Sunday, July 26

It's 9:00pm and all's well. Life has been chaotic lately. I was ready for a change, but to quote Monty Python, " Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition."  After four years of living in Vernon,fairly quietly and alone, I have spent more time in the last eight months in Victoria than Vernon, been with my mom, dad and Bill more than I have in years, lost my parents at 94 and 95 years old respectively and started living with Jay, May, Min Hee and Jin Hee. If old dogs can't learn new tricks, I'm doomed. But I'll do my best. 

Bill drove back to Vernon with me and stayed two nights. That taxed our two bedroom, one bathroom house a bit, but Jay's mob all bedded down in his and May's room, Bill had the girls' spot in the sunroom, May cooked some terrific food, Jay grilled burgers in his new barbecue/smoker on the patio he made last week and we had a good visit.

Jay drove Bill to catch a plane for Grand Prairie at 5:00am this morning and went back to bed when he returned. I rose around 8:30, put my "Morning T'ai Chi for Beginners" cd into the laptop and followed along with the young man who stands on the sand by the sea and explains every move as he does it. Doing this at the start of every day has helped me face the changes. I've renewed it from the library at least five times. We finally all got on the move around 11:00. We drove up to Silver Star for a short hike and coffee at Bugaboos'. The rest of the day has been quiet. It's 9:50pm now, and we're all in our quarters. Tomorrow we begin the first full week of our life together. 

Australian jugglers that Bill and I watched one evening at the inner harbour in Victoria. 

Kayaking with Bill in a double kayak in Victoria 

Hiking with Jay, Jin Hee, Min Hee and May at Silver Star.