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Hey y’all.
Didn’t want to entirely abandon my blog this week, but truthfully not too much has been going on with us. After a jam packed CNY vacation we did a few days of recovering before the reality that we’re leaving SUPER soon started to really kick in. Since then we’ve been trying to get our sh*t together and get ready to go!
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By the time this gets posted my contract with my school will be up. So, I figured now is a good time to share some of my thoughts and feelings about my working experience.
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Hey friends & fam! I think I’m finally ready to start writing about the present again after having spent months talking about all the fun stuff we did when my family visited. I’m glad we were able to get all of that written down as those were some of my favorite memories of my time in China. However, time is FLYING by and I have to use these next few weeks to write about all things Chengdu before we leave!
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Heeeeeeeeey neglected blog of mine! Apologies- last week I was way too preoccupied with being stressed about my demo lesson for the parents to update. To the point of panic, actually. It was a bit ridiculous. I definitely need to work on my stage fright/fear of being judged in the near future. It has gone beyond normal jitters and is bordering on disabling. I am just discovering all of my weaknesses here in China, aren’t I? Fun!
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Hey y’all. Gotta keep this one really short; this week has been absolute madness and I’m running low on time and energy. This week is an 8-day work week for me because of the days off for New Year’s. My work week isn’t that ridiculously difficult, but without the weekend to catch up on sleep and take a break from all the 3 year olds I get burnt out quickly.
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Awhile ago I put up information about where I stayed in Hong Kong and the visa process I went through, but I did not actually explain the details of or my thoughts on the trip. So, I will take a moment and do that now.
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Sorry for the Debbie Downer post last week, and thank you to everyone for cheering me up! This week was actually much better. I realized that I have no choice but to spend a fair amount of time by myself for the time being (even more so now that my boss is finally returning to take back over Elephant class), but there are better and worse ways to spend that time. Not exactly rocket science, but being mopey motivated me to step my Chinese learning game up. So this week has been a lot of working and studying and I’ve felt really good about it. I learned a lot of new words (最近我学习非常忙- Lee, you can let me know if that’s correct 
) and hung out outside and in coffee shops instead of in my apartment by myself. I still wish I had girlfriends to hang with but studying in the day and going out with friends at night isn’t a bad way to pass the days. And there is another holiday coming up in about a month, so Kevin and I are talking about coordinating our days off and trying to get away for 4 or 5 days, preferably to someplace tropical. Or at least a place with sunshine. This summer in Chengdu is going to be a very different summer than any other one I’ve had. I’ve never lived in a big city with a gray sky where you can’t really go out and play. We’re really hoping to get at least one little summer getaway onto the schedule!
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Hello! I think I mentioned last week that I was going to be picking up extra shifts AND working Saturday this week, so it has been pretty hectic. Luckily, I had Sunday, Monday and Tuesday off so I’ve been able to relax and get caught up the last couple of days. I have been able to chat with so many people I love which could not have come at a better time because I had been feeling a bit down and lonely lately. A side effect of Kevin and my opposing schedules is that when I’m home and ready to hang out he’s at work, leaving me with a lot of time by myself. Getting to skype with friends and family back home is amazing and always makes me feel so much more connected with the people I love.
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