The arrival

Things are starting to take shape, but the growing pains are showing, ever so slightly.
On friday, I managed to make it to the airport and pick Lili up--her bags didn't make it with her, but they did arrive with her in Philly--which meant simply that the Americans lost her bag--no big shocker there.
We spent the better part of the last five days basically domesticating ourselves and seeing where things lead--and I am happy to report that things are going fairly well. I am broke as hell right now as I have just purchased a new automobile and the down payment and the insurance went through at the same time--but at least they are paid for and I can now move on to the next stages of collecting other bills and paying off the old ones-- a lot of work ahead.
Things are going to be slightly complicated as I have a lot of little projects that I need to get started on and try as much as I can to keep Lili occupied while she is here--but all of these things seem like they will all resolve themselves in time.

The China story is being worked on- and it will be moved to a new blog location in the next week--this is where notes of the book are going to be turned into the long form for you, my dedicated readers....
If there are any left after my long hiatus.
Anyway, thats about all for now. Pics will come soon, I promise.