When George was laid off from HP we were both shocked. We had always thought that he would retire having only ever worked at one company - Hewlett Packard. Moving to Portland was not something in our plans but it has been wonderful in so many ways.
One of the fun and rewarding parts has been making international friends. The first company George worked for was an Indian company. Every week we had lunch with one of the young Indian engineers. He is the age of our boys and I had to catch myself to not say things like "It is raining so drive carefully." "It's cold. Where is your coat?".
This year we have gotten to be friends with one of the Japanese men who works for XIP and his adorable family. They are moving back to Toyko next week. We had a fun night playing mini golf and going out to dinner.
One of the fun and rewarding parts has been making international friends. The first company George worked for was an Indian company. Every week we had lunch with one of the young Indian engineers. He is the age of our boys and I had to catch myself to not say things like "It is raining so drive carefully." "It's cold. Where is your coat?".
This year we have gotten to be friends with one of the Japanese men who works for XIP and his adorable family. They are moving back to Toyko next week. We had a fun night playing mini golf and going out to dinner.
The two children have spent the last four years in the US so they speak English with absolutely no accent. The chatterbox little girl told me that she doesn't like to speak Japanese. Boy is she in for a shock! They watched almost all the World Cup games so that was fun to discuss also, although we differ in our choices of favorite players!
I am sure we will visit them again in Tokyo!
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