Difficult beginning............

Well, today was the first day of my new era which I would like to call 'Will  you Make It?'......

In fact, I slept in my newly rented apartment for the first time last night.  Needless to say that I came back from work, opened the fridge, and was shocked by the sheer emptiness of both my sight of the inside of the machine and, more critically, that of my stomach !!!  So, not very clear about how to proceed, I decided the best way to cope with this unexpected situation was to simply go to sleep and forget about this sour experience.  Tomorrow would be a better day !!

A fresh, stronger blow hit me again when I took out the bed-cover as I realized that the bed was not done !!  How can people be soooo mean !!  Almost dizzy in despair, I started wondering around the house until I realized that there were two walking closets in the master bedroom, one of which was full of new bed linen, bed covers, pillows and its corresponding whatever you call that protects these from flowing serumen at night........

It took me the most part of an hour to figure out what the individual pieces of cloth were for, especially as I always observed my lovely wife putting a bed sheet with something like elastic band all around it.  Mmmmm.....  Here there were none!  The first attempt made me realize that the duvet cover had been placed on top of the mattress......  So, back to square one and reconfigure the whole thing again.  Anyway, I guess that this experience somehow inspired me to eventually write a quick 'Bedroom Project Management' user guide for senior-spoiled-batchelors....

I woke up this morning and it was not easy this time to figure out that I had made it......

The funny sounds coming from my body'd center of gravity made me realize that I was hungry.  I also noticed that being alone either makes you feel more hungry or you are effectively more hungry (to be discovered...).

Off I went to my first formal groceries' spree.  Once by the roadside, I extended one arm with three fingers pointing forward, the classic telltale that means 'hey, wanna get a dollar if you take me where I tell you to?' kind-of-thing....  No need to wait too long.  Once 'deposited' at the supermarket, the adventure to find out anything except the obvious like butter, cream cheese, dishwasher detergent, etc was a real nightmare !!  No charitable soul helped, and not be cause these souls were not such, but because they did not know %$#@ of English....

Anyway, another 'taxi' took me along with eight plastic bags (weighing some 35 kilos) to the entrance of the building.  Now, another story was to manage all this all the way up to the 14th floor..........

Having left my goodies on the kitchen table, I set myself to organize it all (!!).....  Upon opening the brand new, mirrored (*) refrigerator, my obsessive traits did not allow me to simply drop the fruits and vegetables in some trays, and neither the 'disorder' allowed me to put the milk, soft drinks, and beer bottles in it until I carefully washed every item.  You could have a look at the grutckas (pears), apfelsín (oranges), yáblakas (apples), pomidoris (tomatoes), etc shining on their shelves, something that the Shop Manager at Fauchon in the Madelaine would have been extremely proud of !!!!

Then, I had a well deserved breakfast with fresh bread (incredibly good for a town like this.... really good), cheese, coffee with milk, yogurt, an apple and a banana.  Health, I guess...

In the afternoon, I called the office driver to come and pick me up.  This due to the fact that this time it was going to be a heavier load.  So, there I was, being driven around (lost) town in search of a supermarket.  As the driver parked and i was about to ask him to wait for 30 minutes, he just jumped out of the jeep and decided to follow me inside.  I was not too surprised by the move.....  As soon as I took the trolley, the Mister took it off my hands and started 'driving' again.  Pasta and rice in plastic-bags-for-beginners were followed by a few 5lt water bottles, some soft drinks, Chilean wine, Rum and, of course, Vodka in case I have any local guests......  Of course, on the way, the gentleman picked a few bottles of beer, a bottle of wine and a good few small instant coffee sachets (no surprise the urgency to follow the foreigner........).

Yes, I did buy latex gloves and detergent so that I could clean all the cicerones, pans and the lot in the kitchen since, although they looked new, only Him knows where this essential elements were awaiting my arrival at............

So, this is all for today.

Except that you were wondering what the (*) was there for.  Very simple.....  To remember to tell you that the fact that the refrigerator (and the microwave) are all-mirror, and that because I cannot stand visible fingerprints, I had to go back downstairs to a small shop where I found soft cloth glove that I am now using every time I open and closed the just described appliances......

Dinner awaits me.... Ouchhh !!

Have a great day !!