Boy, oh Boy!!

What's new on my needles? I will be a Grandma in early December. What? It takes me a minute to digest this. Don't get me wrong. Grandma's are wonderful. I have many friends my age who tell me how wonderful it is. They've been at it quite awhile. I just found out I'll be a Grandma to a little boy. So, stash of yarn... look out for the boy colors. Here we go.

Tokyo's Trains and angels

I just spent 5 hours on the train system of Tokyo going to and from tutoring a little girl for an hour lesson. Something definitely wrong with that ratio. The good thing was, I am so proud of my tech savy skills. I got lost a number of times and used my google map to locate myself and which train line to connect with. I also happened upon several very sweet Japanese girls who helped me in their broken English. Lesson learned: we are all in this world to touch each other's lives, we can help others no matter where or in what language. A smile and a look of "where am I" and a silent prayer is answered immediately by a loving Father who really cared about me today. Life's journey is a series of missed connections and going the wrong way, either by choice or accident. There are throngs of angels out there willing to gently nudge us back onto the right train. Lovely lesson learned today.

Mac's demise

My Mac met it's demise yesterday. Sad, but true. The journey to buy a new computer started at 6:30 p.m. and ended at 10:00 p.m. I had to take the train to Shibuya. Only 5 stops from Yoga. Okay. No biggie. Getting lost in Shibuya! Ha, I took the Hacthiko exit and came out right where I wanted to be, and I headed in the direction I was sure was right. It wasn't exactly...but after wondering around for about half and hour, I finally used my cell-phone's GPS and tracked down the store. I had been oh, so close. I met a friendly salesman that knew English!! (God bless Apple Employees that speak my language). I picked out my new MacBook Pro, got an Educator's discount (score another Apple point) and then I went to pay for it. I had informed my Credit Card company of my impending purchase, but alas, they didn't believe me. So, I had to transfer funds from my savings acct. to my checking and was able to use my acct. to purchase this marvelous invention.  It only took 3 phone calls, waiting on hold with lovely music for about an hour. The salesman was very courteous and patient. Finally, success. Then another employee, a sweet girl (who also speaks English) helped me set up my computer. I walked happily out of the store, back to the station and rode the train home. I nice guy let me sit on the train, (not easily done) and then I stayed up til about 2 a.m. fiddling around with my new toy, er, I mean work laptop. I desperately needed it, for tutoring my 3 students and then for Teaching Seminary and for producing the weekly Sunday Bulletin. Yay for me, Yay for Apple!!!