I can't thank you enough
In the United States, many people are looking forward to a four day weekend. For my family here in China, we've got a five day one. Or a two day, depending on how you're defining weekend. We all have to work from Monday through Friday, but starting on Wednesday evening, the week is filled with fun and festivities.For Wednesday, we've been invited to a wedding banquet. One of Yau Neih's colleagues is getting married and is including all the lao wai on campus in her celebration. It'll be our first wedding banquet here in China, so we're all looking forward to it, even if I do have to wear a tie. (Another China first!) On Thursday, life in China is business as usual, but we American expatriates are making the effort to celebrate Thanksgiving Day. We received two invitations to join with our countrymen in a turkey feast--one from the group in town and another from folks on a farm south of here. The farmers asked first, so that's where we're headed. On Friday afternoon we fly out to Kunming to meet with the fellow teachers in our agency. We generally have a Autumn retreat and they're scheduling it for Thanksgiving weekend. Friday night will just be dinner out, which, of course, is a treat. Saturday will require some meetings, of course, but the evening promises another Thanksgiving feast. Whether it's turkey or not, I don't know. On Sunday we'll have some more schmoozing and eating before we take a sleeper bus back home. We probably won't have the traditional leftovers, but we will try to squeeze in some traditional shopping. (Got to pick up those Western essentials when we can.)
Come Monday, we'll undoubtedly be looking forward to a good nap. (unless they managed to smooth and straighten all the roads in the past six months) If I'm lucky, something blogworthy will have happened. If not, I may have to start doing reruns.
posted by John @ 12:20 AM
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