Gearing up to leave the UK and move back to the US later this month. Will be meeting with Aubrey and some other cryonicists for last minute meet-ups before leaving. My friend, who may or may not be our surrogate mom, will be coming in tomorrow from FL and we'll be pulling our kids out of school for some trips to London
My family surprised me with an early birthday dinner today and a new camera
, I'll turn 35 on Thursday and will be celebrating at Stonehenge
Vgamer, my husband was a computer technician at Computer City, now he is a Fulbrighter to the UK finishing his research year at the Center for Digital Citizenship at the University of Leeds (and he's a gamer too--in fact just wrote about said subject a bit:
http://thefulbrightreport.com/?p=425 ). We are moving to Lubbock TX as he accepted a Fellowship at Texas Tech. We'll be in Lubbock the next four years, and if my friend does not still want to be a surrogate I'll be working that out in my next few years
I want to carry my own again, but well, have been advised by everyone and their mother, not to.
I do several miles a day, play with my kids, took them on a hike in the woods today, take general supplements, love life and do what I can to help promote cryonics, and the possibilities of extreme life extension. Currently I've been having fun being an Alcor and CI member as I have so many friends in each organization, there are a lot of ways that the organizations can support each other in the future.
The city I'll be moving to in TX has a small UU church where I'll be teaching religious education, future tech, sex-ed and such again--so that will be fun, here in the UK the past year I've been "home churchin" with my own three kids
I update about my life, almost daily on Facebook--while we've been in the UK the grandparents have loved following what we are up to.
http://www.facebook.com/ShannonVyff Feel free to add me if you are on FB, and do say you are from ImmInst, I'm pretty selective as to who I add these days since I'm near the friends limit.
After this I'll be watching the new video Adam got up (Thank you Adam!):
http://www.imminst.o...o...c=41384&hl= I was not able to make that event, and will miss the Humanity+ UK--they have such an active group, David Wood does an excellent job coordinating.
We are the new owners of a 5,500 sqf. home with an indoor heated pool, 4.5 baths, a pool table, a piano, separate guest quarters on two city home lots, four blocks from the University
-- I can't wait to see it. I'll be moving in and setting up home July 3rd, my dad will bring my kids from Oregon mid-August (I'll fly them from London to NYC & put them on a plane to Portland, I'll be flying to Austin). My husband will be flying from the UK mid-August to Lubbock (he has 4 conferences this summer, and an art exhibit for looked after kids he has been teaching photography to). I'll have a month and a half to myself, to get Internet set up quickly hopefully--but also to unpack, sort and decorate the contents of our five bedroom home that are in storage. Our new home also is one block from Lubbock High School where my eldest, who turns 14 this September, will be starting her Freshman year in the Academic Magnet and International Baccalaureate program. She is excited to be in a more challenging program, she has been a bit bored this past year. The past year has been wonderful for my younger two, as their school here had a very small family feel and they became close with their classmates and teachers.
We've all made new friends here, I've met some mums in the local parenting classes that I'll be staying in touch with. The year has been a great experience. We've traveled a lot, seen many world-class museums-and feel quite fortunate for the opportunity we've had.
