Bill and Wendy's ickcillint adventures

  Oh yes, you all both laughed and empathized with me when I got angry at the delay. Well, now, wouldn't you know it ... the long suffering, maddeningly optimistic, Mr. Blair, finally lost his cool too. Yes, last week, the man awoke; clouds so dark descending upon him, his face was invisible save for the intermittent snarls that emitted from the clouds. At one time, I heard, "We have got to get the fuck out of here." Yes, despair hit Bill as well.   Although this is his blog too, the blog does, admittedly, focus on my thoughts, my feelings, and my observations ... Ok, so I am exposing my self-centeredness. However, Bill has given up a lot as well. His Miata is sitting in storage and he has not been able to drive about this summer, looking super-studly in his little sports car. He hasn't been able to nonchalantly look about at stop lights, with Van Morrison or Bob Dylan tunes loudly emoting from his car stereo.   But that is not all. Oh no. Losing his spot o

Well, last blog, I fouled the nest. However, I grabbed a broom to the tangle of attitude that had stormed into our, er... my, nest and have been sweeping up a storm all week. The nest is clean, tidy and a sense of calm and order has returned. Whew! Unger is hard to take. I feel much better. We have confirmed tickets to leave September 28. We fly to Korea to see Lisa, our daughter who is teaching English as a Second Language there, and then from there, fly to Sri Lanka on October 5. We, however, still do not have Visa approval from the Sri Lankan Government. However, we have been told by the Sri Lanka CUSO-VSO staff that if in about 3 week's time, we have not yet received approvals, they will re-apply for us to obtain Visas for the interior or southern part of Sri Lanka.  We have been approved by Passport Canada for the new passports.  We made our trip down on Tuesday this week and all was approved.  The biotch did not "assist" us this time. Jaffna, Sri Lanka is whe

  Normally, I am quite sweet. Really, a lovely, lovely person. This is just my perception, okay? Bill may have a much different perspective of me, especially after the last couple of days. I am very, very cranky. Actually, I am really mad! Yesterday was the last straw. I will provide some context for you. Passport Canada requires Canadians who travel or who are out of the country for great chunks of time like we plan to be (two years), to carry a passport that will remain valid during the period of travel or the period out of the county. So, due to the delay in departure, our passports will no longer meet this requirement and we therefore, have had to apply for new passports. However, there is a glitch. Canadians are not really supposed to apply for new passports until the passport is nearing the expiration date. In the event of an early application, Passport Canada requires the traveller to provide some evidence of WHY they need to apply for an updated passport before the

It appears there are reasons for the delay of our trip to Sri Lanka. July 1 was the day we were to fly out to Sri Lanka, but my 87 year old father was fighting for his life in the Intensive Care Unit of Royal Inland Hospital. Ventilated to support his breathing, he also had to undergo dialysis as his kidney function was compromised. All of this was in response to surgery he underwent to correct an abdominal aortic aneurism that was diagnosed in emergency on Saturday, June 26 th . I doubt that I would have had the courage to leave Canada with my father is such a state. He is a good, kind and funny man and we are so happy that this morning, he rounded a corner and was taken off ventilation. He is talking and is again, cognitively intact. I told him that he had scared us and he replied, "I thought I was a goner myself." I am glad I didn't have to wrestle with the decision to leave when my Dad was so sick. So, with Dad on the mend, I can focus on other things. I wanted to