Back in Beijing: a two part reunion.

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July 17, 2020

6 months
4 cities
3 hotels
2 houses
4 grandparents
5 COVID tests
1 charter flight
14 days quarantine
5 hour bus ride
Another 7 days observation, but....
We're Home.

— in Beijing, China.

July 29, 2020

It's Complicated.
One thing I didn't clarify in my "We're home after six months" post is that Dan wasn't there with us. Not at first.
We got home from locked-in-our-hotel-room-for-two-weeks quarantine and went immediately into home observation while he stayed in the hotel across the street for another week, just to ensure we hadn't caught COVID in transit or anything.
So last Friday, July 24th at 11:59 PM, after our sixth COVID test came back negative, he was allowed back into our home.
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Being out of quarantine, in a city that doesn't feel negligent for being open, that's more of a culture shock than when we first moved here. I am very aware of the privilege that brought us here in the first place, and the luck and corporate backing that allowed us to reunite.

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