Sandra, Sinsull, and Charley: The postcards are going into the mail today. Hope you like them.

It's been a quiet week, not much to report. Today I go to the orthopedic surgeon for an examination of my right knee. Maybe he can make it all better so I can go back to walking. I have to be all better for the big trip starting in July.

Yesterday my former boss and good friend dropped by to give us the last of their groceries. They are headed back to Whidbey Island after almost two years here on Guam. They were dumping all their old groceries, canned and packaged stuff. We sat and drank iced tea and laughed about life and the future. We will have to go visit them on our big trip.

I got word that my dear old friend and voice coach, Joyce, was feeling low so I called her the other day. She will be moving to Vermont which means that Wakana and I can stop and visit on our way to Toronto in September.

Wakana washed and waxed her car this weekend. That may not seem like much to most of you but it was her first experience. She and I prize First Experiences. Wakana has only had a driver's license for about 3 years. Before that she had never needed to drive and did not have a license or a car. She was quite excited about it.

We are considering our future and have come up with 2 possible scenarios. One will result in us moving to Japan where I will teach English and she will work at whatever she can get. That would be a great way to spend a few years.

The other has us offering our services to an international language school as teachers of English and Japanese and moving wherever they need us working on one year contracts in various parts of the world.

Both are exciting prospects.