We had to take Covid tests today (no more than 24 hours before our first flight) to meet the Portuguese entry requirements. We’d scheduled them for late this afternoon at Instant Urgent Care; I was taken aback when they called Diane and suggested we come as soon as we could to make sure they’d still be open!

We got there exactly 24 hours before the flight was scheduled to depart; they were ready for us, and we got the “results are ready” email before we got home. It was a lot less hassle than Minute Clinic, and we didn’t have to get out of our car.

I uploaded our vaccine cards and test results to the British Airways site, but their system wouldn’t accept them, so we can’t check in from home. I wasn’t surprised.

Our fishmonger wasn’t at the Farmers’ Market again this week because her family has been hit with Covid. We went to the market anyway to pick up some cherries while they are still in season, and then we took our usual walk through Los Gatos, including a quick trip to Oak Meadow Park where the geese were on the march.

This afternoon, we saw the City Lights World Premiere production of Waiting For Next. It’s the story of two guys who meet in middle school and become best friends – the play follows them from age 12 to 40. It was written for the two actors who performed it, Wes Gabrillo and Max Tachis, and that gave the play a real sense of authenticity. I enjoyed it and recommend it (there should be a video version available from the City Lights website in the next week or two; the play runs through June 19 at City Lights).

This evening, we voted in the California primary election. The actual Election Day is June 7; we plan to be on the Douro River then, so we chose not to wait.

Tomorrow, we get fresh Covid tests to meet the Portuguese entry requirements, since it appears that they won’t accept a US doctor’s Letter of Recovery. US Vaccination certificates are not sufficiently robust to make them happy, either.

Waiting is no fun.