Back on track!

Okay, after a few days of super soul pumping, positive thought, and a good night sleep, I'm ready to take on China and tell you all about it once again :).

Here are my most recent horoscopes. I found it pretty funny when mom sent them to me after I had my day.

Received on Wednesday:
You wake up feeling better about yourself today. Your positive attitude might come from just getting a good night of sleep, but whatever the reason, you have a feeling that something special is going to happen to you now. The longer you can hold on to your dream, the better your chances are for realizing it.
This one wasn't nearly as funny as the second one, but it pretty much how I started and ended my day. Lost it for a little bit in there, but I got it back

For Wednesday (saw Wed. night):
It's hard for you to remain upbeat today because everyone at work seems to be placing pressure on you to do things you would rather avoid. Unfortunately, you might have to grit your teeth and just do what's expected, for anything else could be seen as you ignoring your responsibilities. Don't forget that there are others who are available to assist you, but you must take the initiative and ask for what you need.

Wow! To a "T" when it came to figuring out wall width and window sizes. I sent off a couple of emails to a local contractor as well as Uncle Lee and my Cousin Tim. I really didn't want to do this assignment. Just had to grit the teeth, lol. After I told mom my day and she read this, she cracked up. Got a really good laugh out of it!

Today is Thursday morning and I'm sitting here eating tofu (love it!) and rice with veggies, listening to Mozart and enjoying the release from Yoga. So far, not a bad day. To tell you the truth, I haven't had a bad day yet. Just those that I am more tired from, and subsequently, more homesick. I haven't had any issues with my egg allergy all week, which is very exciting, and I continue to get new people in class on a regular basis. I must be doing something right!

The past two days at work have consisted of preparing lessons and researching wall width. Yes, home exterior walls. I can build walls of any kind: brick, stucco, vinyl, aluminum, wood, you name it, I'll build it! LG wants to build a mock-up with a few "standard" window sizes... as we all know, those don't exist, so it is my job to decide which window sizes and wall variances to go with. They want detail and I'll give it to them! I don't think I've spent so many hours of my life online before, lol! But, I told them I would have the summary done by Friday so it will be out of my hands soon.

As for class this week, we discussed what everyone did over the National Holiday and then I told them about the 4th of July-which most closely resembles their National Holiday-and a few other major holidays, both religious and secular. They seemed to enjoy it. For the second class this week I decided to give them something fun so I told them about popular movie genres and a few movies in those genres. For my advanced class tonight they will also have to tell me in detail which movie they like, in what genre and then tell me about the movie. To top off class, we watch the first part of Transformers for a bit of English work and American culture. They really liked that!

I also sent off a question to the American Embassy in Beijing about my travel arrangements and Visa expiration the day before I leave. It's either I change my ticket or possibly be subjected to fines and flight delay. I think I'm going to look into changing my ticket! No Visa altercations are being allowed at this time, which sucks for a number of reasons.
One, because I need to change my ticket, and two, because I'd like to go to Hong Kong to a beauty convention for the family business. Stuff is moving with that and I can't help much at all! Oh well, all in due time.

This was just a quick update to let you know I'm doing better. As I always say, I will get you updated on my bigger adventures...as if being in China weren't big enough!

Hope all is well!