Leahs Cafe

When I announced to the parents of students that the center would be closed for a month, everyone assumed I would be flying over to meet hubby in IL for Christmas.:- )Unfortunately, we would be spending our Christmas apart again this year.

The original plan was for him to fly back here so that we can celebrate Christmas together. Though a bit disappointed that he would not be coming back here as planned, the brighter side of thing is that he is working a lot of hours at a better paying job. I am looking forward to visit him next spring when the weather gets warmer!

My sister’s boyfriend works in the UK and they have been in this long distance relationship for more than two years. My mother is nagging her to death about the current arrangement. She wants them to get married and my sister to apply for a transfer to work at her company’s headquarter in London.

My sister is very career minded. She has no plan to settle now in the near future yet. She thinks she is still too young to settle down and she wants to give her career more attention right now. Well, she is not exactly young, she is going to be 30 next year. My advice for her was: if she thinks she has met the person that she wants to marry, it’s better for her to start thinking seriously about the relocation.

At the end of the day, whether they decide to start looking for houses to buy or looking for properties to rent would depend on where they work and what are their long term plans i.e. to stay in the UK permanently or to move home after a few years. If both of them are going to work in London and they do not plan to live there for good, I guess they would just look for flats to rent as temporary shelter until they decide where to settle down.

My cousin Veronica recently got married and had a grand wedding reception with 500 guests. It was a big event, I thought my cousin must have hired a wedding planner to do the job as her father could certainly afford it. When I found out she single-handedly organizing the whole event by herself, I wanted to take my hat off and give her a salute, man. (never mind that I was not wearing a hat) :-)

The most amazing thing was, there was no hiccup at all throughout the wedding. From the guest sitting arrangement to all the unique wedding favors she has prepared, everything just flow so smoothly. I told Veronica that if I ever get married again (opps..), she will be my wedding planner.:-)