Perhaps because we have experienced Ghana, India and Vietnam heat we are a little less worried about reaching temperatures nearing 40 degrees here today. There is an "extreme heat alert". We are fortunate to be living in an air conditioned apartment but I do feel guilty about what this is doing to the environment.
Went to see "Sustainability" the other day at the Hamilton Fringe Festival: it's a lecture on climate change set to some music and would have been a great addition to Global Studies on our first voyage in 2009 with SAS when the theme was just that, 'Sustainability". The 'play' was not receiving rapturous reviews because most of the audience were there to be entertained and this, as you know, is scary stuff. As Warner Granade said on FB yesterday...we must care for our Grandchildren and act now. Trouble is North American life is built around cars and surviving in a hostile climate much of the time. We use our A/C very little as we both love fresh air but today we are also looking after our grandson and my daughter and husband who live in a lovely old 150 year old house, which is cooler than most but has heated up drastically since yesterday.
George picked up our China visas in Toronto yesterday and now there just remains the Indian one. Unfortunately we still don't know which day he has an FDP in Chennai so we have to delay booking our flight to Sri Lanka and, because we consequently need a multi-entry visa we have to supply details and dates before it can be issued. We received all the excursion information on Monday afternoon from SAS but this vital information was missing....wouldn't you know?!
Our suitcases are now in our respective packing rooms: G's office and our bedroom. We are flying on Porter Airlines for the first time from Toronto Island to Boston and when Fiona came to shower here this morning (their hot water system has broken down) she was making it sound like the only way to go! I look forward to this: she is driving us right to the airport by ferry. I'm hoping my grandson, 7 year old Bryn will come to see us off too...he will love the process...but Grandma will HATE saying goodbye!
Am now chatting with my Grandaughter Katie (11) in Sudbury on Facebook. Isn't the social media amazing? This will make keeping in touch with my families so much easier while we are away. 2011 is my first year on FB. Fiona told me that she too had been chatting with her niece last night and that Katie was talking to a friend too so juggling all three of us at the same tme! No wonder the students are such great multi-taskers on the ship!
I'm off now into the 'furnace' outside....wish me luck!
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