dad is in china

dad has arrived to nanning, china at 9am california time today. he won't be back until april 19th. i wish i could telecommute from elk grove and spend every night with mom. mom, i will be home in 4 days to have dinner with you!

this past weekend thomas and i visited napa valley together for the first time. we visited these sites in chronological order: petrified forest, sterling vineyard, castello di amorosa, rutherford grill, v. sattui, downtown st. helena and back to rutherford grill. i am beginning to understand the whole buzz about wine knowledge but i still think they're all creative grape juice. one thing for sure is that i used to dislike all red wine but now i can appreciate a nice glass of cabernet sauvignon. the next time i'm in the area, i'd like to visit chateau montelena, ca'toga and robert louis stevenson state park.

dad gone for a month

i found out that my dad is going to asia with 30 of his village buddies from mid march to mid april. my poor mom will be all alone in that massive house. :( with the exception of march 6 weekend, i'll be spending every weekend of march at home to keep mom companied.