Joe brought back literally hundreds of pics from New Zealand. He had an amazing time. Everything went just as planned and even better than expected. He loved his host family, and his favorite part of the trip was living in a Maori tribe for a week, learning about their daily life, their celebrations, their politics, and all the little aspects of their culture that have made them thrive for so long. So we're trying to get all the pics off his phone and onto Google Drive, but our internet has been a little slow and wonky lately (Comcast sucks and still hasn't figured out the problem), and I don't have pics yet to post, but will soon.
Callie's visit went great, but was too short. Our coast has been having a terrible red time and algae problem, so we decided against renting a boat at this time. So, we spent time at home, watching movies, playing some guitar, swimming a lot, and doing things like escape rooms. I think I mentioned on a previous blog that I swam with my contacts in one day, and because of the scar in my cornea from the last infected tear, my contact on my right eye doesn't fit right and I got another infection. That put a damper on things for a few days, with a doctor visit every other day. It's still not completely healed, but it is better.
Here are a few pics from Callie's visit:
Here's what Callie has learned after a month or two of guitar lessons. I just got that guitar, and when I was her age, I self-taught myself guitar and I love that I can relearn it now. I'm trying to practice about thirty minutes a day. I can play Eight Days a Week and a few other songs. Instead of just learning chords, I'm also teaching myself how to actually read tabs and music.
Here's a pic of James with a parrot. The Bird Gardens were really cool. It's a privately owned "Bird place" that gives free tours of their gardens and the hundreds of birds they have. It seems like they all talk, and it seems that their owner just loves them. Many of them were abandoned by their first owners, so it's good they have a home.
The gardens at this place were really cool, I thought. Like a secret garden in a jungle. In October, when the humidity lowers and the temperature cools, this place will be amazing to visit.
We bought a couple custom light sabers and after sparring with them, hung them in the movie room:
And not sure if I mentioned it, but our theater room couch arrived. Its so much more comfy than the old one.
And it's already time to get ready for work. I have a light schedule this week. Oh yeah, between patients, I'm helping out with surgery coordination stuff, since I know how to do it. I'm probably doing too good a job, because the surgery manager loves me. I like surgery scheduling and am thankful for the extra work, but I don't want too much extra work so that my primary job as x-ray tech suffers.
Anyway, have a wonderful Monday!
Like a boss! 💜