completely unblogworthy

Here I am, in Shenzhen, China - a mostly unexplored city packed with interesting pieces of Chinese culture; just an hour from Macau, Hong Kong, and Guangzhou; and only a short flight away from a half-dozen Southeast Asian countries. And what did I do this weekend? Well, I finished a few loads of laundry. I corrected papers and wrote lesson plans. I booked flights for New Years and my month-long vacation after the semester. I ran to Wal-Mart to pick up some tape and body lotion. I made coffee, watched movies, and read.

Spending 48 hours without doing anything worth mentioning makes me realize: This is my actual life, and not a crazy extended vacation. But in a way, this is one of the coolest parts; I'll be able to travel for the rest of my life (knock on wood) but actually living in another country is a different story. (Plus when I think about it like that, it seems like less of a pain to sidestep the dirty puddles from my broken washing machine as I hang my clothes on my balcony.)

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On a more exciting note, these are a couple sweet pictures from ThaiIand that I finally took from Andy's camera.