Monday, Monday, Who Could Forget Monday?

I forgot Monday! That is because Aneta left early this morning and took Ania to her grandparents for the day so Aneta could go to work and run some personal errands and get the car fixed. They left me sleeping and I managed to connect with some good shuteye until mid-morning. Once up I fixed some breakfast, ate and answered some emails. Then I downloaded photos off my camera card and put them into the file on Aneta's computer - only we can't find them now. The good news is they are also on my iPad but I haven't figured out how to upload from the iPad to an email or the blog so --- bummer. I then settled in and did a little writing on a book I am working on but haven't had much opportunity to work on recently.

I had a massage scheduled for 4 PM and Aneta didn't show up so at 3:45 I called her. She was still at the mechanics shop waiting for her car to get finished. I said, "Well, you will need to call this girl for me then and let her know I won't be there for the appointment."

Aneta said, "It isn't until 5 PM."

"No," I say, "it is at 4 PM."

We argue back and forth and she finally agrees to make the call for me. I give her the number and forget about it. At 4:15 Aneta calls me and says, "I called this girl and told her we will be late. I am almost to the building. You can go outside now and we will just go."

She dropped me off and said to call her 10 minutes before I was through and she would come back and get me. The massage was spectacular. It included first a full body "peel" which was a glorified name for exfoliation, followed by a shower. Then a full body hot rock massage, which I have never had but, which was wonderfully relaxing. That procedure was then followed by a facial massage and a mask that indeed smelled like chocolate. After letting the mask set for 10 minutes I was instructed to take another shower, and to call Aneta to come get me before I showered so she would be here when I finished. I followed all my instructions and met Aneta in the witting room outside. When I got in the car she said, "Are you tired? Do you wish to go straight to bed?"

"No," I said, "I'm not all that tired. Just very relaxed."

"Good," she said, "that man who has been in Bali is coming for English lesson."

Well, okay then. I hurriedly ate some vegetable salad and drank a cup of green tea and a large glass of water and at 8 pm Christian arrived to speak English with me for an hour. Aneta had forewarned me that he likes economics and politics and had very definate ideas on American politics. Okay. I turned on the iPad, opened CNN and read through a couple of articles on the potential collapse of the Eu and the Euro, why proping up the Euro would be good for America, read the latest polls on the presidential campaign and hoped for the best.

Fot: Linda and Krystian

Promptly at 8 Krystian rang the bell and Aneta ushered him in to our little abode. I put on my brightest smile and said, "I understand you are interested in economics?"

He launched into a dialogue with me that lasted until 10:30 pm and included his views on American politics - he thinks our only hope is to elect Ron Paul - the state of the European economies, the American economy and multiple other interesting topics. He is 23 years old and has a job renting scaffolding to the construction industry by day but is an Internet trader of gold and silver by night. He just returned from a lengthy trip to Asia and Indonesia with his younger brother, age 21. His destination was Bali, but he also went to Singapore, Java and some island off the coast of Bali. He is quite the photographer and brought a flash drive with his photos and treated Aneta and me to a full on narrated slide show. We had a lovely evening. His English is pretty good and he isn't afraid to speak in English so that was a big plus for me. When poor Kamil came the first time he was absolutely soaked in sweat by the time he left, he found it so stressful to speak English to a native speaker.

Now I get to be tired and take advantage of the relaxation I achieved with my massage. Should sleep well tonight.

Linda