Happy Birthday, Buddha

So, yes, it has been a really long time since I last updated our blog. I apologize for that but I guess I was just feeling a little bit like I just had nothing really to say. In some ways that's true, in others, not so much.

Until the last couple of days, we have had a very busy 6 weeks. My aunt Beth, uncle Mike and cousin, Courtney, came to visit for 10 days over Easter. We had our first official visitors and had a very fun time together. I think that they left Hong Kong loving it as much as we do, or at least I know Courtney did. She was one of the most adventurous 16 year-olds I've ever gotten to hang out with. In true Wosick form, we ate and drank our way through most of Hong Kong, trying just about every type of cuisine that Hong Kong has to offer.

We had about a 10 day break to clean our house and get things organized again for my sister, Ashley, and cousin, Katie, to visit us. We hadn't had any visitors for 9 months and then got two sets right in a row, but it was very fun to have them. Unfortunately, Chris had to spend 4 days in Beijing for work but we had a bit of girl time so that was nice. The last day that that Ashley & Katie were here, we were supposed to head out for a junk trip. Unfortunately, Mother Nature had other plans and Typhoon Negouri landed ashore in China not far from us. Hong Kong had a signal 3 warning which is a bit like saying that there is a severe thunderstorm warning...maybe we'll get rain and maybe we won't. Well, the maybe yes won out that day and we had our wettest day since arriving in Hong Kong. Needless to say, we didn't make it out on a boat. Instead we spent the afternoon with friends having lunch and then progressing on to our friends' house where we proceeded to drink a case of wine. Yes, a case. Let's just say that Chris and I were happy that we weren't getting on a trans-continental flight the next morning.

Chris's boss from Milwaukee was also here for a week so that kept us (but mostly Chris) busy as well.

In the meantime, I have managed to get myself elected to be the next president of the American Women's Association (AWA). I am actually very excited about it because I'll be responsible for things that I haven't yet had the opportunity to do in any of my previous jobs. It's an unpaid position but it will occupy quite a bit of my time each week. So now I am trying to get up to speed for when I officially begin my position on July 1.

Along with the AWA thing, my friend and I are looking in to starting our own jewelry business so I have been very busy doing stuff for that as well. It's going pretty well and we seem to have a good amount of interest but we'll see how things progress over the next few months. I'm also very excited about this opportunity. I've always wanted to run my own business but never thought I would because I couldn't come up with an idea. So we'll see.

That pretty much brings us to today, Buddha's Birthday - a bank holiday in Hong Kong (obviously). Chris finally gets to actually not have to go to work when the rest of his office is closed (the last week public holidays he has had to go to work - including international labour day on May 1). We're relaxing this evening and just put in Juno so I'll be signing off. See some of you in 6 weeks when we're back in the U.S. for my friend, Heather's wedding and Chris's work trip.