Excuse Cakes

Well, it's been over a fortnight since I last posted and I don't even have any photos. Whatever. I'll just tell the NYC cab story. My uncle and aunt have been staying with us from Pakistan for a few weeks now (off and on) and their son will be getting married to a young lady over here in a little while. Her family came to visit and her relatives drive a cab in NYC. Well, they brought the cab to the house. I was naturally quite excited because like most people, I've never driven a NYC cab. (Despite what you all may think).

So I took the thing out with the youngest son in the passenger seat. We just drove around Lancaster here and there. Not very far. And no, we didn't pick anyone up, although I was racking my brain trying to think of who might be around.

What else ... Maria spent last week down at her cousin's place in Leesburg. Her cousin has a two-year-old who absolutely loves Maria. She's also very, very smart. For instance, on Saturday when I was there, we were all sitting around talking about when we should leave. (We were originally thinking of leaving Saturday afternoon). The young daughter was tired but still hanging in there. When we decided that we would stay until tomorrow, she promptly fell asleep on the couch, knowing full well that she'd have another full day with her favorite playmate. Maybe a coincidence, but I think not.

I spent the beginning of last week in Battle Creek, MI for some training related to work. It was ok, nothing too thrilling. It's much smaller than Lancaster and frankly, I don't think that I could live there. I might be able to live in nearby Kalamazoo, but even then.

Hopefully I'll have the rest of the Hawaii photos up before more weddings take place.