May 18, 2008 Wonderful PEI weekend

Today is Sunday and as the sun sets here on Prince Edward Island I am filled with good feelings generated by a truly great weekend. I went dancing with some friends on Saturday night. I am truly amazed as I continue to feel the Appalachian buzz to this place. The music and heritage of many people I meet here could be or is an echo of the central mountains some 1000 miles south of this place. Shel is enjoying her time out at the cottages. There is no phone or Internet and I sense a bit of "modern withdrawal" in her. So she stopped by to use the wireless and call some friends. We had a nice lunch and went shopping a bit-now our island stores open again in anticipation of the tourist season, soon to begin.

Ill be driving Shel's car to my Meeting in Moncton on Thursday. It will be easier on gas, and I enjoy driving her little car. Ill be driving my old Blazer back for the graduation, probably departing the island on June 1. I am pretty excited about it. I am also supposed to fly to Phoenix as an old colleague needs an office manager in Tempe. There are distinct advantages for me to stay here in Atlantic Canada. I am very excited about looking at some military facilities here, as well as some aging disused industrial sites begging for assessment and remediation. I am very excited about those opportunities as well. Phoenix beckons, but mid-July in the Sonora desert after several years here in the Northeast cool is likely to be a shock to the system.

Headhunters keep calling, but I am going to limit myself to only the best situations. Also, its nice to be close to family here on this coast. The cards will fall where they may. Shel will be busy all summer. Joey is working but for the week or so he has taken off for our fishing trip to Towanda and maybe Westline. Alexis is deeply involved with a boyfriend and her social network, and probably won't have time for dad. I think she is a bit angry with me-after all, I have been on the road almost since she was born. If not just plain work, constant travel with the Army. But I wouldn't trade my military experience for anything. The finest people I have worked with.

I had a nice call with Joey yesterday. He was pretty together and heading out to work. I need to get him a car. Mom gave his to her boyfriend and its seems permanent, and very unfair.
The weather has been fantastic. But for an icy cold ripple of rain that moved through earlier today, its been sunny and very nice. That cold sea breeze seems always with us, along the shore here until mid-July. Its an idyllic place to live, quiet and friendly. If I have to move to New Brunswick, I will cherish weekends here when I can visit. Shel said we can alternate, her visiting me wherever I go, as always, and me here as time allows.
Its shaping up to be a good summer.