{"id":1398,"date":"2025-09-12T04:10:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T09:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.longlivethemonkey.com\/blog\/?p=1398"},"modified":"2025-09-22T17:32:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T22:32:44","slug":"schedule-summer-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.longlivethemonkey.com\/blog\/?p=1398","title":{"rendered":"Schedule Summer 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Not sure if I want to quantify or name this blog post this but I can&#8217;t think of a better name for it. I&#8217;ve had too much schedule for the past few months. And it&#8217;s just wearing me out especially for the past few weeks. I had agreed to cat sit for a friend and sleep over their place; which is lovely. The cats warmed up to me after a few days and we became good friends. But sleeping over there makes me miss out on stuff with Bri. And I&#8217;ve been really missing Bri lately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of people back in the states like to ask me what a &#8220;normal day&#8221; is like for me; a young, retired person living in Portugal&#8230; but it really depends on the day and circumstances. So I thought I&#8217;d blog about what a week is like for me at least now. Also this exercise can make me think about what I can cut out of my schedule so I can fit things I would rather be doing in there (like spending more time with Bri).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sunday<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is actually a free day for me. But week-to-week it varies. The weekends do seem to be my most uneventful, rest times. Sometimes I go out to lunch with my friend, Sam. Sometimes other people want to hang out and do something. I will do things 9\/10 times without Bri.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Monday<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Usually someone wants to do coffee in the mornings and\/or a walk. During football season my buddy, Steve, will come over and we watch one of the games from Sunday.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Noon to around 2:30 PM I have yoga with some friends; without Brian.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lately I&#8217;ve been playing Bridge in the afternoon\/evening with friends (no Bri).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bri and I play Dominion with Heidi starting around 10:30-11 PM and go until 1:30 or 2 AM. However, this may happen on Sundays rather now that Heidi has RTO.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tuesday<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>EMS usually around noon but I can schedule it whatever time. I&#8217;m really tired afterwards so I try not to do anything but there is always something going on.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sometimes I will chat with friends from the states in the afternoon or in the evening.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wednesday<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The whole day until around 2 PM I spend with my friend, Larry, walking or swimming and drinking beer and eating bifanas. No Brian.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Since Bri has his coffee group at 2 PM, I actually have a few hours free until 4 PM but usually someone else wants to go swimming or do coffee so I need to do that. Sometimes I talk to my sister.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bri and I get to spend a few hours together before I leave for Mexican Train.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I have Mexican Train with friends until around 9 PM but then we usually continue to drink afterwards; without Brian.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Thursday<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Usually I don&#8217;t have anything until my first Happy Hour with friends at the Marina which usually starts around 3 PM. We&#8217;ll have a few pints and talk. Bri actually comes to this.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I got the expat Happy Hour starting at 6:30 PM. Bri and I will go together but we usually sit not together.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I can usually find a group to go out to dinner with afterwards so then I&#8217;ll continue to drink and be out without Bri.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Friday<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Of late I have been going out with my buddy, Mark, in the afternoons. We&#8217;ll pick a beach or something to do. It involves food and hopefully some good chat about finances and the markets and navigating how the fuck we&#8217;re supposed to live here with prices raising and the dollar weakening and more people fucking wanting to move here. For a little while at least we&#8217;ve also had friends join us; but no Brian.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark and I will go to the beach and play Bocce with people; Bri doesn&#8217;t come.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I&#8217;ll join Larry for a beer or two while he gets his food.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Saturday<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It always depends on the week but sometimes I have Pinochle and\/or Pok\u00e9mon Go. Someone always wants to do something like a game night or get together. Bri will come sometimes but could also leave early; leaving me.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking at this maybe it&#8217;s not me. I do have free time it&#8217;s just it feels like I don&#8217;t cause there are usually other things filling in voids. Also Bri does need to get out and join me for some of these things. I can&#8217;t always be at home watching TV or doing whatever he wants to do. I also feel like a drink a fuck ton more than what&#8217;s listed here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t know. Bri also wants me to start a journal or something of things that I do so I can better keep track of the days and my drinking. It won&#8217;t be here. I don&#8217;t want this blog to be filled with such nonsense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do it lady.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not sure if I want to quantify or name this blog post this but I can&#8217;t think of a better name for it. I&#8217;ve had too much schedule for the past few months. And it&#8217;s just wearing me out especially for the past few weeks. 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