What's up with Elisabeth & George?: Penang -- Week 11 -- Little Penang Part 2

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Penang -- Week 11 -- Little Penang Part 2

SUNDAY (continued)
After we get back we head up to the pool on our roof.

Here's Regin, ready to go, but he still won't let go of his balloon, which is looking a bit sad now.

It's our first trip up. Finally! It's so great up there, but it's the end of the day, the sky looks a little stormy, and water is really cold, so we don't stay long.

Isn't the above shot nuts? I'm trying out a little HDR-like editing. This is all from the same photograph (no composite) but I darkened/intensified the sky and lightened the pool. I think it looks kind of surreal, huh? It would be a little more realistic if it wasn't so saturated. Click on it to enlarge. I think it looks way better at a larger size.

Regin with his "eye on the ball." Hubby looking particularly hot -- it's his moody, not-exactly-having-a-great-time-the-water's-kind-of-cold look.

Some rooftop views:

Above: Regin and I can look moody too. Below: But we can't keep that straight face for long.

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How we're doing right now.

April 6th, 2009
Oh man, moving back home has been quite a transition! For Regin especially. It has taken him three months to return to being fully, or almost fully, potty trained. But we're home and happy to be with friends and in an environment where things are easier.

But of course, not everything is easier. George's first day back to work he learned that the company was exiting the business and he and all the other people that work on that product (including all those people he trained in Penang) were told to look for other jobs.

His last day was March 31st. No time for that cozy little 'sabbatical' though; after he finished his last day of work, his family called and told us they are coming (from Florida) for a visit on the 10th! This would be no big deal (other than being terribly exciting) if we were fully moved back in, but of course, until now, we've had VERY little motivation to fully unpack! So now we're preparing the house at warp speed!

You know, I do miss Penang. Hard to say what I miss exactly, because I know it's more than our friends there, but I feel a certain pang. And all the time we were there, other than missing family, friends, easy living, and snow, I never once actually missed 'Colorado.'

When we got back to Colorado, I expected to have a new and complete love for the place. I do appreciate some things a lot more, especially visual things. I see beauty where I didn't before. But it hasn't been the feeling of home that I expected, and I still have some of the same issues with the place. But what I do love IMMENSELY and will always love IMMENSELY is the people we have here. And it's been absolutely amazing to see how Regin has picked right back up where he left off with his loved ones here. There's no doubt in my mind that he somehow remembers them.