Valerie has gone back to Leysin

The house is very quiet now that Valerie has already left for Leysin. We only have Isabelle left with us. It is going to be only me and Izzy next week after Franklin will be gone back to Brazzavilel. I got to go to Clive 's workshop in Scotland this year after sending Izzy to U.K. She really look forward to that and we are also excite about her first year in U.K. college. They are completely different from U.S. college though. The students are completely on there own. Thanks to mrs Duke she got this place secured in college. Hopefully she will like it and grow a lot from the experience there. She want to got o Thailand for a year to study thai and that coudl be arranged if she could get something organised but I can not find anything safe and sound enough for her. If she stay with a family in Thailand which family will she stay with. may be with Bu. Will that be o.k. to arrange or with Pi Aew. I feel better if she will be with Bu and may be I will call Bu about that. That is not too difficult. She cna go to study Thai at Chula everyday and come back with the car. That could be easy to arrange.I don't want her to be with Khun Pim because it is too far. Our house is really too far from teh university. She can definitely go for the 2nd year of college.

The girls and their freinds

Today Valerie went to shopping at Stoneridge Mall with Jasmine, her friend from elementary school. And Isablle went out with Marisa her friend from Charlotwood. They have a lot to catch up and Valerie will not have much time to prepare for her departure. The house felt rather funny with Benjamin gone. I always feel funny walking apst Benjamin's room. Knowing that he will grow more and more and be more and more independent. When he was with us we enjoy him but we respect his ideas and know that he is gettng bigger and bigger and will leave us totally soon. I remember when he was little and I can't wait for him to leave. Those time were really short thinking about it. When all of them are little and always have to run to mom for comfort and decision and security and protection. But I am so proud of him right now. He is fine young man. i am thinking again that he will eb staying in Bay Area or some where in CAlifornia. He prefer to be where he know not wiling to settle down in other country or otehr states.may be he like to be in Switzerland. it is one of the place where he feel the most comfortable.

Back from Humboldt county

We drove back from Humboldt after a weekend there getting Benjamin settled in his new home for his second year in Humboldt. He is now thinking of majoring in Kinesthesia or something along this line. I wonder if he will remain in Humboldt for the rest of college year. This is his sophomore year and he had already moved out to rent a place with 3 others friends out side of campus. He also took the Buick after paying 1000 dollars in fine to the court in Hayward for speed ticket, insurance and failure to appear or pay for one year. Everything is in order now for his insurance with the family for the car and driving and all. We are proud of him with his politeness and sense of sportmanship. I know he will go to do a semester abroard and will also come back to finish his school work next year. He did very well for his long summe job and he seems to enjoy his stay in Leysin this summer. His teacher from LAysin mr Mark Lentz will be teaching in Tobago the capital of the island of Trinidad and Ben might want to join him.I know I miss him now. My first born boy. Before focusing on my two girls who will be preparing for departure to their school and university respectively. I want to grief about the departure of my boy. He is so independant and conderate. Really a fine young man as we parted he thanks his dad for traveling up with the whole family to see him off for the second year in Humboldt. We are not too sure if we will do it the following year. We feel that he know his way around there already. It won't be long before Valerie will be a senior and off to university also. She has two more years in Leysin before moving on. She enjoy teh clarity of our decision to keep her in Leysin and also now we are relieved about Isabelle having a university to go to and get to do what she is interested in doing.I like to arrange the house accordingly. Valerie say she is comfortable everywhere but she feel the least comfortable in Danville. I can see clearly that finally it will only be Benjamin who will still be in California or Bay area. The girls will be in Europe and Thailand more. We have diner at Hurricane Kate in Eureka on Saturday while Ben went out with his fellows sophomores for the Saturday de la rentree. the girls starte dto draw thai alphabets on the table cloth and Valerie really love the food at Hurricane Kate. If I were to amke a will today. The house in Thailand 3/14 Amporn 1 in Pathumthani goes to Isabelle. Actually she has her name in that house already. The Picnic lane will go to Benjamin. And our house here to Valerie.