killed by a car. It was a small one, only about a foot and a half long. Wakana wanted to move it into the brush so its body wouldn't be savaged by any more tires. Then we went up to Gordon's house to show her the fossils he collects and talk about rocks. He has a very nice piece of rainbow basalt carved into the likeness of a face. Under a light you can see swirls and patterns of color swimmng under the black surface of the rock. It's beautiful. Then we went to dinner at Tuan's and she headed home.

I have no water at my house. Saturday morning the pressure was low and my shower was little more than a trickle. When I got home in the afternoon there was no water and there was still no water this morning. Fortunately there is a shower here in our office building. I bought two 5 gallon containers to use for basic water, washing and flushing. I have about 15 gallons of drinking water. I am OK for a while but it is inconvenient.

This morning on the way to work from the shop I saw a car in the outside lane with a step ladder on the roof. As I watched the ladder seemed to slip sideways and down to the side of the car. It was then that I realized the ladder was not tied down. Instead the man in the passenger seat was trying to hold on to it as they drove down the road. We passed them so I don't know how that experiment turned out but I can make a guess.