We got home July 1st and had 4th of July plans. So I had to get packing and un-packing fast. The boys helped by waking us up at 5 am the first night and 2 am the 2nd night!
I had unloaded all 6 suitcases and put them into piles, mine, kids and presents. Grabbed the presents needed for the weekend and made an appointment for the kids to get their pictures taken.
Not fully acclimated to being home for less than 24 hours, the pictures were okay, not spectacular. It wasn't hard to pick which picture we wanted as only 1 picture turned out with all 3 smiling.
The kids stayed up late every night, going to bed past 11pm, until 4th of July fireworks. Aidan fell asleep before fireworks and was curled in bed with a dog either trying to protect him or gain protection from the expected fireworks.
I carried the sleeping boy outside in case he woke up to the loud noises I didn't want him to freak out and not know where he was. He never woke up, until afterwards when our own front row seat fireworks exploded. That is when the other two fell asleep.
The kids where used to sleeping 3 in a bed and didn't mind the crowded bed at the hotel. They loved the fruit loops and waffles at the continental breakfast every day.
Jet lag over and I'm back to driving. Finally home and having to deal with the aftermath of the busted pipe flooding into our pantry and my craft room. I had to throw away all of my craft books and quite a bit of material. I was not happy. Couldn't believe when my husband said that's easy to replace, we just need more plastic totes!
1 week and kids stuff put away, presents hidden(in suitcases), my clothes pile moved to my room. Just over whelmed, especially with the paper clutter. And the boys have gotten out every toy & game they've not seen in 5 months.
It had been raining like crazy so the grass is over grown, the mosquitos are ferocious and I feel stuck inside with the mess. We escape for Chinese food, dim sum buffet with the in-laws. Felt like I hadn't left China, as hardly any English was heard.
Had to get mung beans from the Asian market to make porridge for my boys. Yeah, it was a success. I also tried out my recipes of Beijing style spinach and peanut dish and Beijing style braised eggplant. Both pretty good, I'll try another recipe to see which one will be the keeper.
Glad to be home, where pizza tastes like pizza! Wish I'd have known you could buy the Chinese pickling jar at the Asian market for $15. I would not have wasted the space to bring these home.
It's almost 2 weeks and I haven't boughten much, talked much to anyone other than family and retreated on technology. After 5 months of not using my phone for anything other than a phone, I don't really use it here. We upgraded to the hopper, and I'm not liking the way the new remote and system is set up. So I'm pretty faithful to my ipad.
Not really any culture shock to speak of unlike coming home after 9 months in Japan.
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