It's official. Tony's assignment in China will end effective June 30th. He'll be returning to Duracell and we will be returning to our home in Connecticut at the end of the school year. Just in time for the summer season. That's a rather pleasant thought. The summers in Shanghai are absolutely brutal, not to mention the mosquitos here are large enough to lift a chicken off the ground. OK- I'm exaggerating a bit about the mosquitos but, not about the heat.
Matthew will graduate from elementary school and we'll have to find a middle school to enroll him in. That's just things that I can think of. We'll have to wait for our tenants to vacate our home in the middle of July before we can move back in and we'll have to coordinate the shipping of our goods from Shanghai and take our things out of storage. Not to mention, I'll have to get a new phone number for the house, turn on the gas and electric in our name and oh yeah, buy two cars. That's something that we didn't have to worry about for the past two years. Rising gas prices and car payments to the bank. It's a bit daunting when oil prices are over $125 USD a barrel. Tony's been busy researching the cars currently out and the anticipated new releases as well. It's been a full time research project for him.
Are we excited about returning? Yes we are! Don't get me wrong. It's been a barrel of laughs here in China. We've had some good times and some not so good times. However, we'll look back at this experience and will remember all the friends we've made, the places we've seen and most of all, all the friends and family who managed to come to visit while we were in Shanghai.
So, the noise level in the States will go up substantially once we return. Barbeque at our house once we're settled. Look forward to seeing you there!
