After a wonderful, relaxing summer in South Carolina, we are back at work here in China. Bob came back the first of July and I returned with the kids and 15 suitcases and 9 carry-ons the end of July. We brought back 6 suitcases of food...the extent we will go to for the foods we like!!!
That was a very big praise though- that we made it safely, in good humor, with all our baggage....good day!
School is starting up so right now all of my energy is going toward getting my classroom set up. We will only have 6 students to start the year, but it will still be a lot of fun. Great opportunity for me to really mentor Julia in her teaching and help her build her confidence up before she flys out to get a teaching job. She wants to teach in a "like minded" Chinese school....yes, there is such a thing...
We had a lot of the staff over for dinner 24 hours after arriving. Yes, I am crazy. But it was fun- casual dinner and Apples to Apples for hours and hours. Lots of new staff with the same lost look in their eyes that we had last year- the first few weeks are completely overwhelming.
Bob has been continuing with the English corners and building relationships with other school families while we we re still stateside. I look forward this week to going to English corner and planning weekend activities with our Chinese friends.
One limiting factor has been the heat. This Friday the high t emp is expected to be 105 with a heat index of 136 !!!!!! Kinda hard to do anything in these conditions. If I remember correctly, it should cool down a bit by the end of August....highs in the low 90s....yes, that is a cool front.
So, I will try to update more often. Please remember us often as this is the year we want to give all we have and come home completely exhausted for HIM in June....not a single wasted opportunity.....
