Post 2332
- 8 years and 240 days since I started this blog -
Daily Comment
I think I'm at the end of this round of car problems.
I also am beginning to wonder what I'll do if I'm not.
Of course, I'll figure something out if I have to, and I shouldn't get bogged down worrying about what the future holds.
But I have little confidence in my car.
I hope it lasts through the time I have remaining in the states, currently estimated at sixteen months (including the almost three months it won't be driven this winter).
You can't know the future, and you can't change the past, much as I wish that I had changed cars a year ago. I'd be 'way ahead, now.
On the other hand, I've had my decision to remove Chiang Mai from my list of retirement destinations validated. Expats are voting with their feet on the new government VISA restrictions and enforcement policies, and leaving Thailand. Today I learned the government has proposed new legislation requiring expat residents who travel from their registered residence to register in the new place, even if they're only there for a day. As far as I know, this is a unique imposition globally. No other country requires this.
I drive as much or more than anybody I know who doesn't make a living driving. That being said, I don't like it too much, and I hate owning a car. When I made my checklist on qualifications for a retirement destination twenty-five years ago, the first thing I thought of was the place had to be walkable, and be easily (and affordably) navigable without a car.
(FYI: The other items on my checklist are: Must be easily affordable on my Social Security and pension income; Must have good internet service; Must have excellent accessible medical care; Must be snow-free).
I'm grateful to still have choices in life.
Food and Diet
I also am beginning to wonder what I'll do if I'm not.
Of course, I'll figure something out if I have to, and I shouldn't get bogged down worrying about what the future holds.
But I have little confidence in my car.
I hope it lasts through the time I have remaining in the states, currently estimated at sixteen months (including the almost three months it won't be driven this winter).
You can't know the future, and you can't change the past, much as I wish that I had changed cars a year ago. I'd be 'way ahead, now.
On the other hand, I've had my decision to remove Chiang Mai from my list of retirement destinations validated. Expats are voting with their feet on the new government VISA restrictions and enforcement policies, and leaving Thailand. Today I learned the government has proposed new legislation requiring expat residents who travel from their registered residence to register in the new place, even if they're only there for a day. As far as I know, this is a unique imposition globally. No other country requires this.
I drive as much or more than anybody I know who doesn't make a living driving. That being said, I don't like it too much, and I hate owning a car. When I made my checklist on qualifications for a retirement destination twenty-five years ago, the first thing I thought of was the place had to be walkable, and be easily (and affordably) navigable without a car.
(FYI: The other items on my checklist are: Must be easily affordable on my Social Security and pension income; Must have good internet service; Must have excellent accessible medical care; Must be snow-free).
I'm grateful to still have choices in life.
Today's Weight: 200.8 lbs.
Previous Weight (8/27/19): 200.6 lbs.
Net Loss/Gain: + 0.2 lbs.
Diet Comment
Food Log
Breakfast
5:15pm:
Lunch
8:25pm: A Quest bar and a handful of almonds.
Dinner
11:45pm: Dubliner cheese and walnuts, and a Quest bar.
Liquid Intake
5:15pm:
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| LEO (lox, eggs and onions) on greens (arugula, chard, kale, red cabbage, spinach). |
8:25pm: A Quest bar and a handful of almonds.
Dinner
11:45pm: Dubliner cheese and walnuts, and a Quest bar.
Liquid Intake
Espressos: 1; Coffee: 0 oz.; Water: 96+ oz.;
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