长周末，我却很累。

长周末，我却很累。

打中文太慢，原谅我用英文，有拼写和语法错误请原谅，实在没心思细想，只想把自己最近的感想快点写下来，因为身边发生太多的事。

1. One of my best friends came to the U.S. in August 1989. He worked in one of the major drug company for almost 14 years. He has a wife who is a patent attorney and a 6 years old daughter. Recently his wife decided to go back to Beijing to live and work. He had to quit his job, sell their house and almost everything they built up here. He will join her next month in China. His future job in China is not certain yet.

This made me a little bit sad. He came here one month before I came. Almost 20 years here. He now has to start all over again. It is hard to say it will be good or bad. But he is almost 50. If they for some reason want to come back to the U.S. later, it will be very hard for him to find a good job as he had before. But I 100% support him to go with his wife. This is the only way to keep his family stand. I have seen too many tragic stories about couples are separated in the beginning and then end up divorcing.

2. My parents who are in their late 70s have come to visit their children here. They gave up their green card but luckily still got B2 visa this time. I treasure the time spent with them. But I just feel so tired. They are not easy to be pleased. I need to try very hard not to loss my patient. I finally realized that the nanny we hired in Shanghai for them deserved the salary we paid. My parents, of course, felt we paid her too high. It is definitely not an easy job to do. I, as their daughter, even feel it is too difficult to take care of them. No mention if someone is from outside.

3. My husband left for his vacation at his hometown. While I am busy taking care of my parents alone, he called me yesterday and told me that his 94 years old grand ma passed away. I felt so bad that I was not able to be there with him. He is very close to his grand ma. Everything has just happened at the same time and I cannot split myself to be everywhere who needs me. Too bad, so sad.

4. My another close friend was laid off in March. She still has not found a new job yet. Her situation is just like a single mom even though she is not divorced. But she was the only income source of the family. What made me upset is the first thing after she was laid off she wanted to do was to sue the company for unfair treatment. She called me for consultation since I am an attorney. I told her to forget about it. Then she said she would not try to find a job before she could claim unemployment benefits. Poor thing! What can I say?

Just some thought.

Have a nice long weekend. Let's enjoy what we have had and enjoy life when we can.