Goals for the Weekend and My Wedding/Future Plans

So, I’ve been back in the U.S. for 5 days now. I’ve spent most of my time working and catching up on project. Just now I finally got my email inbox down to zero, so I’m celebrating by writing a blog before getting something to eat and continuing with my work.

I finally finished up all the blogging work from the summer China trip, which you can check out on narom.net. Lots and lots of videos and photos. I also put up all my wushu footage from this trip (I didn’t take a ton this time around, and am holding off on putting up Xie Zhen Hao’s nanquan for the time being) on my wushuzilla youtube channel. Here is the playlist, in case you want to sit here and watch it:

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Here are my goals for this weekend:

*Finish up the Mandy Rockefeller website

*Finish designs for the Ali Carter website

*Finish pending work for the TVCC website

*Finish designs for the HKB website

*Finish updates for the Mona website

*Get my bike to James’ place so that everything is in one location

*Organize all my stuff so that it fits in to two suitcases for when I go to Idaho

*Finish writing up the wedding plans

*Work on my wushu training plan for the time I’m in the Bay Area

*Organize my finances

*Get on a normal sleeping (11-7), work (9-5) and training (7-9, 6-9) schedule for next week.

*Get all project tasks lists organized for next week

*Write a blog about how I travel (per Pierre and James’ requests)

Hmm .. that probably seems like a lot.  But I think it is do-able.  Jiayou Mark!

On a personal note, it seems that not everyone is aware that I’m getting married in September.  So, this is just to make it official: Yes, I’m getting married in September.  Her name is Ruhi.

Ruhi and I in Idaho Falls

My future plans are as follows (since no one seems to really check my facebook or alivenotdead status notes):

08/01 – 08/24: Bay Area (work, wushu)

08/24 – 09/10: Idaho (work, wedding (9/9), training)

09/10 – 09/12: Seattle (work)

09/13 – 09/21: Haiti (work, honeymoon-ish, service)

09/21 – 09/23: Los Angeles (visiting)

09/24 – ??/??: China (by way of either HKG, PVG or PEK, tbd)

We will be living in Xi’an for the next year or two (or ten).  We should be back in the U.S. in the spring. Ruhi has been living there for the past 8 years so we have a place already.  I will continue with my freelance work and training in wushu (hopefully at a good location).

Our wedding ceremony will be a small one with just family and a few close friends.  Next year we will do a “tour” of various locations and invite our friends and family to a reception dinner where they can meet us as a couple.  Cities on our list to visit are Seattle, San Francisco/Bay Area, Los Angeles, San Diego, Austin, Hong Kong and Beijing.  If you live in one of these cities, we will probably let you know early next year (either by blog post or email) when and where the dinner is and how to RSVP (or something like that).

We are doing it this way because, well, we don’t really want a big ceremony.  Plus it is on a Wednesday and in Idaho, so most people wouldn’t be able to attend anyway.  And the venue is not big enough for a lot of folks.  Not to worry, I’m sure we’ll be posting up our photos and videos online soon after.

And thats it.  I got stuff to do today so I will say adios.  Have a good weekend!

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