Pablo wanted to help people over the holidays.

English, Lesson 76 Part 20 Chapter 1

Pablo had planned his Christmas alone and was getting ready.

He already knew it was not a good time to waste time

watching lots of bad news and had prepared to be busy.

He had charged his phone and ordered a new charger for his old iPad
to arrive in the new year.

He liked to use that for his exercise videos, sometimes placing

it high on a stool when he was doing stretches.

He wanted to do some warm-up exercises and warm down stretches

with videos from YouTube when he was home alone over the holidays.

Sometimes he just used his laptop or phone.

He made time to talk with Silvia and some other neighbors he liked at a distance.

He also made time to wave to people he knew on the street.

He did this in the mornings very early when he went for a good walk
early in the morning.

A massive winter storm was coming, and he knew other people

would be lonely also, so he liked to wave or chat at a distance

when he could.

He knew it made him and other people feel good.

He had also found some old cards and gave some to people who lived alone as happy new Year cards.

But he would keep Mr. Pickering’s cards to sell.

He had already got some good food, vegetables, and fruits.

For New Year’s Eve, he was planning a kitchen challenge

and cooking something he had never cooked before.

Pablo had some extra cans of soup and vegetables he took

to the local food bank in his neighborhood.

He also made a small donation on a list of local food banks

across the US at feeding america .org

If the Christmas storm became terrible in January,

he would sort through some old photos and videos.

He planned to move them into separate folders on his old laptop.

Then later carefully onto a drive and get organized into the new year.

He might even update his CV and maybe his LinkedIn profile

but would do that last.

Pablo wanted to wish everyone a happy new year and had a

list of people in English to message the new year

Wow, Pablo thought he was going to be so busy, he

hoped he had time for a few naps in the afternoons.

and so our story begins