Oh my..........there were two headbangers and each one climbed into either my head or the 1st Lady's head last night and continued pounding and banging with tremendous force until about noon today. We both just laid around....sipping tea or coffee......and not saying too much to each other. She had an appointment with our family doctor at 1:45 this afternoon....and, thankfully, we were both feeling a little better so she didn't cancel her appt.......because she was sick?? HAHA!
She actually had made the appt. for her yearly general check-up.....AND.....to have the Dr. write some scrips for anti-diarrhea meds to take with us to Egypt and Jordan. Everything we read about traveling in Egypt recommends that we take these with us.......things are a bit primitive over there in cleanliness as far as food and water standards. Oh yeah.......luxury does exist there, but.......for an example: the best stats that I have found is that the AVERAGE YEARLY income in Egypt is just a few coins over $1500.....and that is for the YEAR. I can only hope that that is wrong.....but that is the best info I have found!!
We are staying in 5 star hotels in Cairo and in Aswan.......we will be on the cruise ship in Luxor as we go up the Nile for 5 days and four nights. There is just simply not much of an economy in Egypt......and the prices are soooo low compared to things here in the states. Tourism is the #1 source of income for the country.....and, that is why security is so very tight there.......they MUST have the travelers and tourists! (and....so we are going... to fulfill my dream since the 6th grade social studies class)
We returned this afternoon after a brief stop at the SuperCenter in Farmington to pick up a few items we needed for the trip: SMALL bottles of the anti-bacteria hand cleaners that we can carry in our pockets. We are told that the Egyptians are sooooo friendly that they want to shake hands with American/tourists all of the time............and the water is not safe to use for washing hands, etc., etc. Ahhhhh........what an adventure this will be!!!! YEAH!!! Just takes lots of planning and thinking.......
Been watching the reports of the horrendous fires in southern California.........terrible!!! Called our friends Sue and Dave.....they are catastrophic insurance adjusters and have been put on stand-by to head out there for what could be a long period of time. A few years ago when this occurred, they were out there for one and a half years working on the claims from those fires. Soooo, think they are packed and ready to leave when the call comes to head west into the smoke!
And soooooo......the day is about finished. It is becoming cooler...and wetter.....as the REAL autumn begins to settle in to this area of Missouri. And......that is just great........which makes it even more certain that......
LIFE IS GREAT!!!!!!......And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!
1 comment:
Don't waste your money on antibacterials. The water isn't that bad. Regular soap is fine. While the average income in Egypt might be USD 1500, costs are also much lower. Most of the people making very little money are growing their own food so they have no food costs to speak of and most of the disposable income goes on costs for kids' school and such. Then there are people who make about USD 100 thou a year, live in amazing homes, drive BMW's and own stuff you can only dream about.
One nice thing about Egypt is the fact that the healthy food is cheap here and the garbage is expensive.
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