Sorry for the lengthy pause between posts. It has been a very fast-paced start to the year which has kept us very busy.
Life in Tashkent proceeds as normal: crazy driving, almost daily visits to Bon!, our local coffee joint, and way too many dinners at the Italian restaurant across the street. The weather has finally taken a turn; it has begun to get cold with some rain, and snow may soon be on the way. We can't really complain since our weather up to now has been so nice. The hope is that winter will be kinder to us this year than last. Add snow to the driving here and the blood pressure slowly starts to creep into the danger zone.
Life at school has been very busy. Paul is finally done with soccer. He coached the JV girls this year and had a great time. He had the only undefeated team this year, and the girls won the local championship. He has the medal and the hoodie to prove it! Jeanette is still busy with her on-line Masters program. She spent more than her share of weekends writing papers, but is finally done with her last one for the course. Now she has a break until we return from winter break.
The big news on our front is that we will be moving to another school at the end of this year. The recruiting process begins very rearly for international schools; we began interviewing in October. After speaking with 4 schools, we accepted teaching positions at American International School Guangzhou. Yes, we are returning to China and are very happy about it. The school has a very good reputation and is doing some great things that will push us professionally. We have friends who were there for 10 years and loved it, and some co-workers here at TIS know people there, and they say it is great. In addition to being excited about the school, we are looking forward to the 1 1/2 hour haircuts, foot massages, and all that great food.
If you'd like to read more about our new school, you can check out their website http://www.aisgz.org/
That's it for now. Take care and keep in touch!
P and J
