To Travel or not to Travel

            Well I am getting closer to break. Tis coming week I work through Saturday to make up to part of New Years break (we get 4 days off) and then I work my first 8 straight days. We make up for to other two days off and it makes no sense to send the kids home Saturday just to bring them back Monday so I will teach my first Sunday :(
But after my long week I know that I only have one more week of teaching and then Chinese New Year/ Spring Festival begins!! Originally I had all these plans for traveling all over China not I have non whatsoever. Hollie is traveling for 4 straight weeks and I think Amber and Lulu are couchsurfing in Tailand. I wanted to meet up with Hollie in Beijing but that is going to be really tricky so so far my 5 weeks off include me cleaning my apartment (which it really needs it) and exploring Wuhan. It moments like this I am actually grateful that I am an only child and used to being by myself.  I do however look forward to sleeping in plus this takes up almost a whole month of winter. Those of you back home know that I am not a fan of the cold...one of the reasons I rather to to Beijing in the summer instead of the cold even though they do have heat. At this point I don't really have plans to leave Hanyang, which makes me sound really boring. Maybe this year can just be low key and next year I can go somewhere...maybe. I kinda take it one day at a time here, I find if I make plans too far ahead China changes them anyway.

In other news I am very grateful for my wireless keyboard and my iPad, it has come in handy with my lack of a computer right now. For those of you who have not heard my power adapter died...the 3rd one for this computer. You would think as brilliant as Apple is they could make a cord that would not be so delicate. So Amy and the tech teacher here at WEFLS are helping me get a new one off of Taobao (Chinese eBay)  so far its going to cost between 288-390 yuan which is not bad its between $40-$60 if I get one straight from Apple it's gonna end up costing quite a bit more after I pay duty fees. Next summer when I buy my new Apple I am getting a back up cord to bring with me to avoid this next year. Again so glad for my iPad and a few apps called keynote and pages.  After I come back from break I have 4 months to go... I can't believe how fast time has gone. I still can't believe I am in China at times, like at lunch time I am eating Chinese (the real McCoy) in China...it really is mind boggling. Well this is all I have for now it's a pretty short update but the next one might be really long depending on internet availability and if I can get my >pn to work (its a sideways v). In the meantime Merry Christmas!