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Good News from VPL

I woke up at 8:00 am this morning. My mom and I drove Tina to Auntie Phyllis' place where she has math tutoring sessions with Auntie Phyllis' husband, Uncle Alfred. After we dropped my sister off, my mom and I went to the Jazzercise class at Collingwood Neighbourhood House. We went to pick my sister up after class was over and promptly drove to Seton Villa to see if they need any volunteers in their library. I asked the lady at the front desk for information regarding volunteer opportunities at the villa, but she told me to talk to Beth. Unfortunately, Beth is not working today so she gave me a business card with contact information of the villa and told me to call her at 9:00 am on Monday because that is the best time to call Beth.

Seton Villa is actually an apartment complex that had been converted into a retirement home for seniors. It's a very nice place where one can look at the beautiful view of the city from the penthouse. The penthouse is actually a lounge where the residents can socialize, watch tv, read and borrow books from the small library located in there and residents can even get their hair done at the salon. One need only to sign up and have their payment ready. I was looking at their schedule for this month and they do have quite a variety of events that the residents can partcipate in. They even have things like daytrips and one-day cruises within the city and province. It's just as good as the retirement home that my great-grandmother lives in except that this is a "high-class" care home in the sense that the fees are higher at Seton. We haven't made a thorough and detailed assessment of the place, but judging by what we observed so far, most of the seniors we encountered appeared very happy to be living there.

Reservacion de alojamiento StuttgartAfter we left Seton Villa, we had lunch at the White Spot on Lougheed Highway. When we came home, my mom was listening to some voice messages and found out that the Vancouver Public Library called me back about volunteering. Joan, the lady who left the message, gave me her number and told me to call her on Sunday or Monday morning. I have no idea what I'll be doing at the downtown branch and I don't know how many days I'll be required to volunteer, but I am happy and I look forward to speaking with her because right now it feels as though there are no longer any obstacles between me and the difficult terrain of the path before me.

Auntie Cecilia, Uncle Pat and Lillian will be visiting Vancouver from July 1 - July7. I am looking forward to their visit and I am eagerly anticipating their arrival. =)

ERROR MSGI just received an e-mail about Mike Cheung's biking accident. Let us pray that he will have a fast and less painful recovery.