Loneliness

This is the blog where I gripe. Maybe grip is too harsh of a word. Right now, with still almost a month of summer to go I have a major case of the blues. Don't get me wrong - things are going really well. Just yesterday, Josh told Andy that we have a great house and that he loves China. The kids are picking up new Chinese words every day and just really enjoy things here. I think that a bit of the honeymoon stage has worn off for me and I really miss our friends from home. Now I am not frustrated with being here or wanting to go home. No, I just want a couple friends to move here as well. Any takers? :-) We have met some people that have great potential to be friends, but I don't know them yet. I went through this when we moved to Indy off and on for the first year. Someone asked how long we planned to be here. When I told them at least 4 years, they then told us we could be friends (they have lived here for many years). Life is transient when you live overseas and people come and go. Right now, many people are back home for the summer. I think that when school starts and we have more of a routine and when more people are back, things will be better. In fact, I hope to start school as well and take Chinese at the university, but we will see if it works out! But I have mixed feelings about school starting - I have really enjoyed all the time with our kids. I just long for friends! Okay, I think I am done complaining. . . . (Know that under all my complaints, I realize this is just a stage and am still so grateful for the opportunity we have to live here)