It has been quiet here the past week as the May holiday came and went with nary a whisper. OJ was off to Thailand for some well-deserved R&R, and I took the time alone here to play a bit of soccer, play at-home doctor, and cook my very first steak (in China).
Also, they got Osama. woot.
Playing 2 hours of soccer with a piece of glass in your toe is not so high on the fun-scale, spending the entire following day trying to extract said piece of glass is even less fun, but the end result is a renewed ability to walk and continue playing sports. I'll just leave it at that. On a non-gross note, our new-look team is beginning to gel, and we are no longer having standoffish confrontations with our Chinese opponents. We've built up some solid street-cred and have even been asked to take photos with our opponents after games, and frequently get invited to play again. This is worlds better than before when I was playing angry parent, grabbing people by the arm and making them put down the bricks and rocks they gathered to pummel us with. Fisticuffs is ugly in general, but especially so out here, where our size leads them to think we have an unfair advantage, resulting in them seeking to gain the upper hand either with numbers and/or weapons. Yaay.
China is getting hot, work will ramp up again this week, and we begin our third and hopefully final summer out here full-time. Everything is going so much better than before, but as always, the ability to rest easy seems a bit further up ahead.
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