4pm thursday

an early start this morning thanks to my on going insomnia. about 610 walked to pool and watchd dad swim and took a video for wiley to see pop swim (his idea). breakfast of fruit and coffee. decided to knock off a lot of errands today. long list started by walking to supermarket and finding a little pencil sharpener (eyebrows); then went to remodeled gourmet shop and found a couple things but no english muffins; went to atm and got some dong; brought home eggs, jams, chorizo. then took taxi to city post office looking for a couple satin zipper wallets that they apparently no longer carry in the gift shop. on the way there, i noticed an eyeglass center that carried david yurman frames so i checked that out. the frames were not exactly stylish plus they were over $300US. next went over to diamond dept store and found they don't carry toasters (dad requested a new one). somehow i got muddled up and lost my bearings and was walking the wrong direction for dong koi street. which then amounted to my first motorbike ride for a grand total of 20dong which is just over a dollar. i pretty much kept my eyes closed and hung on tight to the bar on the back of the seat. the helmet did nothing for my hair! went to Tax Store looking for a new cd Audiophile II or III. beautiful voices. no luck. however on the way out i noticed an electric applicance section selling toasters. somewhat of a fiasco but i got one for 700,ooodong. then popped into jewelry store to get the appraisal info for insurance....that took a few minutes. then i figured i should have a foot massage with #19. absolutely wonderful. walked to other gourmet shop looking for thomas english muffins, nothing. then went to veggy's another gourmet shop and found them, some cheese, sundried tomatoes. now my bag is getting very heavy ... toaster, groceries, etc. left there an went to linen shop because dad wanted more placemats and napkins...okay put them in the bag too. hailed a taxi and headed back. however got driver to stop at two plant places because dad wanted some more color in the garden ... he wants variations of green around the fountain....but we must have all the ground covers they make. got some purple plants. lunch was leftover pizza. decided to watch a dvd Leap Year ... not a masterpiece but entertaining. and then the rains came again. its buckets again. wearing black capris and white linen again. tonight hope to go for sashimi. tomorrow i want to go to mekong merchant for date night; then saturday to hyatt. ms han has day off on friday and saturday so i'll be the maid! that's why we're eatig out!