Collective Man.

It's literally a race against time trying to post here haha. I can do a free trial of a VPN for ten minutes, and it's excessively slow. It's not as stressful as hopping booking it to make sure you're not late for a train, but it's getting there.

...but really.

Train stresses are not something I'll miss.

SO!

I went to Hainan over the National Holiday. And now I don't remember if I've already talked about it haha. Suffice it to say, it was the best week of my life. We beached it almost the whole time! And now these aren't sounding like original thoughts. I definitely talked about this. Or I emailed someone about it. Hmm. If you want to look at pictures, check Facebook!

The cool thing about it is that I could go on forever and go into every single joke, funny instance, miracle, EVERYTHING, and you still wouldn't understand how good this trip was for me. I feel like it summed up a lot of the things the Lord has been trying to teach me, then rounded it off with a nice announcement of the fact that I'm going on a mission.

But here I am, back in Pooptown, and I can honestly say I've missed it. Certain aspects, like the alienation, the administration, and the smell, I certainly haven't missed. But I love teaching with my whole heart. I have so much I want to do for the kids. And I know that I have at least 3,000 students and can't do much for them, but I can do a little. And that's more than nothing.

We did go to Nanjing this last weekend for conference, Collective Man, and dentist/doctor appointments, though. The branch president's wife took me to the hospital! Oh, just a dental check-up/panoramic x-ray/physical including x-rays and stuff? Oh, just $30.00 without insurance? Hi, China. But it was super great. My two little wisdom teeths on one side of my mouth don't even have a root and they're growing in straight. So, basically, I'm good to go.

But also, I'm tired. And I woke up early because I thought I had class early, but I don't until ten, so I'm going back to sleep. 

BYE.

We loved our thirteen hour sleeper train. What a fun time on the top bunk. That was too small for us.

Just, uh, going to the dentist?.. They looked in my mouth and told me I was real healthy. Then gave me an X-RAY!

Just me and my BFF Troy who has a mustache. We made french toast for our men. They loved us. We're good housewives.

Oh, a random Asian man passerby just touched my bum? But was it an accident?.. It happens more often than I'd like to admit.

One of my other BFFs, Marcus. He's from K-town! Holla! But really. The most sincere, altruistic, and sweetest person I've met. ALSO, he totally keeps up with my movie quoting, which is no small feat.

Shelby, me, Dan, and Jake. We love them, they love us. It's just a nice system we have. :)