Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Today was Randy's last day with his Shenzhen employer. I wish I could say that this day he was being relocated back to the US, and we could go back to living happily ever after in the land of pierogies and Black & Gold.
It doesn't. He has taken another job in Beijing, and we are planning to move sometime after Christmas. A lot can happen between now and then, but for the time being we are pretty sure that we are moving to Beijing. I guess my tentative tone should really read as denial. I really can't imagine living in Beijing, but I've only spent two-and-a-half touristy days there. I need to give it another chance.
We've been talking about this in our home for several months, believing that Randy would go to this Beijing-based company next year, after his current contract expired. However, conditions at Randy's Shenzhen employer have recently rapidly deteriorated, and he is now happily free from them. The Beijing-based company was more than willing to welcome Randy much sooner than they had been discussing.
Randy was home by lunch-time today, looking happier and more relaxed than he has in a very long time. He and Myles went to the grocery store together---without me. Then they made the most delicious ginger-carrot soup together--without me. I put on a John Hiatt CD and there was a lot of dancing around--with me. I think everyone, including the wiggly one inside me, could feel the pure relief.
I'm happy Randy is not with the old employer anymore. In the course of his career they have pursued him many, many times, and when he finally accepted an offer from them, they proved to us why neither of us ever wanted to work there before. Well, I did want to work there once, thirteen years ago, but I was desperate for a job in manufacturing in my area of experience. I fortunately ended up somewhere else in Kentucky at that time.
Friday afternoon Randy heads to Beijing to start officially his new job, and for those who know him, yes, it is STILL magnets. He'll be back-and-forth for the next few weeks, which won't be so bad because domestic airfare is so cheap here right now (like around US$50 each way). My OB is starting to step up the frequency of my visits, partly to monitor for any potential fetal distress (so far, nothing is indicated, except for history) but mostly to assure I'm in Hong Kong for delivery when the time comes. That way we can also get Randy scheduled to be back here if he isn't already.
I can't focus too much on the Beijing move, though, because I have much more immediate concerns. For instance, if you came into our apartment right now, you would have no idea that we were expecting a baby in the next, oh, two to six weeks. We've been so wrapped up in some of the uncertainty of Randy's Shenzhen job that we have put-off some of the necessary aquisitions until we were sure that he would be getting paid this month (did I mention that conditions deteriorated?). So we have to find this baby some thing to sleep in, something to bathe in, probably some clothes and diapers and the like. I probably should have some outfits and onesies laundered and ready. Yeah, I guess I need to get on this stuff.
It doesn't. He has taken another job in Beijing, and we are planning to move sometime after Christmas. A lot can happen between now and then, but for the time being we are pretty sure that we are moving to Beijing. I guess my tentative tone should really read as denial. I really can't imagine living in Beijing, but I've only spent two-and-a-half touristy days there. I need to give it another chance.
We've been talking about this in our home for several months, believing that Randy would go to this Beijing-based company next year, after his current contract expired. However, conditions at Randy's Shenzhen employer have recently rapidly deteriorated, and he is now happily free from them. The Beijing-based company was more than willing to welcome Randy much sooner than they had been discussing.
Randy was home by lunch-time today, looking happier and more relaxed than he has in a very long time. He and Myles went to the grocery store together---without me. Then they made the most delicious ginger-carrot soup together--without me. I put on a John Hiatt CD and there was a lot of dancing around--with me. I think everyone, including the wiggly one inside me, could feel the pure relief.
I'm happy Randy is not with the old employer anymore. In the course of his career they have pursued him many, many times, and when he finally accepted an offer from them, they proved to us why neither of us ever wanted to work there before. Well, I did want to work there once, thirteen years ago, but I was desperate for a job in manufacturing in my area of experience. I fortunately ended up somewhere else in Kentucky at that time.
Friday afternoon Randy heads to Beijing to start officially his new job, and for those who know him, yes, it is STILL magnets. He'll be back-and-forth for the next few weeks, which won't be so bad because domestic airfare is so cheap here right now (like around US$50 each way). My OB is starting to step up the frequency of my visits, partly to monitor for any potential fetal distress (so far, nothing is indicated, except for history) but mostly to assure I'm in Hong Kong for delivery when the time comes. That way we can also get Randy scheduled to be back here if he isn't already.
I can't focus too much on the Beijing move, though, because I have much more immediate concerns. For instance, if you came into our apartment right now, you would have no idea that we were expecting a baby in the next, oh, two to six weeks. We've been so wrapped up in some of the uncertainty of Randy's Shenzhen job that we have put-off some of the necessary aquisitions until we were sure that he would be getting paid this month (did I mention that conditions deteriorated?). So we have to find this baby some thing to sleep in, something to bathe in, probably some clothes and diapers and the like. I probably should have some outfits and onesies laundered and ready. Yeah, I guess I need to get on this stuff.
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