monday jan 20th.. nearly 2 months to the day of the operation

Went shopping in Ikea today.. we must have walked miles.. or so it seems.. so I am obviously in increasingly good shape. The people who were buying the new sofas came and decided not to take them.. so we are scurrying around looking for a home for them, the neighbours are coming over , they have bought a new house and have a lot of space and are looking for furniture.. so maybe. Never the less the new ones come on wednesday James is in Valencia giving a lecture. He left this morning at 5. the weather when he arrived was very sunny, on the med, plus 15.. nice. All the children have a long day.. leaving early and not getting home until after 6 pm.. mad rush to get all homework done and a decent meal. Tomorrow is another mad day.. Sarah is NOT coming to meet me when I arrive in Vancouver. We both think that the logistics of winter travel are such that we just may not meet up. Last year at this time I was delayed two days due to winter storms in Germany. The previous year to that I was delayed also by weather in Germany. Another time I was diverted to Amsterdam and did not get home for another 24 hours.. so better not try and coordinate. Sarah herself was two days getting home from her journey here, not that our weather has been bad , but the weather in Canada has been formidable. Will show you some photos of the unwanted sofas.. do you know that they call them canapé in french…and now is the month of the canapé lit!!!! an