I know I haven’t spent nearly enough time or effort here. I have only a few weeks and I am making my first real trip back to the US. Those of you may go….you went for Nicole’s wedding. Well, you are right but I don’t count that as a US trip as true trip home. My total time spent in the actual US was in a hotel room off of the O’Hare Airport for about 14 hours. There was no Taco Bell, no shopping and no Sonic. Okay, so I guess you can guess that I am missing crap American foods.
Bill, Derek and I fly out the second week of December and will not return to China until early January. I am so excited to spend some time with our family and friends.
I have noticed that I am in this rut though while I countdown the days to our holiday. I cannot get out of China fast enough. It is just a mental drain to go out and deal with the Chinese. The haggling, endless searching for items that were available last week and have disappeared this week. I am just wiped.
Today, a friend and I went to find coco powder, mozzarella cheese and some other various items. It took three stops at expat minded grocery stores and we still didn’t find everything. Fortunately the stuff we cannot find can be substituted, something that you do often. Julia Childs has nothing on us.
Time keeps on slipping slipping into the future…just not fast enough.
