Slacker

I realize I've been a terrible blogger lately. The semester got away from me, and before I knew it a month had passed since my last (lame) post. Let me give you brief update on things since October.

*Went to Beijing for about a week. Had a company-wide conference there, and then spent some time sight-seeing. One of my professors from Cedarville was at our conference, which was super-cool! Plus, there was a Children's Lit track, which made the whole thing awesome. Finally saw the Summer Palace, Tiananmen Square at night, and generally bummed around.

*My class went from 18 to 17. We discovered one student had accidentally been put in 1st instead of Kindergarten. Whoops. She's with her peers now, doing well.

*My online course for my master's degree is busy. It's Research in Children's Literature. Blech. It's been fairly interesting, but not so much that I'm really excited to do the work. 2 more weeks and then it's over, and I'm hitting the pause button my degree. I'll have a Certificate in Children's Literature, so I at least have something to show for my work!!

*We got a new kitten. Captain Chino Briyaqn Von Bootsensteve. He's cute when he purrs (which is often), but he's got some super-annoying tendencies. i.e. digging in the trash and carrying it all over the house.

*Ran my first organized run/race this morning--Chengdu's first annual Turkey Trot. It was almost 5k (measuring was a teeny bit off), and I did it in about 30 minutes. I was proud of myself.

*I'm healthy for my 2nd Thanksgiving in a row!! My first three here in China I was sick. I was beginning to think I'm allergic to Thanksgiving. Ate too much, watched some football highlights, and enjoyed time with my huge Chengdu family.

*Arcades have their own universal language. I LOVE ARCADING. It's super-fun, and today I went to one for the first time in China. I rock at racing games, I'm pretty good at shooting games, and with time I could kick some butt on the percussion master game. AND, there's a Karaoke Booth. Awe.some.

See why I haven't blogged much? There's so much to say, I get overwhelmed.

But to my "dedicated" readers, I do often think of what I could write about in my blog...it just usually comes to me as I'm brushing my teeth and don't have time to blog that second. I'll try to do better.

Happy Thanksgiving! In Chinese, it's 感恩节快乐 and you pronounce it kinda like this: "gahn un jeeyeh kwai luh" Now you can show off at your Thanksgiving parties.