We Had a Zooie Good Time

Here is my frog who turned into a Prince and quite a catch. We went to the San Diego Zoo yesterday. I couldn't walk around 100 acres so we rode the double decker bus that the zoo has to tour the exhibits. A sister from church gave us some season passes to get in and a two for one discount for the bus ride. What a deal! The grand kids souvenirs cost the most. We had a great time.

Anchors Away

This is the air craft carrier Ronald Reagan that Lee went onto this week. If you enlarge the pic you can see the planes on the deck. They rarely leave the planes on the deck after the Pearl Harbor attacks. The ship has to be going at a certain speed to launch the planes successfully. The RR was only staying in dock for a week and the Marine base was there in case of any problems. Lee was amased at the whole experience. You could tour the ship a whole week and still not see it all. He said old fat men were not good recruits because his legs were sore the next day from all the steps.

We still don't know if Lee will finish early on his classes, but it is a real possibility. If it happens it will problably be a week or less off.

They are closing Macy's (not the state's Macy's)and putting in AFFES which is the Army's exchange on Kwaj. I have not seen Macy's but it should be a big improvement. If nothing else we can order from a catalog and not pay taxes or postage.

Ya'll have a great week end.

Much Better

I have recovered from my yuk and my full body message and acupuncture is all going well and helping. Lee is going to install a copier on the air craft carrier Ronald Reagan today and very excited about it. Our housing was picked yesterday by our sponsors on Kwaj. I am not used to someone else picking my house but the couple is really putting a lot of effort into picking the best that is available. Unfortunately we are coming in about two months too soon. A lot more houses will be available after school lets out. We will have one of the older houses that are made of cinder blocks that has been refurbished. Our sponsor said it has central air (a plus in the older houses as opposed to window unit air conditioners) and a big patio. The older houses are located closer to the front so we won't have as far to go to check our mail box and be at the heart of the complex. It will be great to be able to put our home back together. I can't complain when someone else makes my bed for me and cooks my breakfast every day, but it still isn't home. Our home sold last week. Ellis is now a land lord because he bought our house for rental property. Hopefully he has it rented by now. Some people from church gave us some season passes to the San Diego Zoo. I'm not sure if we will go this week end or next, but we will go before we leave. Blessings to all!

Yuk!

I have not thrown up for at least 20 years. It just isn't something I do that often. I am sad to say I broke that record last night. Not my best memory of SD. I'm a little queasy today but fine. I have not been to a church that has Sunday night singing on the last Sunday of the month in a lot of years. The church we are attending did last Sunday night. Lee got to lead a few songs and he really enjoyed it. There were so many really talented song leaders at Edmond that he had not lead singing the whole six years we were there. He will probably get all the opportunities he wants at Kwaj. Lee's classes are going well. Not sure if he will finish early or not. It is too early to tell yet. We are supposed to leave May 4th or before if he gets through early. Our sponsors on Kwaj are supposed to pick our house this coming Monday. There are three different kinds of houses they can pick from, depending on what is available. I'm not used to someone else deciding my housing for the next two years. You can ask to move but it will cost $1500 to do so. They are good people and she has Fibro also and knows my challenges. Blessing to all

Beach Bums

We learned the true meaning of the phrase 'beach bums' Sat. One bum had his rigidity bike with his worldly possessions propped up against the concrete park bench while he slept stretched out on the bench. His face was deep brown from years of sleeping in the sun and his once tan pants were dark brown from lack of washing. A female bum layed on the lawn on her side with bread crumbs she had layed right in front of her face to get the birds to come as close to her as possible. Another bum would walk from person to person trying to strike up friendly conversations so he could ultimately ask for some money. He claimed he did not spend the money on booze but he reeked from something. It was either booze or lack of clean hygiene, or both. What a blessed life we have! I don't know what I will do when we get to Kwaj and no one makes my breakfast or comes by to make my bed everyday. When we went in to eat at Fatburgers for lunch Lee needed to go to the bathroom so I ordered our food as he left. I noticed he was back pretty early so I thought the facilities were being used. When I sat down he mumbled something about having to pay a quarter to get into the bathroom (Lee can make Abe Lincoln scream for mercy before he spends him). I tossed a quarter at him and told him there was no reason to wait. I waited for him to come out so I would not have to pick everything up and haul it into the bathroom with me. He came out and I got up and he said 'If I knew you had to go I would have held the door open for you'. I told I would pay a quarter to come out of the women's bathroom and not the men's. Later as we were looking for our car we both needed to go and had walked by a public restroom. After coming out we both agreed what a good investment that quarter was. Blessings to all!