here in Hong Kong. It was 12 degrees Celsius this morning when we left the marina with a lot of wind up on the breakwater. James wore his long trousers (which are made of very thin material), his long sleeved polo, cardigan (also very thin) with his fleece on top. He also wore socks and his Rasta-sneakers. (Seriously. He picked out black New Balances that have the Jamaican flag colors on the heel. I can't imagine what HK buyer picked them out for Gigasports/Marthon Sports.) James is definitely more savvy when it comes to dressing for the weather. Claire went to school in her knee-length skort, short sleeved polo and Valentine socks. She wore her Crocs, her cardigan and the blue fleece part of her Nautica jacket. And add a pair of leg warmers to that ensemble...maybe she's channeling her inner Cyndi Lauper. However, I know once she made it to school that the leg warmers, cardigan and fleece were all relegated to her backpack. (And I was correct. As I was waiting for James's shuttle bus , I saw Claire walking back from the post office with Mr. Jakapan and several of her classmates. Both she and Isabel wore only short sleeved polos and skorts. Meanwhile I had on jeans, a short sleeved polo, a Gap zippered sweatshirt and the shell from my Bean jacket.)
It's currently 10 degrees C (50 degrees F). I know that doesn't sound that cold and if it was spring in New England, I'd probably be considering shorts. However, central heat doesn't exist in Hong Kong. Most people don't have any kind of heat at all. We used to have reverse cycle air cons on the boat but the last time we replaced air cons we chose regular ones. Can't remember why. Perhaps there was no stock or the size of the units didn't match up to what we had on the boat previously. Also, I hated the reverse cycle. It was a very dry heat...and it smelled odd. I couldn't take more than 10 minutes or so of it, usually first thing in the morning.
G greeted me this morning outside of school with, "It must be cold if Kirsten is wearing a jacket."
The cold won't last...soon we'll be sweating like crazy again with the wicked humidity that is Hong Kong for most of the year. So I will enjoy it while I can!
Tomorrow we're off to the Consulate to apply for a new "big boy" passport for James. His current passport is funny...he's either 3 or 4 days old in the photo. His eyes are barely open...it was painful trying to get the photo taken, especially in Blue Ridge. They had one of those old fashioned passport cameras...it wasn't digital. And it was in an unusual shop for passport photos...it was a fabric store, I think. The new photo looks like a mug shot. James wasn't thrilled this afternoon when we left the park to go to Fotomax.
Buffett is tomorrow night. Tom's going to come back to the boat after work so that we can leave both cars in the marina.
I know I'm rambling...really tired. Had hockey last night and then was up late. I'm waiting for Tom to get back from China and then I'm crashing.
