After a lovely summer at home with family and friends, we headed back to Beijing on August 3rd, which by the time we arrived here, it was August 4th here. Work for me started on August 6th, so basically we had ONE DAY to get things prepared to be back in the swing of things and for me to find an ayi for Lucas while I was in training for the first week. Luckily, I had a contact and secured an ayi the day BEFORE heading back to work. Of course, we were still on Washington time, which meant that we were waking up in the morning between 12:30am and 4am for the first 4 days or so, and going to bed around 3 or 4pm, as SOON as I got home. It was pretty rough going for a while.
Though we had an easier transition this year and didn't cry nearly as long after leaving Dad and Mom at the airport, it was still difficult to make the switch to being so far from family and friends. There was a certain "peace" with coming back to what is now our "home," despite the difficulty in it.
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