So, here it is September already!  Malen and I are hanging in there as the slow excruciating Philippine annulment process grinds along.  Life is going on as we wait.  She and I talk at least once a day using Skype video and audio, she continues with her full-time job, and I keep myself busy with yard work.  Yeng, April, and Jedd (the three kids) continue with their education.

Our future will be together, no matter how long it takes.  Beyond the expensive, protracted annulment process, the US immigration process is complex, lengthy, expensive, and seemingly designed to discourage immigration as much as possible.  Patience and resiliency are necessary attributes.

I have only been retired now for 5 months, but is sure seems like a lot longer (a good thing).  Somehow, I seem to be as busy as I was before I retired.  Of course, spring and summer in the Sequim area means yard work on a daily basis, and lots of it!  But I also have lots of online activities, because as a former IT professional and a life-long Internet enthusiast, I am always experimenting with web sites and software.  As you can see from the menus on the left, I maintain a blog site (Baby Boomers welcome!), a personal photo gallery here (pictures of family, home, etc.) and a semi-commercial photo site as well.  I also have a poetry site in progress (stay tuned for exciting publication news!) and a political site (The Reverse SPIN) that I am currently converting from a BB format to a blogging format.

So, life is busy!