August / September

What have we been up to? Well … not blogging and keeping up like we should be.

Here is a quick run down:

August:

Started a bit of school in HK and continued it back in GA

I ordered the girls’ schoolbooks and had them sent to my parents. We started with some things that I new would transfer over. I have to say, I am really happy with the curriculum that I have picked out this year. I wish that I had done more research with what I had picked out last year, so now, all I can do is learn from it and give advice for anyone that wants it!

Flew back to GA:

Here is a bit of what I encountered and learned:

Saw a woman in the HK airport hold a child over the trash can so that child could pee. Yes, you heard me, that woman did NOT take the child to the bathroom (which wasn’t to far away) and let him pee all over the top of the can. Come on lady, this is NOT the Mainland --- we don’t do that in Hong Kong

You should NOT apply anything smelling of biofreeze or icy hot on an airplane.

If you want to tilt the individual screens on the airplane so you can see better (without a glare) all you have to do is push on the top. I watched a woman try to stick her fingernail in the 2mm slit at the bottom and try to pry it open. It really entertained me for a while.

Paying the extra money for economy comfort was worth it on the 15 hour flight from HK to Detroit! That flight still sucks.

Beach+Family=Awesome Time

We had a fantastic time with the Gruenwald’s the Mitchell’s and the Caletrio’s. I’m sorry that more of the family couldn’t be there with us … but babies and weddings will always come first!

Started playing lacrosse

I’m not sure what got me thinking that at 35 I should take up a new sport … but the heck! I sucked beyond suck during the first few practices. I have gotten better, but still suck. My goal’s are not high; it is to learn to catch and throw, so if the girls want to play in GA, I can practice with them.

One of the college aged girls said, “You know there is a league with past college players that you can join when you move back to Atlanta.” Umm, thanks, but I’m pretty sure that I am not there yet … or ever. The thought was nice though.

Anniversary - 14 years

Jonathan got me a new camera for our anniversary. It is a nice fancy one. I don't really understand how the hell it works.

September:

Started school back up again after a 2 week break.

The Big Buddha

We finally made time to see the Big Buddha. We were thinking that we would wait until someone came, but there were always cooler things to do. So finally ....

Ocean Park

KPMG rented out Ocean Park for all the employees. It was a great ! The girls got on a ton of rides over and over again. Jonathan rode one of the roller coasters with them and then commented when he got off, “I’m too old for that”. I couldn’t agree more!

Girls are continuing Rugby

We started out a bit slow, in fact, the first practice back was awful to watch. It wasn’t that they didn’t know what they were doing (because they didn’t) it was that they weren’t trying. This is just one of those things that irritates the crap out of me … not trying. I don’t really care if you succeed, but at least try. You will always fail if you never try.

Work

Jonathan got promoted to Director in the Hong Kong Practice. Other than the promotion title and some more money, we aren’t sure of anything else yet. That’s not true. Jonathan did get better insurance; just him, not the rest of us.

What’s coming?

October – We are off to Shanghai to see the Spengler’s! We are all so excited to see friends again!

November – I think that the girls have some rugby tournaments and hopefully we will head up to China a couple more times. We may also hit Macau one weekend.

December – We are going to Siem Reap Cambodia right after Christmas. We will be spending a week around Angkor Wat.