June 7 2008

The first post on the between section of the blog – between missions that is. We are excited about getting our papers in for the next mission so that we can find out where we will be going.

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07 June 2008 – Saturday

I slept well until about 3:00 when I woke up and could not go back to sleep. So I got up and caught up the e-mail and read a little before falling asleep on the couch. I woke at about 7:30 with a slight headache. I think my body is having a small problem adjusting to the clean air and the lack of humidity.

The Comcast serviceman showed up right on time and soon had us connected to the net. About the time he left Jim arrived and we set up the internet on all the computers. Jim then set up my desktop and hooked it into the internet. We decided that we needed to update our Norton utilities and the Works on two of the computers. About then Tom and family arrived and after a brief introduction, Jim, Tom and I went to CostCo and bought the update for Norton and a new version of Works…however they were out of Works so we will have to come back on Monday.

We headed for Bob’s for a family gathering. Unfortunately the weather was not very good so swimming was short lived but the kids still had fun. It was great to see all the cousins playing together. All the adults sat around and talked about old times – shared memories. Families are so important and I hope that after we are gone someone makes sure that they get all together at least once a year. Of course we shared a family dinner from Bob’s BBQ.

Mary had brought many of the gifts we had brought home for the family and gave them out. The girls of all ages had a great time with bracelets, purses, scarves and more. The guys got ties and shirts – I am not sure they were as excited. Another big hit were the photo albums with lots of comments about the motorcycle pictures.

The hours rushed by and it was soon time to head home. I rode with Jim’s family and Olivia was not at her best. She was very tired and excited and could not come down from her high so she was not about to behave well. It got to a point where Jim decided they could not stop off at the house except to drop us off and get some snacks before going to their hotel. Tom drove in with Mary and they also did not stay.

So we were soon alone and then Mary fell asleep on the couch watching TV so I was really alone. I started cleaning up some of the piles of goodies we had unpacked so that it would be at least clean on one floor for tomorrow.

I recorded Concertzender’s 5 hour new music program from last Monday. When I did this in Jakarta, it took about 25 hours to download the whole program. Tonight it took less than an hour. No wonder I found the internet connection in Indonesia frustrating – it was as slow as I thought.

I decided I had to wake Mary up at about 9:00 or she would not sleep at all. We shared the nachos I prepared. Then we cleaned more of the house before heading for bed. Unfortunately I realized I was probably coming down with a cold – the change to a cooler, drier weather did not agree with me. Hopefully it will not be a full blown one and I will get through it in a couple of days. I need to feel good so I can work on the yard and do other things.



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