It's amazing to think that around 8 weeks ago school was being let out for the summer, and our friends were heading off on their summer adventures. We hung around for 2 weeks before heading off and watched Jinqiao empty. We said have fun, stay safe and good bye to our friends, and that we would see them again soon, or sometime somewhere if moving on was in their summer plans.
We came home again last Friday, glad to be back in our own beds and finally unpack those suitcases. Our trip was amazing, Hanoi, HoiAn, Ho Chi Minh City and Hong Kong in 30 days.
Jinqiao is filling up again, and we are seeing our friends and acquaintances arrive back, the first trip to the supermarket, the first visit back to the playground, the first lunch at the local hang out, each of these resulting in running into a friend of somebody - Didi, 3 years old, sees his friends and runs around in circles with them, Jie Jie, 5 years old, sees her friends and just gets on with business as if she saw them yesterday, Mike sees his colleagues and grunts that the holidays went too fast and I see other mums and remark on how the kids have grown, or how tanned everyone is.
Now we have one week before school starts, what to do in that time? Text messages are fast and furious usually starting with 'Are you back yet? How was your summer?' before launching into requests for playdates or coffee. Speaking of playdates... we're off!
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