Does a bear??? and other things

We have spent the week in New Hampshire since the house finally was handed over to us last Friday. For the first few days we slept on air mattresses… always fun trying to get up from that level. Most of the furniture is in and looking mighty fine. Very lodge arts and crafts bungalow. Since I’ve been commuting to work from the mountains Paul has been in charge of all the movers and setup.

It has been very interesting this communing with nature thing… we have seen deer and a Senor Frog lost its life under my car the other morning. HOWEVER, the most interesting one has been the visit of a small black bear to the house. It seems that right after I left to go to work, Paul heard some noises outside, when he went to look, he saw a cub by the front door of the house. I thought the bear had smelled the Chinese food left over we had inside the house… now I look before I cross the street and I look before I open the front door.

Tomorrow is off to Alaska… the ^*&^ (flight is at 6:00am which means that we have to be at the airport by 4:15 am at the absolute latest. Hopefully we will sleep a little on the flight to Vancouver otherwise with the 3 hour time difference we will be sleeping in the soup by the time dinner is served at 8:30 PM.

Physical Therapy

This week I've been going to physical therapy to see if I improve the mobility and range of motion of my arm. The therapist...from now on referred to as Olga the beast (OTB)has moved, prodded, stretched and in general caused excruciating pain. HOWEVER, whereas in the beginning I could only do 90 degree movement, now I can go to 140 degrees. Hopefully this next week she will push the arm to go the whole distance.

A voice from the past

Once a year, I get a call from someone I use to work with many moons ago. When I was cantankerous in training, this person showed me the way to true cantankerism. We worked together for about 15 years. During the phone call, he cleared up who it was that left me a birthday message in the blog back it June. Interestingly it was from my old boss. I remember him as being the person that took me to Japan and Hong Kong and basically let me run around like a kid in the candy store. It was on that trip that after not eating anything (did not like the food in Japan) for about 10 days I stole the peanuts from the person sleeping next to me on the plane. That was also the trip were I bought my beloved watch. Many things happened since that trip, some good some not so good, but it was good to know everyone is in one piece and doing well.

I'm back....

I guess I have a lot more readers than I ever thought! Sorry to have been away from the blog (as many have told me!), but I’ve been working and getting home, eating, going to bed and repeating...currently exhausted . There are days that not even checking the mail gets done. You can imagine that for an OCD person like myself that is just unacceptable.

Alaska is only 14 days away, I think I will end up packing this week-end since we are about ready to take possession of the house on the mountain on the 15th. I think I will be commuting from there to work for that week. I guess I also have to pack for that week up there, damn...laundry in two different locations!. The logistics are getting interesting! I will post photos of the house as soon as the furniture starts arriving.

Which brings me to, I got a new camera since my old one just would not hold battery charge anymore. Granted, it was 10 years old and as big as a house, but I really liked it. This time around, the new one is about the size of a deck of cards. Very excited to put it to good use in Alaska and New Hampshire. Eileen also got a camera so finally I might actually be in some pictures since I tend to be the one taking the pics.

I don't give a sheet

First there was pre-cooked meals, then pre-washed jeans...I just bought new sheets for my bed, (white of course) and the first thing I had to do was to wash them. I assume that everyone washes their sheets before sleeping on them for the first time. Why can't they at least pre-wash them before putting them in the package, would we trust that they were trully ready to be slept on or would we wash them anyway... I suspect I would wash them anyway.