Yesterday (our Monday), we took clothes to the cleaners (very nearby) and then got adventurous ! Or I should say, Ted got adventurous and I went along to watch! That is, Ted got his haircut!! It is amazing how hand gestures communicate! And there was a very nice Taiwanese lady having her hair cut, who had spent two years at Central Missouri College. She helped us immensely in communicating not only what Ted wanted, but in helping me to set up an appt for next week! When I asked if I could take a phot
o, they graciously agreed but were curio
us as to why. I said, "So my grandchildren can see their Granddad!" They loved that!We also were successful in calling Anne and John to see how Grandma is doing (better,slowly),by use of the phone booths that are open and attached to walls at various spots.
As you can see from the photo, many of these are rather low and so not so comfortable for Ted to use. But it is good to be a
ble to talk with Anne and John as they are doing a yeoman's job in visiting Doris and moving things along that will make Doris' return home easier when it occurs! We are so appreciative of their efforts!
Each day, after working in Ted's office (I am his official assistant and I actually enjoy being useful; currently, I am doing the clerical stuff, like making class lists, team assignment s
heets, responding to student emails, etc), we typically go and eat lunch on one of the many lovely courtyards that dot the campus buildings! All sorts of birds, from pigeons to sparrows (and we don't know the names of most)
zoom around the area and join us for lunch!We ended yesterday by walking outside our villa and enjoying the beautiful sunset.
Our only real lack of success was we could not find an Oscars station in the wee hours of the morning!!!! But later, we googled to find out the winners. I REALLY want to see Slumdog Millionaire. And we were rooting, because Neot said it was great, for Walk with Bashir (I may have that title wrong), an Israeli film, but saw that a Japanese one won in that category.
Today (our Tuesday), Ted met for the second time his Leadership and Decision-Making class; it looks as if he will have 29 students in it, and they have already ,as requested by Dr Repa (!), formed into four teams and started on their learnings!
We also are getting wireless internet set up in our villa sometime soon, and that will give us some more options for when one of us is up later than the other,etc!
We end the day by walking those steps and needing something, anything, to drink!! Green tea, bottled water, coke, just as long as it is wet!!!! And aren't some these old gnarled trees something!! What stories THEY could tell!
No comments:
Post a Comment