CONDO LIVING

Dec. 6/09

Living in a high rise concrete condo isn’t too bad at all.  We are loving the view of the lake, the new bridge over Okanagan Lake, the waterfront park and even Tolko’s mill.  What a wide range of urban and nature activities to see from one place.

Last night we happened to look out at the bridge just before 5:00 p.m. and the vehicles were just crawling along in all 4 lanes for about 20 minutes.  Then it cleared up and no problems after that.  Not too bad if that was the height of rush hour.

We learned what happens in buildings like this when the power goes out.  Fortunately, it went out during the early afternoon so we didn’t need lights.  There are diesel generators that kick in and keep some hallway lights on and one of the elevators working.  The doors to the underground parking automatically open up and stay open until the power comes back on.

We headed out for a walk when the power went off and stopped at the library on the way back.  There was enough light from the windows to read the book covers so we chose a few as we’ve been reading a lot since we retired.  The check-out librarian had to write down our card number, name and all the bar code numbers from the books.  They sure missed having the automatic scanner working.


The power was still out when we got back to the condo and then the generator quit just before we entered the elevator.  There was a problem with the coolant level that needed to be fixed so we had to walk up the 12 flights of stairs.  A good workout especially for Stuart with a backpack full of books.


No firm date has been set for my radiation treatments yet but I will be doing the planning session sometime in the next 2 weeks.  It would be nice to get it all started before Christmas.

And it’s hard to believe that Christmas is only 19 days away.  I keep thinking that they’re just trying to fool us with all the songs, advertising and decorations as it still feels like autumn around here.  The only snow we see is on the mountain tops and the willow trees still have their leaves.  Maybe it’s like that here every December.

Every day is still an adventure and we are grateful for all the blessings.