Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Rockets Red Blaze

I'm sorry that I haven't updated the blog sooner but, we have been very busy over the past two weeks trying to get settled. I was back in the US for two weeks over the Fourth of July holiday. I returned home to help Susan and Matthew pack up the balance of the house and to say so long to our friends and family. To sum it in one sentence, I had a great time. I couldn't think of a better send off.

We spent time with people that really mean alot to us. It was bitter sweet to see everyone or what may be the last time in the next three years but, we really enjoyed each and every visit. We met with May, Auntie Momo, the kids, Belle and Steve and had a fabulous dinner at London Lennies. I met Steve for the first time and he was extremely likeable and very funny.

We had a lunch reunion with all our friends from the Chinese school in Long Island. It was really great to see how big the kids have gotten since we saw each other last Summer. That same day, Matthew had dinner plans with his friend Robert and we took off to see our old neighbor, Barbara.

The next morning, Matthew had a playdate with his friend Reilly while Susan and I continued to work on packing up the house since the movers were returning on Friday for the final packing. Friday was extremely hectic- the movers came early and spent the day packing and wrapping. It was 6 pm before we finally left the house and checked into the hotel. We had our dinner with the Guys- Tony, Gus, Anthony and Al. We even met Stephanie, Gus' girlfriend and capped off the evening with champagne in the hotel.

We went up to see my Uncle on his farm in Woodstock, New York. Matthew and I had a blast riding on the ATV- my parents even took a ride. We had a wonderful Korean dinner with Terry and Tanya in Flushing. Then we were off having a send off with Susan's family in Chinatown. We spent the Fourth of July with May and her family and I got to drive Tom's cars. I will always get excited when I remember the car going at top speed on the highway.

We met with Boris and Irina and they were the last people to see us before we left the US. We will always remember the send off we received from all of our friends and family.