Deliveries
Things proceed swimmingly here in Setubal! The weather continues to be
perfect. We are VERY SLOWLY settling into our new place. Today a bunch
of couches got delivered. They are a bit more "dentist's office" than
"cozy living room" than expected but at least we HAVE them. We STILL
don't have our refrigerator, which is scheduled for tomorrow. The same 
place where we bought that, Wortens, listed our air conditioner and fans
as "delivered" when we have never set eye on them, making it difficult
to get our money back. Quite the racket - offer to deliver something
say you did it, keep it, sell it again, and keep the money. Sorry if that
sounds harsh, but my wife is calling Worten's "Portugal's Best Buy" and
that is even more harsh!

But those things aside we're still having a delightful time. I am typing
on a table for a change and sitting in a chair to do so. This is a big
upgrade from sitting on a mattress on the floor with a very hot laptop
in my lap. 

I have begun editing the photos from my big photoshoot right before we
departed. Three models painted in gold "kintsugi" style. I did the male
model first because he had the most images to process but was also the
easiest. Michelle is a little more challenging, but my lighting for 
Kat was quite ambitious, and so her images are the most challening to
process. It's delightful to have nothing to do but process the pictures.
I don't have to work, I don't have to do anything I don't want to.
Retirement is GREAT.

Tomorrow we're supposed to get 1) our fridge and 2) Internet, and if both
those things happen it will be a red-letter day around here. Once I have 
the Internet I can resume studying my Michel Thomas Portuguese (which is
on my Plex server). 

I'm rambling - more later!