Bowen Road, Hong Kong
I have had a nasty, nasty day. Grrrr… can’t tell you how angry I was today at so many things. Coming home it took every ounce of energy to stop, change, re-start my mood. Sebastian and I drove Tess to a PPA meeting and upon returning played with the Etch ‘N Sketch. We had a fun time. I sat there sipping my Myers Rum ‘n Coke when Sebastian playfully asked, “Daddy, why do you need a drink?” I thought to myself, “buddy, don’t get me started,” but replied verbally with, “I enjoy a nice drink at the end of the day, Sebastian. Is it my run to draw?”
“Naaaawt yeeeet!” he teasingly answered.
Seb is now happily in bed. Sitting here at the computer, it took even more energy to play some praise and worship music to steer this angry ship back in the right direction. I had a wonderful lunch today with a great friend, Dale, who I know from Union Church. After lunch I stopped in at St. John’s Cathedral for a few minutes of prayer and meditation. Wow… obviously did that wrong… KABOOM, BATMAN! Arrived back at work to find bogies all over me… ARGH… shared with one subordinate what was going on and hE jokingly taunted me over and over. More grrrr… shared with another subordinate what was going on and SHE said, “my gosh that’s terrible, horrible, I HATE when that happens, what are you going to do?” (Note to self: give her a raise, delegate more to him.)
Tess phoned in the middle of this whole thing and she had to deal with the fall-out of the wrath of Charles… of course this made cute-little-Sunday a distant memory. However, I promised myself to post pictures of the Sunday walk along Bowen Road.
Yes, yesterday we strapped the Kettler Quad Trike to the roof of the van and went for a family outing. Given my nasty mood, I will provide the abridged version. First, found perfect parking spot at start of Bowen Road, beautiful and popular walk along side of mountain in Hong Kong. Second, loaded trips into Trike. Third, put Sebastian in charge of steering. Fourth, walked about 25 minutes, turned around and walked back. Observations: with the occasional corrections, Sebastian did amazingly well steering the ENTIRE time. Really wonderful… very proud. Carys cried for the last half of the trip, holding her arms up in the air begging to be picked up. We didn’t. Missed the cue… thought she was Praising God instead. No guilt, though. Back in the car everyone, including Carys, was extremely happy to be sucking from their water bottles as Dad secured said Trike to top of car. Overall, fantastic time with Tantalising Tess, Terrific Trio and Sebastian. Can’t wait to do it again, he says smilingly… Grrrr.
