Back to work!

Today marks Katherine's first day of teaching (which went very well) and my first day back to work for the Michigan Medical School. You might think we would have dreaded returning to work, but actually it is a great relief to have everything in motion now - it really helps us feel like we actually live in Hong Kong, instead of just being on some grand vacation. ;>

Katherine teaches every Monday morning (2 hours) and Thursday afternoon (1 hour). It might not seem like much, but she's cooked up quite an engrossing and comprehensive Sociolinguistics class, so she'll stay plenty busy preparing for each class, grading student work, meeting with students outside of class, getting involved with School of English committees and functions, etc. When she's not doing thing, we'll continue to get settled here (which involves us moving to a permanent place in 3-5 months, getting new furniture, etc).

My work days are the same as the were before, just on Hong Kong time. 8AM to 5PM HK time currently equates to 7PM to 4AM Eastern time. I'll also work 9PM to 11PM Hong Kong time on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday so that I can get two hours of overlap (8AM-10AM) on each of those days with my colleagues.

A sense of normalcy is starting to form... ;>