October 12

It seemed that Canada was calling us this week. As we relaxed by the poolside at the Korean restaurant Tuesday, enjoying the lights and evening coolness, anticipating the arrival of our bulgogi, it suddenly dawned on me the background music was Anne Murray. Well why not, eh? Of course just to top that, the very next day, Jean-Marcel walked into school with a big grin on his face, wishing he’d had a camera with him since he had just passed a Malawian walking down the road sporting an Edmonton Eskimos shirt. On the down side, we are still caught in catch 22 with J-M’s medical insurance. One step forward, two back, Alice, I think we have passed through the looking glass. In the spirit of optimism, however, we are hoping they will have it sorted out by the time we return from Zambia. Otherwise, there will be some tough decisions to make.

Half term break is officially upon us. Jean-Marcel helped us celebrate by baking one of his world famous carrot cakes to share in the staff room Friday. Finding the ingredients was the usual multi store shopping adventure, but definitely worth it. This morning we had a very pleasant round of golf, just the two of us and our caddies (of course). The weather co-operated by being overcast which cooled it off a notch. We even had a few drops of rain this afternoon, very few, but enough to make everyone think the rains are not far off. And now we are happily multi-tasking as we pack for the safari, bake muffins for the morning, prepare a turkey filet experiment in tribute to Canadian Thanksgiving, and make this journal entry.