Its been just over a month and I'm well settled. The apartment has shaped up nicely and feels like home. I've got Vivian (my Chinese Sis) and Dodds (a friend from the States) staying with me for now. I don't know what Vivian will decide to do, she's still got some hard choises to make anout wether she should listen to her parents and get married (when she doesn't want to) or still try to go overseas. She may be taking a new journalist job which will allow her to save, but her parents have pretty much cut her out unless she toes the line. I'm trying to talk Dodds into working for Perfect English, but he doesn't sound too enthused, so I'm trying to keep it low key. He still doesn't know what he's doing yet either.
Changchun has turned cold, very quickly. We went from shorts and t's to frost within two days and its been a bit of a shock to my system. I've been on the net looking at Thailand sites, dreaming and planning for Feb. I swear that being able to jump over to Bankok cheap was one of the motivating factors for me to come back, if I can spend a few weeks in a tropical paradise every year I'll count myself very lucky.
Work is stressfull. Noting unusual, but even the usual can be a severe pain in the ass. We had a teacher bail on us after committing, and we'd made plans around her, so she messed us up pretty good. I remember very clearly now why I got out of Human Resources. I'm searching now, so if any of you few who will read this know of someone who would like to experience China learn a lot about teaching, please let me know.
October 1st is National day, so I've got a week off, and I am planning on doing as little as possible.
I've been missing my friends. Some of you I didn't get a chance to see while I was back in Canada, and some of you I didn't get to see enough of. Forgive me.
more later... and more of a narrative than a monologue next time
hugs
Tam