A good day.

Today was the first of our days off. We didn't have to go into the school today. So we woke up and did a workout with Tony, and then I went for a nice little walk around our complex. It was so quiet and nice out. The weather is slowly starting to warm up and I'm loving it. It's still super cool, when I say warm up, I mean still cool temperatures but the sun is shining :)I found a beautiful spot with a pretty view to sit and read or just go when I need to have somewhere quiet. We talked about working on our lesson plans but never really did :)and then, we actually had plans to meet up with John, Sonia, Vickie and Christy for lunch. I was able to communicate with them some yesterday and the day before and they live only about an hour in a half from here so they came down for the day. We ended up missing the first bus to meet them in downtown Zhongshan so we had to wait half hour for the next bus and I had no way to communicate with John so they were out waiting longer than they or I had hoped. I felt so bad. Anyways, it was so good to see them and the girls. Little Vickie has grown up so much, and she is just a fireball.

She has so much energy... she is everywhere! And Christy is just adorable, she's a happy happy baby, always smiling. She's a little chunker and looks so much like her Daddy. They took us all to lunch at this really yummy restaurant. Again, it was spicy but I'm warming up to that area, sort of :) So we visited with them, the girls in my group got to know them a little better and then they took the bus back to our flat with us and spent some time there. Little Vickie was so sweet. She was such a snuggle bug, and she acted as if she'd seen me everyday for the last year when I really haven't seen her for over a year and she was just a baby when I saw her last. She was calling me Aunty in Chinese the entire afternoon and I finally got her to say Sarah :) Around 6:00 that evening when they left, I walked them down to the bus stop and waited there with them, said goodbye.I can't really explain, but I've never really had a relationship with my brother because he's always been gone.


He's the oldest and I'm one of the youngest so we haven't really been able to get to know each other like I have been able to with my other siblings. And Sonia is so sweet. She wants so badly to be apart of and involved in our family but it's so hard with the distance. I just felt very warm and comfortable leaving the bus station tonight, just knowing that I'll be here and I'll be able to spend more time with them and get to know little Vickie and Christy better, and establish relationships with them. It was a great day. Tonight we celebrated Jaimie's birthday. We had the cake Jenny made for us, and we sang happy birthday. It was a fun night.