This October we are staying home after a number of trips completed earlier in the year, alone but not lonely with a string of friends and family members' weekend visits. Last weekend right after Nick and Leni settled down Friday night, Ying drove in Saturday at noon. We enjoyed one of the most relaxing (or exhausting) and enlightening weekends, chatting at home, going out to Riva for an early dinner, and driving along East Cliff, and through Capitola Village. The waves were big enough to let Ying see surfers riding waves all the way to the end, while the sea lions at the wharf greeted us with their deep roaring or happy snoring. Ying was especially happy to see them again as a constant symbol of Santa Cruz. Instantly, we felt fortunate to have them as our permanent neighbors. They do seem to prefer their relaxed residence here over Monterey.
As dusk set in, Ying needed to leave early next morning.for his annual conference in Vancouver. We all felt kind of sad to say Goodbye. For little Leni, the sea lions and Ying fascinated her no end. She was shy at the beginning, but towards the end we had a hard time tearing her away from either. She won the hearts of both. Ying, Paul and Nick exchanged tech tips and life experience all afternoon, which helped me to reach a certain equilibrium after hearing about his real reason to leave IBM. It seems that, more often than not, our decision making process is not based totally on common good, but can be affected by the personal and racial preferences of others, which is a universal phenomenon. With such a strong force confronting us, every one of us has to find a way to cope, or will be crushed.
After seeing Ying's car disappear around the corner, we were comforted by the smiling faces of Nick and Leni. Next Friday, Joe is coming, Sunday Debbie is visiting. Too busy to dwell on anything, unfortunately.
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