A different kind of rain

Dinner with Family

We just got home from a nice dinner at my aunt and uncle's house. Good to see family and hear how everyone is doing!

St. Patrick's Day

We had a small dinner party last night for St. Patrick's Day- baked potatoes, sausage, brussel sprouts, salad and Callie made an awesome Irish cake! It's great to be home with friends!

Seattle

Had a nice day in Seattle- busy with seeing friends and doing some shopping! Jesse and Meg are due in 2 months! Crazy that the next time I see them there will be a baby!

Olympia

It's nice to be home! Had some sun today, took a walk to the bakery, walked through the woods, bought some seeds for our garden... spring is coming.

I'm Home!

I made it home! It was a long day, but I'm home now and it was totally worth it! Landing in Seattle was beautiful... I think the sun came out just for me!

By the time you read this I will be in the air flying home! (that is if I figure out the "schedule" feature correctly). The past 3 months really have gone faster than the first 3 months- and I have so many visitors when I get back that the rest of the year is going to fly by!
I'm so excited to get home and see Adam and my family and friends! It's going to be hard to fall asleep tonight!

Guest Post from Susan

Hong Kong could be called a perfect blend of East and West. I truly can understand how it is called a "world city." I walked for a week. I walked up escalators and down steep, narrow alleys. I

stumbled across street markets toting counterfeit handbags just like I've seen in SE Asia, and then two blocks away, I would look up at a glitzy, towering Burbery Shop. I ate fishball soup and yet

I was able to converse in English with the lady running the outdoor food cart--these are things that you may take for granted, coming straight from USA, but here in Korea, where even ordering a KAH-PAY-RA-TAY (cafe latte) is an ordeal, it's not the case. I found myself not as shocked as others might have been at the dried seafood street, but more at ease--lol--and tickled to witness European architecture popping out of the multitude of skyscrapers. I mean, they're so...so very NOT Asia...but...they're not really even Europe...they are, as we say in Konglish: FUSION. ah. It was a pleasure to be in a modern city and experience a new type of people, but moreover...mostly and most of all, the best part of being in Hong Kong was having someone to visit who knows another--non-travelley side of myself. I haven't been Wrigs in nearly 7 years! holy moly! Seeing Beth,(July) in HK, was connecting with the missing PNW in myself, it was a realization of a dream I've had since moving to Asia, and that is someone who knows me from home to also understand the joys and trials of ex-patriatage. plus. Beth, being so awesome--she took me to Disneyland!