On Tuesday the 25th, I flew to Shenzhen (just across from Hong Kong, in southern China). The flight was 3 hours & it was like landing in Florida! It was hot, sticky, with palm trees all over :)



After I arrived, I had a late lunch with Vincent Pang, the Director of Operations for SCCSC & ISSC (Mike’s school)…mmm, yummy veggies! He told me about a few restaurants & places to buy items if I needed them…he also took me to Mike’s new place and showed me how to use the appliances. Vincent is a very nice man (and he was fascinated that I'm a vegan).

I spent the rest of the day on my own (Mike wasn’t due to arrive until Wednesday p.m.), so I went out and bought Mike some housewarming gifts, like toilet paper, soap, noodles, a bowl, etc. Little things to make life easier :)

Wednesday I spent the day: sleeping in, fruit shopping & watching DVD’s…I was so nervous about seeing Mike! He & I have been chatting by webcam, but I haven’t been able to give him a hug in almost two months…

The principal of ISSC, Jill, went to the ferry terminal with me to meet Mike. We waited by the gate for a while…then I saw him down the long hallway, I was so anxious for him to get to me! :) I gave him a hug & wanted to hug him forever, but this is China…PDA’s aren’t a big thing here…so we headed back to the school.



So Mike & I spent the rest of Wednesday and most of Thursday just bumming around…squeezing as many hugs & kisses in as we could, since my flight was leaving for Beijing @ 8pm. It was hard to leave Mike…but he’ll be up to visit me for two weeks at Christmas, just 7 weeks away, lol. I’m really happy he’s here now…no more chatting with a 13 hour time difference! Nah, I'm just really happy that we got to be together (even if it was just a short visit)