Saturday, June 24, 2006
Monday, June 19, 2006
Sorry it has been so long!!:
Summer has finally hit--pummeled, rather--our fair city. Going outside between hours of 10am and 4 pm is not even a question. For a city that is supposed to be the paradise and leisure center of China, the weather could really use some improvement......amazingly cold in the winter and unbearably hot in the summer.....not that I am complaining....ok, actually I am complaining, I just don't get it.
This week is a terrible combination of good-byes, closings, and excitement. It is so strange to me that my first year of teaching is over. There was a point this autumn at which I really didn't plan on living through it. I'm not sure I've ever had to rely so much on other's since I was an infant. My friends and family at home for emotional support and encouragement, and my friends and family here for getting through the day--supermarket, busses, phone calls, doctors, vets etc. We've ("we" meaning you, my blogspot-reading audience and me) already had the discussion about how switching cultures/countries turns one into a child if not an infant....I can't seem to get the analogy out of my head though. All this to say, thank you to envenomed who has been so so so good to me this year. I can't wait to see you.........3 days!!!!....*gasp/sob/laugh/cheer/sleep/pull out my hair*.......I'm having trouble sticking to one emotion these days.....
Summer has finally hit--pummeled, rather--our fair city. Going outside between hours of 10am and 4 pm is not even a question. For a city that is supposed to be the paradise and leisure center of China, the weather could really use some improvement......amazingly cold in the winter and unbearably hot in the summer.....not that I am complaining....ok, actually I am complaining, I just don't get it.
This week is a terrible combination of good-byes, closings, and excitement. It is so strange to me that my first year of teaching is over. There was a point this autumn at which I really didn't plan on living through it. I'm not sure I've ever had to rely so much on other's since I was an infant. My friends and family at home for emotional support and encouragement, and my friends and family here for getting through the day--supermarket, busses, phone calls, doctors, vets etc. We've ("we" meaning you, my blogspot-reading audience and me) already had the discussion about how switching cultures/countries turns one into a child if not an infant....I can't seem to get the analogy out of my head though. All this to say, thank you to envenomed who has been so so so good to me this year. I can't wait to see you.........3 days!!!!....*gasp/sob/laugh/cheer/sleep/pull out my hair*.......I'm having trouble sticking to one emotion these days.....
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