A gaggle of boxes?

Boxes and bags filled the trunk and back seat of my driver's car yesterday as the hot sun covered the seaside locale of Daheishi. The Grade 9 graduation was yesterday, and after clearing out the remaining stuff from my apartment, I said goodbye to some of my kids and the good friends I've made this year, and started humming the tune of Whitesnake's, "Here I Go Again" as the door closed and we hopped on the highway towards Kaifaqu.

The week's been filled with a bunch of different emotions. Leaving the kids is never fun, but I have the good fortune to be moving to the same high school that most of them will attend. And the same goes for my friends who have been teaching with me all year. I won't miss my apartment and although Daheishi was beautiful, I don't think I'll miss it that much. Maybe the quiet... I'll probably miss the peaceful, silent, seaside nights when the local army decided to not do any loud, live ammunition exercises over the hill. I'll miss the highway runs through cherry orchards and looking over the BoHai Sea as the sun sets over what would be Beijing across the water. But I'm in a new, nicer place near some friends, I'm on my way to the mountains, and in 12 days I'll be back home. Sooo... it's difficult to harbour any negative feelings with so much awesome coming up!

Okay... off for my daily caffeine dose. Hope the 3 of you that still stop by and read this are doing well, and hope to see all of you Canucks when I get back to the NW Hemisphere! Much love from the Far East...

T