the haps

(monday april 16.....noon......in the shade...in the park.....just outside the wall of the old city....split, croatia)

what did i do today?
split.
and now i,m ready to split from split.
it,s a bit of a quieter venice....minus canals......roman architecture, loads of tourists and cafes, little nonsensical pedestrian alleys to get lost in..........i,m glad i didn,t get a room here......i,m finding myself impatient to leave and do.......a little ironic since i,m headed to an island in the hopes of finding some serious lounging--yet environment does make a HUGE difference.......cars and bustle vs. calm and quiet? well, i,m gonna take this opportunity to practice my relaxation skill--so writing & reading & general relaxing.....here i come
what happened today?
well, yesterday my pants had an identity crisis and decided spontaneously to become shorts.....this on the day that i,d decided to go paragliding (reminiscent of skydiving much?) & on the one night/day that i had not brought my big pack.....therefore i had no change of clothes.....then to take a night train (nowhere to empty contents of pack to retrieve sole pair of replacement trousers)....consequently, i am wearing well ventilated pants....both pant-legs have dehisced about one hand length below my butt......could be worse......so, me thinks.....maybe i can use this time to find a NEW pair of trousers....no dice.....the biggest size i can find is 2 sies too small....then again i am in a touristy area full of high-priced stores aimed at teenagers.....needless to say, i gave up on that mission.....
another occurrence......i was walking along, eating my burek (tasty greasy cheap lunch) when i felt a tap on my shoulder......one woman tapped and pointed to another......the other jogged up to me waving cash....a scrunch of coloured paper......my scrunch of coloured paper.....90 kuna (about 20$) had fallen out of my pocket.....altho easily missed at home, this is the economic equivalent of about 20 lunches.....i said a heartfelt "hvala".......i would have had no idea the money was missing until much later.......what a wonderful woman....
and some sad news.......still no sailing for me.....apparently "it,s not the season"......yet the heat is sweltering, the sun is shining, the wind is blowing......how much more right can the season get? is it really necessary to hold to the confines of certain months?