Nothing too exciting to report...

Hey everybody,

Nothing too exciting to report. I did wake up to fireworks being blasted from the roof across the street yesterday. Then, I noticed a couple of cars driving on the wrong side of the road, and I wasn't shocked by the sight of it. Maybe I am starting to settle a bit. I had the day off, but I woke up with a cold so I had a pretty quiet day off. I went out to search for a gym between rainstorms and thought I found one that was closed. I spent way too much time watching youtube videos of the Tony Awards!

Today, after being woken up to huge booms of thunder that I thought were signaling the end of the world ( but I noticed that everyone outside was not freaking out, and I calmed down) I went proudly back to the gym and walked in to show the person at the desk a few phrases in Chinese my friend Stephanie wrote out for me. I just got laughed at. I thought that maybe that I had not gotten far enough on the map that Claire drew for me. I kept on going until I ended up in a field someplace and I figured she probably would have mentioned walking through a disgusting field of trash. However, it was beautifully cool all day and evening. No air conditioner needed tonight!

I walked back a little defeated, but ran into our center director as I turned onto my street and I told him about my journey. He just laughed a little and turned my map around and pointed me in the right direction. I had just enough time to go home to take a shower and have lunch before work.

We only killed one cockroach today in the staff room today! I found out I got accepted into a Beginner Chinese class on Wednesdays at another EF Kids and Teens Center on our subway line. I'm pretty stocked! My classes today were a bit rough because I'm losing my voice. The children laughed at my at me. It was one of those days...