Family Life so far....

Well so far this has been far from a normal family life for AF and me. We are so much looking forward to BF coming out here with us. She is an important ingredient that we are missing. But she is very busy back in the US finishing up business like: getting EF off to her freshman year in college and then getting MF ready for his Junior year in college, selling a car, getting LP and her family situated in our US house for the next two years (thank God for LP).

AF goes to school at 7:00 on a bus with only 3 other kids on it. She made the varsity volleyball team of 12 players. But that means she comes home around 7pm at least 3 nights a week. We think, her first game is Friday after school (not sure if it is a home game or not). The team will be traveling to Shanghai and will participate in a tournament in Manila. Then she is holed up in her room doing homeework, college application and her Ewood.

I go to work at 8:00 but it is a skeleton crew at work in our island within JPM offices. I usually get a coffee in the apartment building deli but it more like espresso. They have a free paper called the China Daily (highly censored). I usually ride with RW to work in a taxi or a van, if it is available.

We are not eating real good dinners but we are getting by (rigatonni, mac/cheese, sandwiches from deli, fishsticks, no dinner, whatever).

We have bought a few DVDs at 15 RMB ($1.88) but have not had real opportunity to watch. I think the TV blew up again so need to talk to facilities.

The house cleaning service is great. They are making beds, providing new towels, washing dishes, the floors, the bathrooms, etc. It is amazing how dirty wood floors get with just 2 people.

We have been working out in the health facility which is really nice. Not lots of people using the gym but I think there are a lot of people on vacations that have yet to come back (I hope because it is pretty quiet around here). There is a resident BBQ this Saturday so maybe we will meet some more people. I even used the sauna, steam room, hot tub and pool for the first time. It is nice.....

Well time to go to bed, maybe I will watch a little US Tivo via slingbox on the laptop. I'm keeping up with my shows like Deadwood, Entourage, Weed, Lucky Louie, Rescue Me, etc.