Annie's in China

And we're home. We hustled home in order to see Annie off. After the airport check-in problem of having a 90 day visa and no ticket leaving China within that period, we're glad we did come back. But we got an e-mail yesterday morning saying she had arrived, exhausted.

It was a few days of drama as Joe heard from AID that they won't be hiring until 2011. He had hoped to start in November. Then Margaret's office was evacuated after an electrical fire and explosion yesterday morning. We think it was connected with a big storm in the morning. She has a day off today.

We got home Sunday evening after a straight-through drive from Dundee. Happy to report that all is well there. We went to Bill and Jen's for an evening on their pontoon boat and a glimpse of their new puppies (like Mac and Sandy).

The highlight for one of us was a visit to Wrigley Field and spectacular seats a few rows from the Cincinnati on deck circle. The Reds tries hard to give the game away on the 9th but pulled out a squeaker. Thank you Andrew!

We drove up to Pittsfield yesterday and stopped in to see Grandma. We had lunch and then pushed off for an easy drive in comparison with what we've been used to the last couple of weeks.

Lots of progress on the house but we'll save photos for later. This one is at Mi Rancho in Silver Spring for Annie's farewell. Love!