we're kind of like stupid migratory birds...

...we fly northwest every winter. Though the climate in Vancouver is actually more mild than the stuff I left in Maryland, I think.

Anyway, we're in Canada once again! My uncle's wi-fi isn't working, but he's set up a guest account on his home computer, and this home computer is sweet. I think this monitor is wider than my shoulders.

I really like flying into Vancouver. We come here every winter and it's a gorgeous and familiar city, all mountains and sparkling ocean, polite Canadians and boisterous Chinese. My Cantonese is rusty but it's already coming back; the phrases pop into my head without having to be translated from English. It still trips a little coming off my tongue (my tonals are falling a bit flat; I wince to hear them) but we're getting there. I'll sound like a native again by the end of the week.

All right, off to find yarn stores; I have presents to crochet.