Weeks that disappear

I can't believe it's Friday night already. I'm having a bit of a hard time trying to figure out where the days went and how I survived the week. At the same time, I'm wondering how I can still have a mountain of work that hasn't really been touched still sitting on my coffee table. Doesn't my Ayi grade my English papers for me as well? Guess not.

My adventure for Friday night is likely going to be non-existent. There's a chance I might venture into the big city to hang with CG and the FNS crew, as they're having a bit of a birthday bash for one of their teachers. But I'm spent. Last night, after going for sodas with my VP and some colleagues after work, I decided I didn't want to fuss and haggle with a cab driver (the LRT - the Qinggui - stops running at about 6:30pm from Jinshitan) so I bunked with the Seaths in nearby Manjiatan for the night. This, along with the busy schedule, 4 post-school meetings, changing offices and dealing with a particularly big number of embittered teenage boys, this whole "sitting" thing is feeling pretty good right now. Yup. A nice feeling on the heiney.

The week was also full of sunshine, running by the beach with my PE boys, and struggling to figure out how I'm gonna deal with our upcoming certification. We have to have a lot of ducks in a lot of rows and that's looming for Monday. And coffee. It was full of a lot of coffee.

In more interesting news, I'm hosting some Hockey Night in Canada games at my place on Sunday mornings now. I have a VPN which routes through an ISP in Canada, so I'm able to stream games from CBC's website right to my bigscreen in my China apartment! AMAZING! So far, though, the attendees have totalled exactly 2: me and my buddy Jade. Even with just the two of us, we've been making epic omlettes, getting stuffed full of OJ and coffee and having a riot watching games that few others in China get to see. This weekend, however, it looks like some of the Jinshitan inhabitants are trekking out to the big suburb of Kaifaqu to partake in the Vancouver-Chicago game which will start here at about 11am. Jade's gonna come by for part of the Toronto-Montreal game I think so we'll do a big breakky thing before all the Jinshi hosers make it here. Should be awesome. After that, though, it's gonna be work time. Too much to do and only a couple days to do it.

For now, mes amis, it's off I run to see if I have the gumption to dance the night away in Dalian or veg on my couch for the rest of the eve. The decision is TBA. So, from the land of lucky money, steamed pork dumplings, donkey carts and KTV, much love...

T