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Deep Philosophizing

I am typing this to myself… kinda random thoughts… kinda like a page of nothingness to myself.

I want to learn to type fast, and accurately, so I decided to try writing a letter to Microsoft… cause I can’t find the disc to Garfield’s Typing Pal. I’d prefer to use that, but seeing as I can’t find the disc… this will have to do. I managed to find the case but not the disc. Garfield’s Typing Pal is a great program, it works you into the rhythm of typing quite well…The only thing that is hard to teach… is numbers and I’m still quite bad with them... if I knew my numbers, then I wouldn’t have to learn to type, because I am already fairly fluent in the “language” of typing. Watch this.

I can type really fast, really accurately, isn’t this cool? I’m doing it right now. It’s so much faster than writing with a pen, or pencil. I can type with my eye’s closed, like this or with them half-closed, like this, or half-open, like this, or even three-quarters open. I can also type with them one-quarter shut… like this. The only way I can’t type is with my eye’s totally open.  It wrecks my concentration… and I write quite well with them totally shut. I can even read with my eyes closed… I’m just like that guy in the book who loves green eggs with his ham. I can’t remember his name.

I think that in the future… pens will go out of style, in western countries… and that typing will become a must. Unfortunately, people do not regard typing as an art… simply as a means to get one’s point across… and that results in most people using abbreviations…and they look really ugly.

School is back

Following a false start to the new school year, the kids all get into the books today.  It is 6:45 and all is quiet.  The three girls are still in bed.  No doubt, Elle will be trotting out any moment.  The tummy-bug Pris, Angie and Jesse picked up has moved on and they are all back on their feet.  I noted that the reprieve was a welcome one.

The last week has been full of laying pavers for the lads and I.  It has been fun working with them.  I sure notice my lack of form though.  It became a joke when I kept on groaning as I got to my feet every time after 30 mins of being on my knees!  The ol’ bones ain’t what they used to be…  (Now where did that phrase come from?)

Kolya has moved in with us – not sure how long for, but it is a major family change for all of us.  Today, he goes off to the recruiting office to see if he has to join the army.  They summoned him not long ago so depending on your perspective, it doesn’t look great.  He could pay $600 to definitely avoid it.  But his conscience won’t let him pay.  He has a bum knee, so he’ll probably be rejected on those grounds, but nothing is definite here.  We’ve enjoyed having him stay and are hoping the army tells him to forget about army service. 

I’m due to go back to see the docs sometime over the next week or so.  I feel good so hope for a good report.

Successful trip

 IMG_0858 It is now a week since we arrived back in Rzhyshchiv. 

We received our visa’s for three years.  All-in-all, the whole trip was marvelously blessed. 

We got tickets for the mid-day train from Krakow to Lvov, which got us into Lvov at midnight.  It is only about 400km, but the train travels slowly and at the border, a different gauge wheel base is put on our carriages, and that takes yonks.  The carriages are separated, then disengaged from the wheel bases, then lifted up, then lowered down once the new wheels are in place.  I took a picture of the Polish rail worker as he made the change for us.

I was glad to see our bus still where we left it as we came out of the train station in Lvov.  We had left it head-on to the roundabout just outside the Lvov train station and I wasn’t 100% sure I could trust the guys who were responsible for looking after parking.  I gave them $2.50 a day as “parking fees”.  It was nice to load our tired kids straight into the van for the 3.5 hour trip to Rovno.

Since getting back, we’ve enjoyed having visitors from Chernigov – Conner and Corrine and kids.  They serve the Lord in a church up there with whom we have had fellowship in the past.  It was good hanging out together.

Miscellaneous photos of the last few days

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