Friday, April 22 - Good Friday



Ken & Deb's cottage on the Island (Singapore harbour actually)

 Most of the city is closed up today respecting the Easter Holy week and Good Friday. Drizzling of rain, cool and an overcast day made watering in the greenhouses and Toucan Ridge much less of a chore for sure. Sunny days require constant monitoring of humidity and soil moisture for our lil green buddies.
Deb slept well but when I got home she was still in bed (with Lizz joining her) watching TV. She was so tired that she almost couldn't get out of bed and Christopher made her some food to have in bed. The odd thing is that her brain is going a mile a minute but from the nostrils down is terribly, terribly tired. This is devastating , cumulative effects of so much radiation apparently, and the worst is yet to come.

Good Friday was just a nice quiet day at home, enjoying the kids here, getting caught up on a few chores and mostly taking it easy. I did a wee bit of grocery shopping surprisingly, as the market across the street was open! So provisions are plentiful in the event that the menu for dinner takes a detour and a craving for, oh let's say  escargot with no garlic and a baked potato emerge. Gotta be prepared for it all, right? So I have ribs, lamb, chicken, fish, beef, pasta and KD (a favorite apparently) in the larder so I think that I'm covered.

The day sort of just "poofed" away with a couple of great phone calls with family and some time to just collect thoughts. Deb never did come downstairs today so enjoyed room service (such as it was) and a few naps with Lizz right there for the day too.

Banksia from Australia

I did manage to make a decent meal tonight, get the dishwasher cranked up and a few other chores around the nest. I am confident that it will be a early night for sure. Saturday can be also a quiet day for Deb, but I need to do a few things, like finish my presentations. We leave for Europe in 7 weeks or so. I looked online today at the best routes and of course most economical way to get us there and back, unfortunately Air Canada is the highest bid. We prefer not to fly through the States or on any American carrier, so that too narrows it down. Looks like we will fly KLM again out of Toronto, and we do like there service for sure. It's a shame that Clyde (our brother-in-law) who flies for Air Canada wasn't doing that route. Would have been cool to have him taxi us to Europe on our favourite carrier! Maybe next year.
On the cruise business, I was contacted today to do a back to back cruise for the month of July out of Vancouver to Alaska. Nice to be considered and contacted personally rather than the typical cattle call. We will not be taking that assignment, but then again, there is next year.

our wake

Enjoy your weekend.