Random Thoughts
Junie continues to feel a bit punk from having all those shots yesterday. With her fever and needing some extra sleep, we opted to stay here at the hotel for most of the day...we went with the thinking - we've already seen the biggest Buddhist temple in China, why head out to another one when we can stay in the a/c. We'll be joining another family for dinner tonight, at Lucy's, I think.
We did make an outing this morning...across the street is a "Disney Kids" store. Thought it would be fun to let Junie choose something to cheer her up. It turned out to be a bit of a junky clothes store with what appeared to be Disney cast-offs. There were a few random toys - we got some Kelly Barbies...oddly the store was playing not-very-kid-friendly American music....something along the lines of "If you think I'm sexy...", but for the life of us we can't remember exactly what song it was. That was followed up by "The tide is high..." From there we walked over to the "Friendship Store" which is a collection of every high-end designer store there is...Dior, Bulgari, Swarovski, La Perle...needless to say, we didn't buy anything there as prices were at least as high as in the US, and sometimes higher. We checked out the grocery store there and were delighted to find pretzel goldfish and M and M's...sadly both were "best by" sometime in 2009. Recklessly, we ate and enjoyed them anyway. After a lunch of Starbucks - they got it right today, awesome - expired goldfish, and some Ramen for Junie, we napped.
On television today - synchronized monkey swimming. I kid you not, people. We can't watch "Depsereaux" again....and the Chinese game shows only entertain for so long...and that was the best the tv had to offer. Oddly mesmerizing. Junie continues to love watching "Ni Hao, Kai Lan", probably in the hopes that I will learn more Chinese words! She is getting really interested in seeing the cat when we call home - she yells out to Penny and then we have to laugh about the cat running away.
Diet Coke - why don't the Chinese enjoy it??? Haven't found it really anywhere...once had the poor substitute Coke Light, which sucks...but it is never cold enough. Learn to enjoy the refreshing, cold taste, people.
Smoking, we all know I hate it. It is everywhere! Restaurants, hotel lobbies, elevators, the gym (as Sarah experienced - people working out in the 100+ heat, smoking, and listening to Christmas music.) Now that I think about it, I haven't seen any women smoking - I'll have to keep an eye out for a better analysis.
Tomorrow we go back to have the TB test read - the guide will need to explain that it is just a quick check and not more shots, b/c I can' take the tears again! Not sure what else the day will hold, but hoping for a good night of sleep to prep for whatever the day brings. Junie should be feeling better then!
Junie continues to feel a bit punk from having all those shots yesterday. With her fever and needing some extra sleep, we opted to stay here at the hotel for most of the day...we went with the thinking - we've already seen the biggest Buddhist temple in China, why head out to another one when we can stay in the a/c. We'll be joining another family for dinner tonight, at Lucy's, I think.
We did make an outing this morning...across the street is a "Disney Kids" store. Thought it would be fun to let Junie choose something to cheer her up. It turned out to be a bit of a junky clothes store with what appeared to be Disney cast-offs. There were a few random toys - we got some Kelly Barbies...oddly the store was playing not-very-kid-friendly American music....something along the lines of "If you think I'm sexy...", but for the life of us we can't remember exactly what song it was. That was followed up by "The tide is high..." From there we walked over to the "Friendship Store" which is a collection of every high-end designer store there is...Dior, Bulgari, Swarovski, La Perle...needless to say, we didn't buy anything there as prices were at least as high as in the US, and sometimes higher. We checked out the grocery store there and were delighted to find pretzel goldfish and M and M's...sadly both were "best by" sometime in 2009. Recklessly, we ate and enjoyed them anyway. After a lunch of Starbucks - they got it right today, awesome - expired goldfish, and some Ramen for Junie, we napped.
On television today - synchronized monkey swimming. I kid you not, people. We can't watch "Depsereaux" again....and the Chinese game shows only entertain for so long...and that was the best the tv had to offer. Oddly mesmerizing. Junie continues to love watching "Ni Hao, Kai Lan", probably in the hopes that I will learn more Chinese words! She is getting really interested in seeing the cat when we call home - she yells out to Penny and then we have to laugh about the cat running away.
Diet Coke - why don't the Chinese enjoy it??? Haven't found it really anywhere...once had the poor substitute Coke Light, which sucks...but it is never cold enough. Learn to enjoy the refreshing, cold taste, people.
Smoking, we all know I hate it. It is everywhere! Restaurants, hotel lobbies, elevators, the gym (as Sarah experienced - people working out in the 100+ heat, smoking, and listening to Christmas music.) Now that I think about it, I haven't seen any women smoking - I'll have to keep an eye out for a better analysis.
Tomorrow we go back to have the TB test read - the guide will need to explain that it is just a quick check and not more shots, b/c I can' take the tears again! Not sure what else the day will hold, but hoping for a good night of sleep to prep for whatever the day brings. Junie should be feeling better then!
I hope Junie feels better soon. I have enjoyed following your blog. We adopted our son from Hengyang in 11/09. - Andrea
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