Sunday, October 8, 2006
Morning campfire. Breakfast: pancakes, Costco muffins, leftover brownies. Lots of yellowjackets pestered us while we were cooking—there was nothing stopping them. Packed up camp and said goodbyes. While I hugged Marck goodbye, a yellowjacket happened to fly between us and its stinger got mushed into my chest. Youch! It hurt a fair amount, and it took a while to remove the stinger with tweezers from my pocketknife, but I put Bactine on it and Tony Q gave me some antibiotic ointment for it as well. Drove to the new Honma home in Sunnyvale. My sister's family had just moved in to their new home. Rob and Jim were in the garage working on electrical wiring and other things. Susie was inside watching the kids. Lani was at the old house cleaning up. I did a self-guided tour and realized within minutes that they had found the perfect house for their family. They had plenty of room, even room to grow, as well as plenty of amenities to make life a lot more pleasant. I was jealous! I helped set up the entertainment center while simultaneously helping my brother watch over the kids while their mom got other stuff done (like some shopping for needed housewares). Ken and Kalina stopped by for a brief visit. I met Trakker (sp?), Jim and Susie's pet dog. I washed dishes, put away boxes of food, helped Susie clean up Jonathan's vomit, set the kids up with videos about Disney and airplanes. My sister bought dinner back from Panda Express. A productive day at the Honma household. Home.