We are leaving in one hour to take Abi to the airport. The maglev train stops running at 10:00pm so we have to take the "slow" road to the airport. At dinner tonight we were reminiscing about our move to Shanghai and exactly 5 months ago at this time we arrived at our temporary house...The Ascott. We remembered how hard it was to find food that was familiar and how we struggled to order food when we found it. I guess we have come a long way in 5 months. Tonight we had dinner at home and Xiao Zhang made tacos. Our tacos were seasoned with the official "Taco Bell" seasoning (thank you Michelle Mehl!!!!) that Tim brought back in his suitcase. Abi made strange sounds all during dinner as she savored the taste of Taco Bell. I guess that is the best send off we could give her for her trip to Africa. Xiao Zhang also made rice crispy cookies for her to take on the plane.....how spoiled is that????

Tim started his Birthday at 6:00am with a conference call......yuk!! We fed him fresh baked, warm from the oven ,chocolate cake for breakfast and took him out lunch. He choose The City Diner which by it's name you can imagine is an American restaurant. Tim wanted a BLT sandwich and a diet coke with ice. He is an easy man to please!

Tim and Tucker will be crossing paths at the airport on Friday. Tim will be leaving and Tucker will be arriving. Tim's trip had a last minute change so we are hoping they are still leaving and arriving at the same airport.

Okay...we need to leave for the airport....Abi said there could be no "bubbling". I am not sure I can be held to this....I think I better take some tissues just in case...