Carrie came up from Wappinger Falls and we went to Tivoli and Rhinebeck together and explored. Tonight we went out to pizza. We are thawing out of the big snow storm. Two of the three Volvos have sold. We will see about the other one tomorrow.

Today we had a wonderful day, I test drove some cars. The Volvo V40 and a Jetta. Then we went to the Poughkeepsie Galleria to buy Vince some new clothes. Then this evening we went to the Bard Valentine’s Dance and had a swing lesson and listened to this 20 piece band play. Great fun!

I don’t have my regular routines in place, so I have been lazy about getting my journal article in every night. (Sorry, dad..I’m fine, really 🙂 ) Last night, I went to a talk at Bard about footbinding. Dorothy Ko gave the lecture and about 50 people showed up. She looked wonderful in a dragon pant and coat set. We had dinner at a Japanese restaurant in Rhinebeck run by Taiwanese people and it seemed like we were back in Taiwan for a moment. All the staff people were holding Vince and laughing. I had a great time. Jeremy was off to Austin last night. He drove to Manhattan last night and stayed in Bob and Katherine’s apartment in the city and saw Ben for dinner. This morning we all woke up to snow, so he called from the airport to report runway delays.

Jeremy started his first day at IBM. We thought there was going to be an orientation, but there was nothing except getting his badge. Here at home we played and played for a while. This evening, a bunch of people who taught in China were here, we all ate Chinese food and talked and saw their pictures.

Last night we went to see “Catch Me if You Can”, our first real date since Vince was born. Very exciting. Today we went to the diner for breakfast, to the Rozman’s for lunch and to Tivoli for a child-filled rumpus party.