Hello! Well, tomorrow I am leaving for Beijing, China. I am super pumped. I am starting to come down with a cold, which really sucks. Hopefully, it won't get any worse and ruin my trip. I am not sure what to expect, which makes it very exciting. I am staying in a hostel with my two other friends. It was really expensive... 5 dollars a night. Can you believe that? We have nothing planned, really. We have a few destinatons that we want to see, but otherwise we will go where the wind takes us. It is going to be cold and possibly snowy. I am bringing my boots and warm clothes. Last night, we had our "first" real snow here. It maybe snowed an inch, but it was great. I made my friend Megan go for a midnight walk with me along the Han river. It was so pretty with all the snow. I felt like a little kid again. Ahhh.. I love the first snow! It officially feels like Christmas. The snow makes me think of home... but I am not envious of YOUR weather. I hear it is cold, snowy, and awful. (Chuckle, Chuckle.) Sorry. :)
I went to Missionaries of Charity today and had a wonderful time. I had lunch with them and hungout for a few hours before school. They made me introduce myself to the new volunteers. Along with that, they asked me to sing a song. Yes, a song- infront of everyone. I started laughing and turned red. I told them I was horrible at singing, but they insisted. I couldn't think of anything to sing, so I sang "Twinkle, Twinkle". My voice was shaking and my stage fright kicked in. I'm sure I looked ridiculous, but they seemed amused. I'm not sure if it was because of my fabulous singing or at my foolishness. Either way, it was a fun day and I hope I never have to sing infront of them again. haha.
Time to go teach. I will put up pics early next week. Merry Christmas. Tell Santa hello for me. I forgot to give him my new address, so I don't think he will be coming this year. So sad.
ps. Yesterday, I convinced my students that Americans can fly. haha. They believed me! Of course, I told them I was joking after a few minutes. Ahhhh.... I love being a teacher.
Ho Ho Ho. Merry Christmas. I hope you all were good this year. Celebrate each other and everything that you have! Don't stress about tomorrow, enjoy today! Blessing to you all.
k. I am really done.
xoxox
3 comments:
Meg,
We all wish you a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! When you get back, we will need to set up a time to web cam and chit chat about your adventure. It's been very busy with getting prepared for the big day. The girls are coming over tomorrow morning early to have breakfast and bake. The boys work until 2 or so and the twins are in daycare until noon. When we get them home we are going to decorate cookies. Can't wait to see their excitement when they get to open presents. Right now they come in and go get a present under the tree and say, "Peeeese gaga open?" They actually even were acceptable of santa, but did not sit on his lap. When we web cam-we will have them there so you can see them. Be safe on your trip and have a great time! We love you!!! Jeff and LaVonna
Meggers...Happy Happy Christmas! When you see Jackie Chan, tell him I say hello :) ha ha...Is he even Chinese? Anyhow...just wanted to say hello and that we all miss you and wish you the very safest of travels. Take advantage of this time. Once you have 8 or so kids, you will not have that much time to travel :) Love ya! Dana, Deon, Duke and Graham.
Have a great time at Christmas!! Yeah! Send me pictures of the boys and everyone! SO FUN! Ahhh! I want to squeeze their cheeks... butt cheeks, that is!! hahah Love you guys!Miss you!
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