The last few days have been a little fuzzy for me...spending time with so many people in so many places. Very excited and happy to see friends & family, but sad to be leaving just a few hours from now.

July 24th - Mike, his mom & I went on a morning road trip to Moncton. Marie drove us the hour & a half to Moncton to shop at Costco. We were there for an hour, then back into the car for the return trip to SJ, lol! Eh, we had fun.

Mike & I arrived just in time to meet Cindy on the West Side to head over to Adrian's house for a get-together with people from SJBKE (my SJ school). :>:>:> Everyone looks so great, especially Rose! No one would show me a picture of what she looks like...so I closed my eyes when she came in...then...wow! I cried! She looks amazing :>



Tons of fruit, veggies & stories later, it was time to head out...Mike & I were leaving for Grand Lake around suppertime. We arrived well after dark and just went to bed.

July 25th - We slept in! Oops! We eventually wandered out of the camp and visited with Rose Anne, then over to Rick & Joanne's place for a bit. We snuck a quick bike ride in (I've missed my Kona!) and an even quicker lunch, then time to drive back to SJ at 4pm.



My SJ family was having a BBQ for us at Shelly & Tom's house at 6pm...some of them look so different! My cousins Justin & Amanda have changed a lot in the last year. It was cool to just hang out and talk...I've missed that.



Today - July 26th - the laundry & packing are all finished. Mike & I decided on having a date day :) We went to a movie (my fourth one since I got back two & a half weeks ago, lol) - Monster House - it was really good...scared me!

Then we met up with Xiu. She used to be a student at our school in Beijing, and is now living and working in SJ. She's originally from Fujian Province in China. That's one province I haven't been to, and Xiu is encouraging us to visit :)



Mike & I continued our date with supper, then headed to the grocery store for my fruit & veggies for the flight tomorrow.

I know, I know...with all this stuff going on, how can I have time to feel down? It's the in-between moments that I'm having a hard time with. Sitting in the car on the way to somewhere, before I go to sleep at night, waiting for a meal to come...the tears eventually catch up to me.

So, this is my last post from SJ...I'll be on the plane in about 6 hours. I hope you all know how much you mean to me! Even though I don't always e-mail, you are with me. As I work, as I run around Beijing & China, you are with me, always.

love & smiles :)
Kirsten