Well, it is only 11 am and already its been an interesting day…
I’m a bit competitive, and I like to think that I can ride my bike fast. So I left home this morning to go to my doctor and as I turned out of the driveway, the bus (the one I would take it I took the bus to get to the doctor) drove by. I passed (while it was stopped at the bus stop) it and thought “wouldn’t it be great if I beat the bus to my doctor’s appointment!” (Note – it is probably a 10-15 minute drive by car to get to my doctor, so we are not talking around the corner here.) Three blocks down the road I realised I had forgot a vital list I was to take with me to the doctor, so I turned around, quite sad that I had lost my chance to beat the bus. Retrieving my list from home (and feeling that I was going to be late for my appointment now), I turned to bike back down the street. The bus had only made it 1 or 2 stops away, so I passed it again! (The poor driver has now seen my go zooming by 3 times). “Hah!” I thought, “Maybe I will be able to beat the bus after all!” So I biked as fast as I could (partially because I was late, but also because I wanted to beat the bus) and actually did beat the bus, by 3 whole minutes!! Yay for me. And I was pretty much on time for my appointment too.
And now for the reason for the title, which I know you are all very curious about… I got my 1st
Hep A shot today in preparation for China. Yay for shots. My arm always feels kinda strange after I get a shot. So I put a cool bandaid on to make me feel special about it (picture is of me attempting to take a picture of my right upper arm…). Fortunately, he shot my right arm, so I’ll still have full hitting mobility tonight for doubles volleyball!

Now I can say I have been to Sechelt! I flew (thats right, flew! It is an insane amount of time on the bus and ferry otherwise) over Tuesday morning and came back this afternoon.
Tuesday ended up being a great day. I got there in time for staff meeting at Nancy‘s church and then got to go out and run all sorts of errands for them. Then we went and got Nanc’s grad photos taken (collar has still not arrived, but she still looks great in that black cap and gown) and then some fantastic crabbing! The crabbing was a bit of an adventure.
First we had to drag the rowboat down to the edge of the water.
We managed that without too much loss of blood or body part. Then, the task was to row out to the crab trap. Problem number 1: We weren’t sure which white buoy was the one attached to the trap so we spent some time wandering around until we found the right one.
Problem number 2: The oar lock collars for both oars were broken and one oar was only 3/4 of a blade with a split down the middle of it. Needless to say, we spent a bit of time going in zig-zags until I mastered the art of rowing hard with one arm and hardly at all with the other.
Mmmm, three big, beautiful crabs were sitting in the crab trap and we got to munch on them for dinner.
Wednesday involved a little bit of sea kayaking. We took the kayaks out a ways along the coast line to a little cabin Nanc almost rented. There was a bit of a tide pulling us one way, but we managed to paddle out. The bottom was quite clear and Nancy made friends with a starfish early on. Later, we saw a gull trying very valiantly to fit an entire starfish in his mouth (somewhat unsuccessfully). When we got to the cabin we beached the kayaks and walked up some stairs a bit to see the view. Then we had to turn around becuase wind had come up and the sea got a bit choppy.

This morning was some wandering around town and seeing more of the sites of Sechelt.
This week I also got to hang out with the various age groups of youth group – jr high on Tuesday, jr kids on Wednesday and the breakfast crowd bright and early this morning. Busy times!!

Of course, the highlight would have to be Nancy’s birthday (and Cam’s Ninja Turtle cake!) and getting to spend some quality time with Nanc. I met her hippie friends and got to try my hand at “shadow jam” – both the shadow and musical parts! “I’m going to get some water, with my daughter.”