random news

Sorry all, it's been a while since my last post.

Chinese New Year is around the corner.  That means that it is time to clean!  Today at the office, we unofficially cleaned.  One of our amazing students and Cantonese teachers (same person) came to the office to help us out.  He is a retired electrician, so he actually built some cords for us to use to reroute the electricity to more convenient places in the office.  That will be super helpful!  Serena, Matt, and I competed on how to get the cleanest desk, and I started freaking out because though I am a clean person, I am not always a tidy person...it was difficult making so much change in one day!  My bulletin board got rearranged so that I could add all of my Christmas and birthday cards to it.

We will decorate the office probably tomorrow for Chinese New Year.  It is half decorated already, but we have lanterns and other things that we need to put up!

I had a friend over tonight to jam.  She brought her guitar and I brought...my voice.  We sang and played guitar and had a good time doing so.  We had eaten Japanese food for dinner, which was superb.  The restaurant is about a block from my apartment.  I don't know why I don't eat there more often.  It's delicious.  But anyway, we also made apple crisp.  I love cooking...a lot!

I got caught up on America: I talked with a few friends from back home, and also was able to catch up on NCIS.  That is the one thing that I do not want to get rid of from America (besides my friends!).  I just love that show.  And these past 2 weeks were great!

Let's see...what else...I have been having trouble waking up lately.  I dont know why.  Every day I wake up a little later, which means that I cannot fall asleep at night...so here I am at 2:30am, still trying to get tired.  No fun.

I will be heading to the doctor soon.  I have not decided yet if I will go to Hong Kong or to a new doctor in Macau.  I have something on my leg that I thought was a bug bite, but it hasn't gone away...and it's been over 4 months.  I am ready for it to go away, so I think that I will be getting it cut out soon.  Please pray for that, that I am able to get it removed and/or healed quickly and painlessly.  It is actually quite painful, as it has been for a few months...so I am ready for it to go away.  Maybe I will go to Hong Kong so that I can see the skin specialist instead of going to an all-purpose clinic.

I think I have plans for Chinese New Year.  My friend is thinking of inviting some of us over to her house in China for CNY Eve.  I am a little nervous about getting there.  It's in the city adjacent to Macau (just in China), but the day before CNY will be crazy.  The boarder gate will be so crowded.  And then the next day I dont know if busses will be running, or even taxis, for me to get back to the boarder gate to get back to Macau...but we'll figure out the details later!

I boiled eggs today, and half of them cracked.  That's not really news, but it's definitely something that I just thought of and need to remember to put them away!!

I have recently found myself drinking hot water instead of tea or hot chocolate or apple cider...it's nice and warm.  I don't know why we don't do that in the USA.  But it's super common here.  Maybe we should start the fad in the USA.

Sometimes I forget that my life here is exciting, because the excitement has worn off and is now just...well...life.  It's hard to explain.  But if I fail to mention something exciting, I apologize.

Anyway...off to bed to try and sleep a little!!