I’d like to think I don’t have OCD. I’m lying to myself. I do have a few –a very few–OCD tendencies. I want everything in my refrigerator lined up…by color and size. When I get gas, I want the total gallons and price to be a round number. Preferably exact to the dollar. I like… Read More
I have a few scrapbook pages of my last trip to China. And in it I have pictures of me eating and shopping, add to that massages and that’s pretty much all I do in China. We stay at a hotel right next to a five-story shopping center – more like an export center. Each… Read More
Something about coming home from vacation to piles of work, laundry and lists of things to do makes me need another vacation, like now. Haha. I woke up at 4:30 am, ravenous with nothing in the house (as expected from a 2 week excursion) but moldy bread and cereal. So I had some cereal. And… Read More
Today is my 36th birthday. Or was it yesterday? Either way, since I’m in a different time zone, I’ve decided that my birthday can span two days. I know some people celebrate their entire birth month, so I think taking two days isn’t too presumptuous. In either case, my birthday is one of my favorite… Read More
I’m not sure people know what to make of me here in China, the land of the people that are on average about a head shorter than I (or if it’s a male, about my height –a staggering 5’6” and a half feet tall of which 80% is mostly comprised of legs). Coupled with my… Read More
The Search for WiFi Things I realize I take for granted every day: Internet, text messaging, email. And now that it is elusive, I am learning to appreciate it much more. My first priority after checking into the hotel was to figure out and enter the WiFi password. To my dismay, the WiFi connected only… Read More
August 29, 2013, or is it August 30th? I don’t know anymore. I am just stuck in the abyss of far varying time zones and jet lag. After passing out at 9 pm, I find myself awake and alert, ready to a new day at 3 am – 5 hours to kill before the new… Read More
Since we’re on the topic of silence… For my birthday this year, my mom is taking me on a trip to China! Wahoo. I was all excited until she said that Facebook and YouTube were banned sites in Mainland China…which for someone who not only manages her own social media sites, but those of two… Read More