JUST SAYIN…….

This has been a wonderful week!  I have gotten an excellent Vet who has helped Missy,

and I have gotten a dentist in the neighborhood who cleaned my teeth. This is his waiting room.  He may or may not be a keeper.  I like his taste in art.

And, finally, I got a housekeeper, who came on Friday and cleaned my apartment. So, life in Paris (as I know it) begins!  What I am trying to say is that I am circling the bush.  Yes, the Cluny Museum is across the street, and yes, the Luxemburg Gardens are up the street, and yes, the Seine is down the street, but I need for Missy to be healthy. I need food in the refrigerator. I need Doliprane (like Tylenol) in the medicine cabinet. I need the Wifi to work (which it does NOT, right now.) I need to know I have a doctor if I need help. 

So, I am still working on those basics. And, this week, I got a lot done.  I also am having multiple reality checks hourly (not daily), so that I keep all options front and center.  Lots of good meals.  I turn around and I have a good meal.  This Café Society works for me. 

And, I have a lot of help.  From the French, from Expats, from the cashier, from the mailman, from the neighbor, from ….. you get the picture.  And, I am very motivated to get out and accomplish.  That is what I was looking for.  Just opening heavy doors takes effort.  And, toilettes are ALWAYS either upstairs or downstairs.  So, I have workouts galore, just going up and down stairs.

I tried to think about what I had planned to do when I got to Paris, and this is what I had in mind – other than to meet people, go places, see art, listen to music, paint, write, sing, act……  I begged my friend to rent me this apartment for a year while I look for my own.  Well, the time for looking has begun.  Finish editing “Janet Tallulah”.  Write “After Steve Died”.  Take art lessons.  Take a French Culture class at the Sorbonne. Get the piano fixed.  Play the piano. 

Go to photography meetups.  Do lots of photo-shoots and put my photographs on Foap and Pickfair. 

Get foot massages and find a Rolfer.

Yes, I have a limited amount of energy.  Yes, I have a limited amount of money. Yes, there is a deadly virus out there.  Yes, the world is a mess.  Yes, I am in my 80’s.  Yes, I am alone.

FYI, I am glad there is a Facebook.  I feel I have company wherever I go.

FYI, I am glad there is a Twitter.  I can read comments about everything.

FYI, I am glad I am in Paris.  I look forward to “getting up, cleaning up, dressing up, and showing up.”

FYI, I am glad there is a Dan Rather (“Steady, Janet”); and memes to inspire me.  Like

Just sayin……..

Best, Jay