Tempis fugit... Again!

I am sensing a pattern with my post titles...

Time flies when you're having fun! Teaching is an all consuming activity, that's for sure. Just coming up on my third year teaching 6th grade Math at E.A. Hall in Watsonville, and I've been enjoying every minute of it.

The last year has been an eventful one. My sister Karen died unexpectedly last October at the age of 77. Still trying to make sense of that.

Elaine and I spent Thanksgiving in Hong Kong with our son and his family. The weather was perfect, with little rain and lots of bright blue skies. For Christmas, we went to see our friends John and Cary in New Jersey. Cary is a distant cousin, and John is like a brother to me. It was wonderful to spend the holiday with them.

Spring break found us in Cabo San Lucas. It was our first time there. In fact, it was our first time being in any part of Mexico south of the Ensenada area. We survived a time share pitch, and shared some fun time on one of the bay cruises with a family from Paris and a Ukrainian couple from Chicago. On top of that, we drove up to Todos Santos and had a drink at *the* Hotel California.

Summer has been even busier. We started with several days on Maui visiting uncle Trevor and aunt Faina, staying in a couple of delightful yet incredibly different B&B's. After just a few days back, we left for our new "I Love America" tour, driving to Ohio to see our daughter Lia. We stopped in Arizona for a couple of days to see a recently retired colleague, and then headed east on I-40 and I-70 to Columbus. We stayed over night in St. Louis, where we took in the giant parabola. The return trip was I-70 clear to I-15 in Utah (beware that last stretch - no services for over 100 miles!). Did one night at the Luxor in Vegas, then off to see our granddaughter who had just flown in from Hong Kong in Santa Barbara.

We actually stayed put for a couple of weeks, dividing our time between home and our place in Paso Robles, but then flew up to Seattle for a couple of days as our granddaughter had gone up to that area to visit a brand new cousin. We saw the Space Needle for the first time, and took the Underground Tour. Highly entertaining and highly recommended!

This past weekend I attended my 40th Carmel High School reunion. Luckily, that was held locally. The attendance was quite good, and it was nice to see so many old friends.

Only two more weeks until school starts! Who knows, maybe I'll have time to make another posting before next summer...