Yes, today is my birthday and I am now officially younger than my grown daughters. We celebrated the day with a trip to the park, a ramen noodle lunch, and a lovely cake delivered by the hotel. It was quite tasty though a little unusual. It was beautifully decorated with melon balls, little red tomatoes, and parsley. The cake was very light with chunks of pinneapple and orange baked in and the icing was whipped cream. After a short nap for Teegan, we climbed on a bus for a 30 minute, stomach lurching bus ride to the American Consulate. It was total chaos as 43 families strained to hear their child's Chinese name called above the din of crying babies. After all parents had been called forward to sign official papers, we listened to a short speech and repeated our oaths. I had a moment of horror during the speech when they gave special recognition to September birthdays, complete with name and age. I was poised to cause a distraction if my name was announced but fortunately they only announced children's birthdays. Whew! I really dislike having my age or weight announced publically. That's one of the many reasons I could never play football. We took another heart stopping, stomach lurching bus trip back and had dinner at the Thai restaurant, again.
Tomorrow night we head to Hong Kong, where, if we are lucky, we will get a couple of hours sleep. At the least, we will get a really expensive shower before climbing aboard our plane to Detroit. We are ready to come home. Teegan has no idea what is in store for him. I'm sure he will be lots of fun on the trip home, sigh.
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