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lacy:

right now, im laying in bed on a saturday after teaching an english prep course for the HLI test.... (students have to take it to graduate) our room is a mess :) clothes everywhere, papers and grades everywhere; its definitely the end of the semester! and it has gone by super fast, too fast i would say.... lately i have been thinking bout this past semester and how much has already gone on! and everything around me is beginning to be normal for me..... i dont think the chinese people look the same anymore; I am starting to see the differences in them. i dont even notice that people around me are speaking a different language. i dont notice their quirks anymore like i used to. i cant think of anything now, but im not grossed out or shocked. my english is almost as good as theirs, which i mean that my english is going down the drain. haha :) i dont mind wearing similar clothes week to week. its pretty much easier now to choose from clothes when you dont care and dont have much to choose from, its actually really nice :) all the noises and craziness doesnt bother me anymore; its not that it bothered me, but i was just more aware.... its amazing how a different culture becomes home quickly; at least for me. i dont think its possible to understand, unless youve experienced because theres so much involved..... thats why andy and i wish everyone from home could come here for a year to experience it; so then we wouldnt have to think so hard of how to explain! haha

anyways, we are gettin excited bout the end of this week! our last week of finals, we will finish our grades, turn em in, and head to hong kong for christmas! also, we are having our last truth corner for the semester on wed. we are going to tell them the christmas story from the book and possibly have them help us decorate our lil christmas tree since we havent done that yet.... we havent been the most motivated couple to get everythin decorated haha holidays are really different here because they are american holidays; and since friends and family arent around, it just doesnt really seem like christmas.... possibly because we arent planning with friends and family about what to do for christmas; and we havent had snow or anything close to it; its just been really really really DRY and COLD.... i have to admit that i sorta miss snow.... and thats alot for me to admit since i dispise it! but even tho snow is messy, cold, wet, and turns ugly; it makes things interesting.... you never know when youll have a snow day or when a ice storm is coming; your always watching for it :) here theres nothing.... and even if we did turn the tv on, we wouldnt be able to understand it haha we dont ever turn the tv on, which i have to admit that i kinda miss it too.... thats another thing i dispise, but i do miss just turning something on and watching whats going on in america.... pretty much im getting used to the way of life here :)

there was a christmas party tonight for all the foreign teachers; it was a white elephant gift which can either be funny or a break-out fight :) gotta love christmas! this time no fighting, but there were some good gifts that were passed around! andy stole this one gift that had oatmeal and mac 'n cheese cause i like oatmeal and he likes the cheese :) but someone stole it, so it was locked! the one i picked was a baby rattle and of course everyone was like "its a sign!" "are you tryin to tell us something?" i laughed and said "haha good one!" i think when your newly married, everyone thinks everything is a sign for babies lol it was fun hanging out with people; we also played "apples to apples" which is always a fun game cause im good at it lol i have competitive tendencies.... well that was pretty much the day! not too excitin or much to talk about.... im hopin i get my creative juices goin cause its just not happenin for me lately... till next time, we have 7 more days until we leave for break!