Where to begin? The month of February was an interesting one indeed. I quickly had to face my least favorite part about being in China: saying good bye.
China can be evil sometimes by letting you meet all these amazing people. But then, many of those people don't stay in China very long and there seems to just be a constant flow of people coming and going. For awhile, I was determined to just not make many friends so there would be fewer farewells. But one friend I couldn't deny was Clara!! Major shout out to you girl and I miss you like crazy and wish you could come back to China! Soo yes, I had to say bye to Clara early in February, right before the new semester started. But before that, we had quite a few last minute China adventures including going to the Nanjing Zoo, going to Shanghai for her birthday, and seeing the Confucius temple in Nanjing.
Then school started and I swear I don't know how I'm so busy. There seems to be an extra collection of small tasks being added here and there. Some of them are fun, some a little more mundane, but all time consuming nonetheless.
Then you gotta throw in all the new China Horizons teachers in the Nanjing-Zhenjiang-Yangzhong area. Since early February, I've been getting to know a great group of people and forming new friendships that are just fantastic. Even if many of you are bed hogs, I still love you.
And I seriously can't believe that tomorrow is April. Like, what the heck man?! Spring is in full force in Nanjing with flowers blooming everywhere. I'm not sure what I'm enjoying more, the way they look or the way they smell. Regardless, I feel like I've stepped into a colorful and scented wonderland.
What else? UMMM IT SNOWED!! In February, this beach girl woke up and found snow falling outside her bedroom window. And then I walked to school...IN THE SNOW. It was so incredibly magical. I loved it. The wet feet make the whole thing slightly less desirable...but I'll take wet feet if it means making a snowman and walking during fresh snowfall and drinking hot cocoa and just not being able to wipe a goofy grin off your face for two days. Ya, I'll take it.
I spent a weekend in Shanghai which was fun. I stayed with an incredibly (I feel like I've been using that word a lot today...) tremendous family who made delicious food and made me feel like I was home again. It was nice to sleep in a real home and have home cooked meals and so many bagels. It was almost like going home for the weekend in college, minus bringing dirty laundry. (oh, and the CRAZY car chase we went on after a Chinese driver was not too kind to the father of the family while driving us home...that was for sure an adventure).
But overall, life is pretty stinkin' good. Each day gets a little bit warmer (for the most part) and each day brings me more smiles and laughter... and more importantly each day brings me one day closer to the beach and burritos in America!! oh, and my family and friends too ;)
Well, I'm mostly writing just to prove I'm still alive and have things worth writing about. This was slightly lazy and not thought out and as the title suggest, a jumbled mess.
Much love.
