We had a reunion dinner with my friend Carl and his two children, Rebecca and Emily before our return trip to New York. It was great to see him again and meet his kids. Sandi and Nicholas came along for dinner and we topped the evening off with ice cream from Emack and Bolio's. Something that we don't have in Shanghai....another thing that will probably make an appearance in Shanghai sometime in the near future.
Matthew and I left first thing Saturday morning for our return flight to New York. I returned to start the packing process (where did all this stuff come from????) and we had dinner plans to meet Uncle Al for dinner. Al is a friend of ours from many many moons ago. It was really nice to see Al since we didn't have a chance to see him before Tony left to return to Shanghai. After dinner, Al took Matthew to see the Simpsons movie. It's definitely a guy thing. They were both quite animated discussing Homer and Bart Simpson. I was happy to drop them off at the movie theatre. I spent the time browsing at the Barnes and Noble bookstore and then went over to pick them up. It was nice that Al took Matthew to the movie. I, for one, would have not appreciated the humor and it would have been painful for me to sit through it. After spending several days at Disney doped up on dramamine, it was nice to have someone else take Matthew out for entertainment. Thanks Al!Our final week in the States is quickly drawing to a close. We still a lot of things to do and many people to see before we leave. Hopefully, it will all get done before the week ends. Zio and Arlene will be coming down from Woodstock tomorrow morning to see us before we leave. I have a ton of errands to do before I leave and I'm starting to think I can't get it done.
