It can be challenging balancing the daily needs of living in this culture with our dreams and projects, especially finding the time to do all the things we want to do. And of course to work on many of our goals requires money, which we have to work for, which takes time, which means less time for our projects, etc. Anyway, we continue to try and find the optimum balance between dong and being.
Most of the plans are now completed for our upcoming trip to the Dominican Republic to investigate the possibility of setting up our charity development project there. We are going to be driving around several of the areas popular with tourists, avoiding the all-inclusive resorts where tourists rarely leave the compound, and staying at local bed-and-breakfasts along the way. We are driving around the country, which sounds like it will be an ‘adventure’. But it is pretty much all sorted out and we are now looking into other organizations that we could make contact with (including one with a connection to Monterey, CA – thanks mom!).
Took a day trip to Seattle yesterday – our first day off in a while. Did our favorite things, including coffee (naturally!), walking in one of the glorious Pacific Northwest waterfront parks, second-hand book and CD shopping, and ethnic food! Lovely. We also finally got around to seeing the ‘Alice In Wonderland’ movie (Andy is a Big Tim Burton fan). Evan liked the movie, Andy was disappointed with the large liberties that were taken with the original stories. The correct ‘impossible things’ quote is therefore listed below as our quote for today (which was said by the White Queen actually, not Alice … says slightly obsessional-sounding Andy).
We continue with long-term plans also, and with more garden projects designed to make it easier to care for the house. And we have been planning our side trip to Iceland, which should include Viking remains, puffins and laying around in white mud and hot mineral water…..
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Alice laughed. “There’s no use trying,” she said: “one can’t believe impossible things.”
“I dare say you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast …” (Alice Through The Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll)
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