The end is near...

Well folks, the China chapter of our adventures will soon be coming to an end. Yes, it's true, we're moving back to America! Our original plans were to be here for 2 years, but some changes in Harman opened up a new opportunity for Eric. He will be accepting a management position in the Sandy division of his company, which means we'll be coming back to Utah. We've enjoyed our time in China but I'm very excited to return to the land of dairy products and chocolate! Even now, I'm drooling while thinking about milkshakes and lasagna (hello cottage cheese). 

It's surprising news, we know. When we told our families, you could hear the crickets chirping over the phone, nobody knew what to say. Honestly though, we had all been physically and emotionally gearing up for 2 years in the land of rice and bad drivers. When rumors started flying in early spring about his boss relocating to Utah, Eric and I didn't really know what to think. We were open to the possibility of moving elsewhere in the world, but didn't want to get our hopes up about moving home to Salt Lake. Once things started solidifying, we were still very hesitant to tell people, even our families. It's very easy to start daydreaming about your future life in America: what your first meal will be, where you will live, what car you'll drive, the fun things you can do with friends and family. It's an intoxicating slippery slope of death and once you start down the path, it's near impossible to save yourself. We were so afraid that once we started talking about it, we wouldn't be able to focus on our responsibilities here. Neither of us could afford to get trunky (my new word for the month). 

But that was several months ago, and now we're getting ready to leave. I think we've now figured out the game plan. We're going to Europe on a fabulous Mediterranean cruise next week. The movers will pack up our house at the end of July and I'll fly home immediately after. Eric's going to stay a couple more weeks to hand over his responsibilities and fly home mid August. It's so weird to be counting down my time left here in days, not weeks. It's getting real now that my school semester finished up and we've started boxing up the house. 

Visit to India

I spent a week in India in May. This trip was mostly for business reasons but I fit in two days of site seeing to take advantage of being in the country. Harman has a few offices in India and I went to visit our research and development team at the beginning of the week. Our team in China and Utah work closely with this them, as they develop most of the software for our products. The last two days I spent in Delhi and Agra. In those cities I saw many great Mosques and Temples including the Taj Mahal.