All in a Day’s Work

I spent a good part of my day today working on projects for Boquete Health and Hospice. First, I worked on he Being Prepared for Death in Boquete booklet. Here is an entry I have been asked to make under funeral services:

Hermandad Funeraria de Boquete

• Location:  They have a separate building in Los Naranjos.  Via Principal (on the left going up the hill). 
• Contact:  Ileana or Itza Ordonez.  See Directory for current phone number.
• Services:  There is a large, white, clean-tiled reception chamber where a body can be prepared. No refrigeration or embalming available.  They have a range of aluminum coffins available.
• Fees:  Coffin Prices range from $395-$700+, depending on size required. Need to give them height and weight of body. For a natural burial, client needs to provide a plain wooden coffin, which they do not supply.  Also preferred if family/friends or others wash and prepare the body ahead of time.

I also spent a part of the day working on the hospice database. I met in a Zoom with the main programmer, Chris McCall. I am excited to move forward with my role in the project. I think it is going to be easier than I thought. It looks like right now, all that Chris needs from me is to create a sign-up of form by entering text and input boxes, getting them to line up and look nice, and then he will do the workflow functions connected with those boxes. Much easier than I expected. Eventually, Chris can show me what happens “behind the scenes” in regard to the entered text and how it ends up in a database, but right now, I can just play with entry.

I also walked into town to pick up my new shoes for pickleball tomorrow and attempted to get my booster. I got the shoes but not the booster. Maybe tomorrow. The clinic hours are 7am-2pm. I have an appointment to meet with a local doctor, Shannon Tuer, in order to establish a relationship with a local doctor. This is necessary in case I die here and need a doctor to sign the death certificate. I also need to check on my power of attorney for health care. Not sure if Dan, as my appointee in the US, will work here. I may need someone local. Because….you never know.

Of course, we all know, a photo never really does the real-time image justice, but this is my view as I close down my computer.