Hong Kong Jul 26

Yeah, Steven came first and the kids and I went to Washington for 3 weeks to visit my parents and relatives. Then we meet Steven in SF and flew to Hawaii for 4 days on our way over. We were trying to eat up the time it takes to ship our belongings here. (4-6 weeks) We are here now and HOPE to get our stuff in a week. It's on a slow boat to China! So we are living out of the stuff we brought in our suitcases and the bare necessities that Steven bought. He bought us beds! We packed one towel, but quickly decided our family of 4 and one towel don't add up, so bought a couple of cheapies yesterday. It's very much an adventure here. We live about 40 minutes from downtown (20 in a car, but we are public transport all the way baby. So our little area only has so much. Can't tell you how much I miss Target!! No such thing here. We bought inflatable rafts today from the market. It's hilarious, the little stand had more crap then my Aunt's Attic crammed to the roof. But the shopkeeper navigated through the stuff and found our items. I wanted to take a photo as I was soooo amazed at the craziness, but was worried it was rude.

Hope all is well. I will send a change of address email out in a few days and then start a blog with photos and updates, for anyone bored at work. Right now I am focusing on buying groceries and just doing the basics.... I get a little uptight in the grocery store as I can't keep the conversions straight in my head and forget how much I am spending and then I forget whatever I buy, I need to carry!! So after putting a watermelon in my cart -- I realized that I wasn't buying much more that day. It's funny to shop. I bought tortillas from San Leandro, berries from Watsonville, apple juice from Washington, peanut butter from England, milk from Australia and eggs from New Zealand. Yeah, I guess, I didn't realize how fresh my food was in CA... Here I am lucky to have 3 days left before the stuff expires!

Take care. Come visit!

Annie