End of the month

It's been twelve years since I first stepped foot in Madrid, to start my first Camino, something I'd been dreaming about for about 10 years by that point.  I sat in a cafe this morning, eating breakfast, alone, but in a crowd, watching the endless rain fall, out the window, savoring the time alone before joining a (welcome) crush of humanity...soon, so soon.

Finally heard back from my landlord regarding my lease ending the day I get back, and I haven't seen a new one yet.  He said he'll get it to me before I leave, otherwise I'd worry I wouldn't have any place to return to.  Trying to tie up loose ends, I don't want to be tied here to unfinished business while I'm gone.  I want to stay present.  Mostly done now, though a bill I thought was taken care of, for some reason has to be re-visited.  My doctor suggested I get a cortisone shot for my left wrist so I'm not hiking in pain.  I was too much of a chicken to get it done then, I supppose I wasn't mentally prepared for it, plus I had to return to work, and if it was extremely painful, I didn't want to spend all day crying at my desk...I have a very public position.  So, I'm going back in, at the end of the workday.  I hope it helps.

I contacted my phone carrier and found out my phone won't work locally in Spain, so not taking it.  Might rent one, haven't decided.  I've never taken one before, but the world is changing, and I don't know if phone centers or internet cafes still exist (what I relied on in the past.)  Been eight years since I used either one there.

Will miss the daily bus to SJPP, so might catch a taxi to Roncesvalles or Zalbadika, or perhaps, just get off the bus in Pamplona and walk to Cizur Menor.  Depends on the weather.  I'll miss the horses, but can detour to Eunate, which I also haven't done since 2005.  The train to Bayonne is also an option.

All minor things.  It'll work out.