Hello all once again from the land of youngsters (boys) with perms and live turtles for sale in the supermarket. The sun is finally doing its job (besides the whole light thing, thanks for that Mr. sun) and you don't have to dress like Randy from Chistmas Story to go outside anymore. Everything is running as smoothly as it can. I bought a bike recently, which I am very excited about. I havent thought of a name for her yet but I figure she will earn one in due time. I thought about the money I was spending taking a taxi everywhere and realized that if I only take a taxi to and from work until I leave I will spend a little under 2000 yuan. So I bought a bike for 550. Its a brand new Giant (brand), it has a basket, a bell, and a rear rack. Not too bad for 83 USD. Its liberating riding that thing around, I love it! Oh yea I still get stared at but I don't care, all is well. I just need to be careful because the driving here is insane. Its every man for themselves. I wear my headphones (probably a bad idea) and sing out load where ever I go. Its a great feeling.
I got a new roomate, her name is Neve and she is from Ireland. She is really nice and easy to get along with. And she likes Cooper which is a good thing. Its fun to see Neve experience everything in Jinzhou for the first time because I can see what I must have looked like seeing all of these new things. She is dealing with everything very well.
Coop is doing great. He turned 4 since I've last written and is enjoying the warm weather just as much as I am. I found a little area where I can let him run off-leash, the thing is I have to act like a hockey goalie the whole time to make sure he doesn't go where he shouldn't. Its scary having him run around on his own. The Chinese throw alot of things on the ground and Cooper loves ground scores. Its hard to watch every move he makes. I look away one time and come back to find him gnawing on a fish head. He is still his happy self though, as usual. The other morning I woke up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, I turned the light on and there was Cooper, standing in the middle of the bathroom staring at me. That was just odd, it was 3 in the morning and he was just standing in the bathroom. What a weirdo.
My Chinese is improving and I am becomming more and more confident in myself. Im not afraid to go places anymore due to lack of communication skills. Its a good feeling really. The walls are comming down!
I had some odd dreams last night that really should be documented. One is pretty vague, I was secretely trying to steal a horse from one guys yard, and successfully relocate it to another guys yard 3 houses down. Ok that was one part of it.
The next dream I remember I am sitting in a crowd looking at a group of police officers (some of the people are famous people) and then being asked to join them. The said to me " We are just like Frank Sinatra but without the LSD". Cooper and I joined them in their group then a platform raised from the ground and lifted us all into the air. And thats it. I love dreaming.
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