Skipped the 8th!

I was flying over the international date line...

I did have my quiet time with Jesus on the plane before the morning meal and landing!

The day flew by... You read about Monday...

We checked in and all the bags passed... the weight was nearly perfect... 

And going through custom wasn't bad at all. Abby went to Eva's Gate and I walked a long way to my gate. I was able to hit my daily step goal.

After the meal, I was fast asleep...I could not keep my eyes opened... And according to my Garmin, I slept 5 hours and 39 minutes, which was about what I got every evening during this trip... 

Alan came to pick us up and after dropping us off, he had to go and teach a special class. I got Mom up and out and helped with the recycling which was an absolute mess... Of course, the management company said it was because of the tomb sweeping holiday... To me, that's not the main reason... the janitor just did not do his job right!

When that was finished, I went up and worked on putting everything away... About 10:15, I had to lay down for a Power Nap. I was up when Alan came back. Abby and I headed out at 12:45 for the Bible Study and only two students showed up as this is the week before midterms. But it was great! Then two students interviewed me for an assignment/project. We didn't finish, but Abby and I had to go to our dental appointment. We had our teeth cleaned. No cavities... 

We then went to buy contact lenses and Coco Bubble Milk Tea and onion cake with eggs! So yummy!

Abby had an speaking engagement tonight and I got Mom to bed and worked some more on cleaning and  sorting... I'm almost done. 

No run today... Too much to do and I lasted until after 10:30... WOW!

Isaiah played basketball after work and Alan worked on fixing his tennis racket with the part I brought back from the States. 

Daily Lovely Insight:

Our memory verse from today's study!

Seek Him First!

Heading Back to Taiwan!

With very little sleep, I was up early and headed back over to finish up and to pick up a suitcase and a box. 

At 9:15, I headed to Aldi and bought salad dressings and creamers and lots of chips and snacks. I overbought because I headed home and started packing and everything was overweight! So, I had to leave a few things behind. Not the food, but the stuff that I was going to take from Nadine Circle: Bibles, decorative items, etc.

Uncle Jesse, a dear friend, came at 10:40 and we went out to eat Chinese food! Yummy! KR, Annie, Abby, Uncle Jesse and I... and the feast was fantastic! It was 13US$ a plate and we ordered 6 plates for only five people. Wow... We did have a few things as leftovers!

We were back and sat around chatting before Uncle Jesse had to leave as he had the night shift duty at work and he needed to take a nap!

I finished up the packing and took a nap as Angel was to come over at 3:30, but she was late. So, I went and had a nice easy walk.

We went out to get Ramen, but I was totally not hungry. I just brought a mug of coffee!

At 7pm, I was back to take a shower and get things loaded and we headed to the airport at 8pm. (I'm writing this before it happens as that's the plan. I'm going to upload this before I leave as I'm putting away the computer!)

I will blog when I'm on the other side of the Pacific!

Daily Lovely Insight:

Seek Him First!

A Packed Sunday!

I was up super early as Annie and I went to the house by 6am.

I started and it was a lot of work as I had only 3.5 hours before church! I started in the kitchen and worked myself through the house, gathering things in one of the bedrooms.

Annie picked me up at 9:45 and we went to church. The message was on Contentment from Philippines 4:11-13.

We went home right after church as I wanted to continue the work before Pam came to pick me up at 1:45! We went to Mimi's and Suz drove and met us there! I ordered the salmon eggs Benedicts. And we stayed there until 9pm. We closed up the restaurant. Suz brought gifts for us as it's our 45th Anniversary from when we first arrived in London in 1981 for the start of Year-in-Europe Program! Pam brought letters I wrote to her and when she got home, she checked and we left the States on April 17th! Suz dropped me off at Nadine Circle and came in for a tour and stayed to help me finish up! Amazing! She then dropped me off at 10:15 at Annie's and Abby was already home. 

Annie made hard boiled eggs and I ate one and drank some orange juice. Suz paid for lunch and Pam paid for dessert so I was not at all hungry! 

I will go again tomorrow and take things I want to bring back to Taipei in a box that I have over there. I also have one more container to finish up!

Annie will go to Costco for me to buy some dried apricots and I hope to have time to buy some flavor creamers. It's going to be a busy day as we will have lunch with Uncle Jesse and Angel Go will be visiting me as well.

Daily Lovely Insight:

Seek Him First!

A Packed Saturday!

I was up early and after my morning time, I waited for Abby. When she wasn't up by 8:21, I left for my run -- 8k. I only ran 32K this week!

Alden was making bacon when I got back, so Mom Bea had a nice big breakfast!

We hung out and chatted and left at 12:25 as I drive slow... 

