Dear all,

First of all, Christoph, glad to hear you are back! I can't wait to hear more about the twip. Note on Alitalia - they need to take lessons from the Japan Air flight attendants. Those ladies leave you little notes if you are asleep during meals to let you know that if you are hungry when you wake up, please just ring for an attendant, and you will instantly receive food. Plus they fixed my little TV immediately when it was on the fritz... HA!

Looking forward to pictures. Plus, the Sound of Music tour! Whose idea was that? am very jealous.

However, I will be doing some international traveling myself - am going up to Canada all next week (leaving tomorrow, Saturday the 1st, returning Sunday the 9th) for our annual kung fu gathering. We will be in Windsor, Canada, which is right across the bridge from Detroit, MI. It should be fun, but exhausting as usual. This year we are flying up though, so there won't be a huge long drive to make things more difficult. Last year we held our gathering near Toronto, and that is a LONG drive.

Work is a little crazy, trying to get a whole bunch of stuff done before the study ends. The week I come back we have a bunch of blood redraws in Indy (will not have to travel), the week after there are redraws in Lancaster, PA (also no traveling involved), but the final week we will hold our 1oth and final session in Indy, and I will be traveling for that one. It's okay though, I get to eat at the wonderful sushi place we found one last time. Plus I can pick up cheap wine at the Trader Joe's there (they sell alcohol at the Trader Joe's in Indiana, but not PA). And of course, a few more miles on my US Air account.

Gavin has been doing a lot of work on the downstairs. Things are really shaping up. He is master of using scrap wood in creative ways.

Oh, yeah, Dad, the 4th person in our Death Valley pics in my friend Aaron Radder (known to many simply as Radder). He is Gavin's bandmate and plays the keyboard, lives a few blocks away, and even owns keys to our house. He often watches Ebony when we are out of town. Good guy, but JP could tell you stories about him in DV.

love to all,
H
- posted by H @ 6/30/2006 01:43:00 PM