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Default Feb 25, 2021 at 02:40 AM
 
I slept downstairs on the futon last night. I liked it, but Hubby missed me.

We hired a man to take away many folded moving boxes and other trash. We're glad it's gone, but he and the cleaning crew that came last week, were overpriced. We think that them knowing we came from the US played a part in that. Hubby speaks Czech (and likely without a foreign accent), but they do eventually figure out we came from the US. If not because of me, because of other subtle hints. We won't hire them again. We'll look for someone in the future that doesn't charge a "foreigner surcharge".

Yesterday we did another huge grocery shopping trip. Afterwards, we sat and analyzed the bill. It's odd how some items (like anything bread-like, flours, sugar) are rock bottom cheap, but others are more expensive than in the US. For example, a can of tuna is like a luxury item here, while at Shoprite in NJ, you can get 10 cans for very little during their "Can Can Sale".

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