Sorry

 I haven't felt like writing recently.  Too many thoughts in my head, to many things happening.  But I will try to get things down now.

Queen Elizabeth's death really shocked me.  I know she was 96 and looking rather frail in the latest photos but I never thought she would pass away.  She was always around, always in the news or magazines.  Just always there!  When the news first broke about her being under medical supervision and that her family were all arriving at Balmoral Castle it was oblivious that something important was happening.  When her death was announced I sat and cried.  When the Prime Minister spoke and called Prince Charles King Charles, I actually had to think who it was.  It has always been Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles.  Now we have a king.  I was also amazed the Royal Family and the love they showed for the Queen.  The time of public mourning must have been difficult for them.  To go out and greet people when one is grieving is difficult.  

One thing from all this is the ability for news anchors to waffle.  From the time the statement was given that the Queen was under medical supervision to her death was a few hours.  Because of the time difference it was the middle of the night here.  I stayed up watching Sky News and BBC News.  I was amazed at the way the news reporters found things to fill in the no news time.  Basically, saying the same thing in different ways!  

In our little world things have been ticking along.  In my last post I said about Hannah going to driving school.  The course is 2 weeks long.  She passed the first test to get her driving permit but hasn't taken the final test.  Because of yet another typhoon.  Her test was supposed to be on September 19th.  From September 17th we were under a typhoon warning.  At first, I thought Hannah could just stay at the hotel and follow the driving schools schedule, as they would schedule things around the storm.  A couple of things happen that changed my mind.  One was Hannah sent me a link for the hotel she was in.  I thought it would be a big building that could withstand a strong typhoon, but the building was small, no shutters on the windows and the area was in a basin, meaning that flooding would be possible.  Also, as I was checking this typhoon, I realized that it wasn't a small storm and that we wouldn't get just the edge of it (which is what usually happens) no this was a super typhoon.  The Japan Times stated that it was as strong as a category 5 hurricane.  So, Saturday evening Mikey and I drove 90 minuets to get Hannah.  I'm glad that we got her back.  She would have been okay at the hotel, but the typhoon was scary and being alone makes things worse, at least for me. Again, we got lucky as there was no damage to the house, but we lost a good part of one of the trees out front.  

Because of the typhoon David bought an animal cage for our outside cat, who has been named Ten.  I know that cats can find shelter when the weather gets bad, but we worried about this cat, he had an awful open cut on his cheek and he looked rather weak.  He spent three days inside.  When our cats were out of the room, we let him out to roam about.  He is such a lovely cat!

Ten in his cage

Hannah will be going back this weekend to finish her driving course!  Hope she passes her test!

I will try to write more!