Good morning

Quick update for those following along. I still have all three kids with me; haven't lost or injured one yet. :) Last night night all the left-behind spouses and all the kids went to a super kid-friendly restaurant nearby called the Filling Station. We may have blogged about it before. It's decent western food and they have a painting of a late 70s VW bus on the wall. Sweet.

The kids disappear into the massive play area, and the Guinness disappears at the adults table. It's a great combination. We decided that our friend Hilary is an honorary Dad for the weekend. Her husband is in the US right now for the NBA all-star game (he works for the NBA ... and no he doesn't play ... and no, he doesn't know Jeremy Lin). I think that's the reason that she's not in Singapore right now with the other ladies.

Today is great. The pollution is low (currently at 65), the weather should make it into the 40s today. I think we'll head to the park after Truman takes his nap. Doug kik'd me a picture from a recent ski day. White snow and crystal-clear  blue skies. It sort of hit me funny and now I'm missing Colorado.

Other random thoughts:

  • I got my stitches out on Thursday by a doctor named "Oliver". It's like a stage name. "Who do you want to be today, Doctor?" "Umm, give me the 'Oliver' name-tag, nurse. I'm feeling it today."
  • Truman and I fired up the motorcycle last weekend. I never took it in for it's break-in service before it got to cold. So I got off my lazy butt and made an appointment for March. It'll be good to go riding again.
  • It looks like our landlord will pay us the outstanding money she owes us (I'm not sure if we've blogged about this 6 month-long saga. We're still going to move though, but probably not for several more months.
  • Our renters in Colorado decided to rent our house again for another year. That's a nice relief since they are good tenants and take care of the place.
  • I'm on my fifth Chinese lesson with my Lǎo shī (teacher) Clary. She's a rock star.