What's up with Elisabeth & George?: Penang -- Week 20 -- Not the Fort

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Penang -- Week 20 -- Not the Fort

SATURDAY, July 26th

We don't quite make it to Fort Cornwallis today. George has been wanting to check the place out, but it's closed by the time we get there. Still, there are things to see, and there is a play ground to play in. Photos...

This is such a Michael Jackson pose...

Camera battery died, switched to iPhone...

Here Regin is signing "more." He LOVES the slide.

Then we had dinner in this little dive that had so much personality and so many little odds and ends tucked away in every nook that it almost felt like a movie set that had been decorated with items to make it look like a dive. I wish those pictures had come out so you could see what I mean.

Unfortunately we probably won't be back because I had such a hard time eating there. But we sat next to one of the single most spectacular aquariums I have ever seen (complete with anemones and things).

Everything you see in there is alive -- no fake plastic plants and things. The non-fish creatures were amazing and make me want to get into aquariums. We hear they are really cheap here.

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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.