yes, anyone (note i didn’t say i) can clean a house. most people can successfully seal a baby’s two lower orifices with a nappy.

so why should lita and i be reunited?

read on:

10. i miss her sarcasm.

9. i saw her husband yesterday and can tell he is missing her a great deal

8. de isn’t getting enough good food. he is only eating cup noodles and 7-11 sandwiches at odd times of the day. back in the old days when they lived with us, she cooked both of us outstanding meals

7. calgary is very cold. what if lita gets frostbite and her fingers and toes freeze off? she has very nice, long fingers.

6. she is going to be away from de and baby melissa for Christmas. and me for that matter. what good is snow if you don’t have someone to throw it at?

5. no one tells me things about playground life anymore. i was virtually the last to learn that 20a are moving out of the building

4. when i try to give a pair of shoes to anyone else, they laugh and say, "oh, my feet aren’t nearly that big!"

3. lita agreed with me when the kids were being appalling

2. where she is living she is dependent on public transportation, which comes once every 45-60 minutes. very different from hong kong where she could/did walk everywhere or take the bus!

and lastly, to quote "red" from the shawshank redemption, (not that i see my life as a prison)…

1. i miss my friend