The Noxsoma Chronicles [0005]
9-25-2025 Day 23585
Today’s Score
BC …...63
Rum….16
Paying the Rent
We were very grateful to be able to pay next month’s rent at all, let alone early. It’s always an adventure because we make it an adventure. We remember details. We live in gratitude and that state makes lovely things happen.
Universe always gets us out of the house at the perfect time. As a result of this alignment our route is laid out for us and we arrive at the exact time that we should be there. The cosmic dominoes fall as they should. (But who sets up the dominoes? LOL… The question has no meaning because the dominoes don’t really exist. It’s just an image that represents order.)
The payment ritual here is archaic; cash, check, money order … none of the “state-of-the-art” methods have been set up. No venmo, zelle, or even one of those rent collections apps. We have a property manager on-site … who lives in one of the habitaciones … so we interact with a real live human instead of the faceless AI. We almost brought last century’s check book back with us the last time we visited the family mansion but decided against it. That bear has been hibernating for a very long time and who knows what trouble might be stirred if it is awakened. So once a month we walk merrily down to the local super mercado (market) to purchase the currency with which we purchase another month of shelter.
The same desk that sells money orders also sells lottery tickets, tobacco products, handles returns, processes bill payments, facilitates pricing discrepancies … and so on. You can also pay for your items there if you only have a few of them. It’s at the manager’s discretion.
I think I am recognized at this location because I have had so many problems with mis-priced items. They have a policy that if the marked price is wrong, you will get the item for free. I have gotten several freebies that way. But sometimes it’s me. I have chosen an item that wasn’t marked down on bogo (buy one get one). Also, I go there at least once a month to buy the money orders to pay the rent. There has been a couple of times when the language barrier caused errors in the purchase of the money order. Money is a very big deal. Bigger than it should be. But it is what it is. So when there’s a mistake it draws several managers to the scene. I never freak out about it and I think that they appreciate that I don’t get belligerent on them. Even if you are not actually acquainted with a person, when you see them often enough you form an opinion. It’s human nature. Maybe sometimes that opinion might even inspire you to get to know them better.
Despite the gnosis (cosmic knowledge) that I am going to arrive at the market and to the customer service desk at the perfect time, I still try to “time” my arrival to minimize waiting time. (They are very quick to help – by the way.)
Boom!
I show up. I am helped right away by a friendly associate that I haven’t seen before. She greets me in Spanish. I return the greeting and then switch to English. I wanted to make sure that she understood the numbers ... because they get lost in translation sometimes. I am always prepared to write the amount on a post-it … and sometimes they will write it down as well. In those matters I am a very visual creature.
Anyway – after the money order we wandered around the store to see if anything “jumps” out at us. Surprise – chicken breasts – BOGO! Chicken has been high this year so we haven’t had it much, so we scooped it up for later. We are a solo act and don’t need much fuel daily so we store it up (in the freezer) in case of lean months … that are always “on the way” if you believe the doomer-gloomers. We found another bogo before we left the store as well.
As I was standing in the checkout line, being staffed by the same lady who handled the money order purchase … one of the managers that I’ve been interacting with for several years signaled me to come over to the customer service desk and checked me out.
Sweet. I told him I felt like a VIP. Ha ha. These are the little extras in the simulation that let Us know that we are still on the right path and aligned with a vibrations of the flow.
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