We were in Torrance by 3:21 and we stopped at Salvation Army. Nothing... I don't want to buy anything, but I was looking for Isaiah (dress shoes) and Alan (cargo shorts). Abby was looking for baggy jeans!

We got here by 4:40 as the prayer meeting started at 5pm.

After that, Abby and I joined the Sedar Event at Adele's house. It was so so so fantastic! The food, the people... An absolutely lovely evening. 

We were going to leave early but stayed until past 9pm. During the evening, I started to get calls and texted messages from people in Taiwan asking about the HOP Service. Alan was in charge, but it's the Children's Day service and I always try to make it special. But this year, I was so busy with all the preparations needed plus the old house needing painting and our current house changing all the AC units, I did not have time to get much done in preparation for this day. And Alan had delegated the tasks to others, who didn't get it done! Anyhow, I asked different people to do several things... half way around the world!

Abby and I came back and I was thinking about going over to Nadine Circle as Annie needed my help to put the kitchen back together but we decided to do that tomorrow. I usually get up early... so we will do about three hours before church at 10am.

I did some packing and sorting and went to bed.

Daily Lovely Insight:

Seek Him First!

A Simple Friday!

I was up but not as early as I had wanted...

I got Mom Bea her breakfast and then just hung out with Emma, the sweet 'baby' girl of Andrew and McKenna.

At around 1:20, Abby and I went out for our usual short 8K run!

Alden had taken Mom Bea to her appointment and they came back at the same time we did. I made Mom Bea her usual lunch and she was hungry. So, I got her an apple and gave her jam to go with her toast.

After lunch, Abby, Mom Bea and I played Rummique for the entire afternoon!

Alden made dinner, but I was not hungry as I was snacking while playing!

While they were eating dinner, I finally took a shower.

Abby and Paige went out line dancing again tonight! Her final night of fun down here in San Diego!

The time has flown by!

(And yes, I didn't post this until after 12 midnight!)

Daily Lovely Insight:

Seek Him First!

It's Already Thursday!

I was up fairly early and the weather was nice and chilly.

I had coffee with flavor creamer... YUMMY! After fixing Mom Bea her blueberry pancake with whipped cream and chatting for a bit, Abby and I went to the thrift store. The sign I wanted to buy for Alden and Gina was gone... I did find a book for Mom Bea and another pair of cargo shorts for Alan. We went to the supermarket and bought several different flavors of creamer and came home.

Alden had gone to Chick-fi-lay and bought lunch which we all enjoyed. 

Abby and I went for our run at 3:48 and did an hour, which was just a little over 8K. The sidewalks are bumpy. The hills are gnarly and actually some parts are dangerous as there is no sidewalk.

We were home and we took out leftovers and spread everything on the counter and people just helped themselves. I fixed Mom Bea some salad as that was all she wanted. We had bought old fashioned donut holes which everyone had some.

Tonight Alan called Mom Bea again. Abby and Paige went to 'arcade' for the evening fun time!

Tomorrow will be our last full day here in San Diego... The time has flown by!

Daily Lovely Insight:

Seek Him First!

This Is April 2nd!

I forgot to press "publish" yesterday... I don't know what I was doing last night after I had finished blogging.

So, it was an early morning and I did not sleep well... 

After getting Mom Bea her breakfast and cleaning up, Abby and I went to the Thrift Store and bought 7US$ worth of books: 25cents for paperback and 1$ for hard cover. What a delight!

We were home by 12:15, as we had told Mom Bea that we'd go to Pancake House for lunch with Gina and Alden. What a huge platter of food the restaurants serve in America. We brought home plenty of leftovers!

We rested a bit and then Abby and I went for a short run-- only 8K. The hills around here are too gnarly!

We had dinner at home... actually, I was too full to eat. Paige came home and she and Abby went Line Dancing in Lakeside. They planned their week out: Wednesday and Friday nights for Line Dancing. Monday and Tuesday nights for church activities. Nothing for Thursday and we are leaving to head back up on Saturday!

Daily Lovely Insight:

Seek Him First!

Long Walk Today

I was up early and feeling still sore on my back! 

The weather was fantastic... raining... So we decided not to go to Pancake House. Instead, Abby and I went for a long walk after hanging out to chat in the morning with everyone. That was so nice!

We finally left at 11:53 and walked until 4pm, hitting 18,000 steps. We stopped at Dollar Tree (another one), Walmart, Grocery Outlet, Am Vet and Empire. We bought things for Abby, Alan, Isaiah and I. Nothing was too heavy, so we were able to walk back. And the rain had stopped when we headed out!

Tonight, Abby and Paige went to the Young Adults Fellowship and Mom Bea and I played Rummique!

Tomorrow, I might be able to run!

Daily Lovely Insight:

Seek Him First!