It has been forever since I last wrote a post... But life has been busy! Before I talk about the last 48 hours I'll give a brief summary of the last 48 days...
Finished in Beijing, arrived in Vancouver, visited my family, went on a mini-break to Tofino, learned to surf, back to Vancouver, ran a 10K in sub 60 minutes, attended my sister's wedding reception, flew to Toronto the next day, did a 4 days a week/4week course on the Junior Learner, went to the cottage on the weekend, paddled my wedding canoe with George, took George swimming and finally made our way to Bangkok! Phew... It was a very busy and fast summer - actually didn't feel like summer at all, but it was nice to get to the cottage on the weekend and spend time there with Murray's family and it was awesome staying with Dave and Ruth during the week. But I am happy to be where I am at the moment... but that too has been an absolute whirlwind...
So...back to the last 48 or so hours...
We were set to leave Toronto on the 1:50 am flight to Hong Kong, but I got an email earlier in the day stating that our flight was delayed 12 HOURS! Yep and it kept getting pushed back... so a little stressful and a little overwhelming but it ended up all good and we arrived here at about 2am Sunday (the 29th). Mom's flight was outright cancelled, but she managed to arrive 12 hours after us so that was all good... Sunday we chilled out a bit, tried to get over the jet lag then the fun begins...
Our shipment arrived on Monday - that was a pretty intense day. Then it was non-stop unpacking and putting everything away. Our Mae Bahn - Noy is here and George calls her "my new ayi" and she's been cleaning and settling and we're get set up for our first dinner cooked by her...
Murray went to Ikea this morning... which is an adventure in itself as it is clear across the other side of town! And that stuff should arrive tonight... so hopefully we'll be all settled in to our place in the first couple of days before we even start working. It's a good feeling, but it has been exhausting. The bedroom still needs to be organized, but we are pretty much there...
The heat is something for me to get used to... lots of sweating happening... this is not desert heat - it is humid heat! But it is all good... the windows are open and the fan is going. I feel sticky all the time, but that will be dealt with many trips to the pool and quick showers... I haven't tried to run yet... hopefully that will happen sometime in the morning or when I can... So waking up at 4 am might not be a bad thing so far.
But we're excited to be here... there is green, foliage and just a good feeling around us... so far it is working out well...
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