Hey people :)

Free time is a luxury these days...I have been uploading photos to my Flickr site, but not writing anything here...I know, I know...I will try to be a better blogger, lol

This year, the teachers are a bunch of keeners that want to do everything, so most nights I've been running into Tongzhou & BJ for different events, etc. Also, the school has been sending me on field trips & to fancy dinners. I'm getting tired of this jet-set lifestyle, *grin*!

I have packages & postcards waiting to be sent, hope to have time today & tomorrow to get to the post office. Today I'm going shopping with Angela for some desperately needed winter clothes (brrrrr!) and tomorrow is a teacher fun day. We're going go-karting! I have to learn to say no...um, maybe?

Actually, I'm having a lot of fun just being here this time. Yes it's busy, but it's a really fun busy, lol! I think I took life too seriously last year. Since this is my last year in China, I'm going to live more in the moment instead of watching the moments pass me by. Sometimes I get down when I think of leaving this place for good, but I also wonder if I stayed here for longer would I love it just as much? Better to have a little magic window of living in China than many years of China day-in day-out?...

I think the China I experienced in 2003 is partly gone, the China of 2006 will soon be headed that way too. It will be like another new experience if I do return in the future. And this, for me, is the major difference between Canada & China. In Canada, I wake up to the same place as the day before, and it's like a security blanket. Makes you feel warm & safe. In China, I wake up to a roller coaster existence. It's really cool to be on and gives your heart a lift, but you can't stay on forever. Yet, you return again & again...