Another milestone

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This morning I got a birthday call from China. My granddaughter’s birthday, she’s six years old now. China is in a different time zone, of course, so she was already rubbing her eyes and ready to go to bed after a long, busy day, whereas my day had just begun. And, with that delightful message from abroad, a very nice beginning it was.

Susan and I still plan to move overseas when we can, it’s just a matter of when that might be. (Among other issues, there are remaining travel restrictions to be dealt with.) She’s already accepted a contract to teach again at the University in the coming semester, and will probably do the same in the Spring as well. So, maybe this time next year.

I know, I’ve been saying that for more than a while now. All those ‘one of these days’ were predicated, however, on matters that were still up in the air. We had to sell the house; but first we had to get the house on the market; but to do that, we had to get the repairs done on the house … All that’s settled now. Yes, there are still things that have to be taken care of, but I’ve seen the mountains that get moved once Susan is tired of them being in the way.

So, “next year in Shenzhen …”