Cynthia's Debut

Well, it did not take long for Cynthia to start impacting the community!  (Not that this will surprise anyone) She has been asked by the Service Center staff to emcee the New Moon Festival celebration on Saturday night.  The service center for Green Court manages all of the apartments in our complex which I guess must number near 500.  From day one, Cynthia set as a goal to make sure she was known by the service center staff so as to be able to get special favors when it comes to maintenance and other things that come up.  She quickly befriended Grace, Mandy and Agnes who work the desk.  When she first called the SC after arriving the response she got to her question "Do you remember me?" was "Ma'am there are so many people it is very hard to remember them all".  Well that was motivation enough for Cynthia to march down to the SC and meet face to face with the team and make a BIG impression in only the way that my wife can do.  She turned on all her "woo - power" and won them all over.  Yesterday, she got a call from Mandy who explained that they were having a community get together to celebrate the first day of the moon festival and that they would like Cynthia to be the emcee along with another Chinese host.  When Cynthia inquired "Why me?" Mandy replied, "Because you are a good talker, you have much talent in this area and you are friendly!"  Cynthia asked if she could have an hour to think about it to which Mandy replied, "No, you only get 30 minutes"  (the Chinese can be very efficient and direct when they want to be.)  Needless to say, Cynthia will be the Expat emcee for the kick off of the New Moon Festival!  (If they only knew what they have done.) It is Saturday morning and Cynthia just left for rehearsal.  I  leave for India today so I will miss the "performance" - which might be okay now that I think about it.  Landon has a sleep over birthday party to attend and Regan has found a good friend who he is spending lots of time with.  Mason went with a college friend to a get together last night and had a good time.  Oh, and our shipment came!  Woo hoo!!  Landon's comment this morning was, "I got to eat with silverware today!"  Oh to be thankful for the small things in life.  Have a great weekend and keep those cards and letters coming.  Until next time.