Friday, October 24, 2008

Two Weeks

Not exactly...but I'm (We're) getting homesick for Lignieres. 5 weeks IN (as we call being Here instead of There) and we are nicely, completely bored to death. Yes.
Why? We'll there is the damned old isolation we feel when we are ensconsed herein. In California we are left alone to do our own thing...oh soooo Californian. Yes we have friends and yes they are telephoning and going to lunch with Kelly (I miss out) and we have seen our one set of grandchildren but the other remains ellusive (as they are) and other friends haven't even contacted us though they KNOW we are here.
So that's the story. There's lots to do here, this coming Sunday we are headed for the hills, Lake Tahoe to be exact and will be taking Audrey with us AFTER we visit the huge farmer's marche in Sacramento and go to the Crocker Musee as well. Busy, see...but still bored as this is all familiar and we have, after all, lived here 90% of our lives. France is still new, different and exciting in so many ways, besides there's the language problem. Great fun! Always seeing new (olde) stuff and visiting with new friends with so many stories to share! See...different. We told eveyone we'd see them in 2 weeks, well it's 5 and our hearts if not our bodies are indeed in France.

The election here in 10+ days is a high point though the outcome is not very much in doubt. Senator B. Obama will become the 44th President of the United States if my count is correct. What a miserable job that will be this time around. Some of what he will have to do will NOT be popular, that I know...but what a breath of fresh political air it will be. A whole bright, shiny new administration to screw things up, wonderful! Aren't I realistic? Enough FEAR, let's move past FEAR and the Bush Doctrine to something else. Good idea.