July Update from Cincinnati

Hi,

Below is my update:

• My son (Franklin) has decided to go to CMU. Only 5 weeks left, I will soon become an empty nester. Franklin recently starts his summer job, he will be painting a wall outside a big / high building for the Cincinnati ArtWorks program, one of the Mural projects to beautify the city of Cincinnati.
• Work is very hectic due to competition among peers. I start to see few senior people left the Company quietly (they probably received packages due to bad economy, big companies are down-sizing). To deal with hectic work schedule and stress, I set a goal to balance work/life, so recently join Life Style center (a health center) locates inside my company/building. I see my trainer now twice a week, each time is a 30 min session. Unfortunately, I ate a piece of cake at the annual celebration right before the first 1:1 session with my trainer, so I felt awful - felt the food was coming back up to my throat. Now I am in my 3rd week, I gradually feel moderately Ok during and after the session.
• Our dog "Paws" is as annoying as usual, so I leave him to my husband and son to take care.
• During June / July, we went on two small scale vacation, Seattle and Chicago, we had a lot of fun (enjoyed walking down the streets of downtown). I highly recommend downtown of Chicago (Micigan Ave.), we found good tasty WoW Bao (hot Asian buns) and Jamba Juice (freshly squeezed juice).

I wish you all have a great summer.

God Bless.

Jie-Pay (Peggy) Yang