Top Ten things we’ll miss about Jacksonville

10.Chamblin Gold … I mean … Book Mine
9. Beaver St Farmer’s Market
8. First Wednesday Art Walks
7. Orchids
6. Book clubs and the Willowbranch Library
5. The beaches
4. Evening walks in Riverside/Avondale & Tuesday's @ the Cummer
3. The view of the St John's River from our apartment
2. Paddling with the Seminole Canoe and Kayak Club
1. Friends

The view from our apartment one morning last winter

The big migration

I have resigned from my consulting job at Winn-Dixie effective September 2.

We are moving back to Raleigh on August 27. I'll drive back to Jacksonville on the 28th to clean up the apartment and finish out the week at Winn-Dixie.

On September 3 we fly to Europe for our biannual European vacation. The rough itinerary: Krakow => Warsaw => Berlin => Weimar => Munich => Frankfurt => Copenhagen
When we come back from vacation, we’ll be busy getting our affairs in order so we will be prepared to leave for China.

Time difference

The time difference between China and Jacksonville is 12 hours for day light savings time. Each morning Sun-Ling jumps out of bed anxiously checking for crabs. This would be the end of a workday in China. On the other hand, our phone interviews happen at night between 8pm to 11pm, which means morning in China. I get home from work, eat, do the dishes, maybe go for a short walk, prepare a bit, and then wait for the phone call from China. The other evening Sun-Ling and I had interviews at the same time so one of us had to use the cell. So far, we have target American/International companies that have set up shop in China. Though we have generated some interest, landing a job is more difficult than we had expected.