Through April 24th, featuring two April 22nds in 2014

A lot of these will be spotty. I was stressing out and not sleeping due to the big move. I've also forgotten a lot. And I'm tired. And I love making excuses when I fail to meet my goals in a timely manner. And self referential humor only works through so many turtles.

April 14th we had a Pathfinder session. It was fun. I'm sure I also taught Jerry at some point, which was probably also fun.

Tuesday the 15th I had my last class with Bobby, which was sad. We took pictures. On the plus side, it was my last class with Sunny. While I couldn't bring myself to actually be happy that our classes were over (much to my surprise) I certainly didn't mourn it.

Wednesday the 16th Judy scheduled a class for me which turned into a surprise party. Then we went to the Land Lady's apartment and got Maria all situated legally. There was much gift giving, and a bit of crying, and it was lovely to see them again. I'll miss them both a lot.

Thursday the 17th I don't remember much of what happened during the day. If memory serves, I had to move Jerry's class from Wednesday to Thursday (in fact, that is what happened) so I had Katherine's (final) class at 12 instead of at 4, then I had Jerry at 3. His parents weren't there, I thought it was the last time I'd see him. Then, I ended up hanging out with Maria (American). Much drinking was involved.

Friday the 18th was the last English corner. Few people showed, which was sad. I'm depressed to think that the place will not long outlive my presence.

Saturday the 19th I had a ToBe class. I also ended up meeting Maria (Columbia) and we went to Safari. Penny, Woody, and I had been there for lunch. I ended up meeting some friends of Maria's, including a wonderful Italian girl named Simona. More about her later. Then we went to a party. Hopefully more on that later. I want to write all of this quickly before I forget.

Sunday the 20th I was supposed to do a lot of packing, but I ended up spending most of the day with Simona. We watched Kikujiro, which was wonderful. Lunch was at Kaffestugan. I seem to remember that we had dinner together too? When it was time to say goodbye, we went in for one of those euro fake cheek kisses, we both went in the wrong direction, almost kissed, didn't, and seemed to regret it.

Monday the 21st was mostly packing and re packing with the help of Maria.

Tuesday the 22nd I flew to America. Judy and Ale took me. They were wonderful, naturally. I was quite sad to leave. No problems at Beijing (to my shock and appreciation) and I managed to doze on the plane a bit. When I arrived in MI Tuesday the 22nd, I was disappointed to find that Bennigan's had closed, thus ending a family tradition of eating there when I came back from Asia. We ended up going to Guido's. I went to bed around eleven, but woke up during the night and struggled to get back to sleep.

Wednesday the 23rd mum surprised me with a delicious breakfast. French toast and bacon! I start the diet on Monday, so I'm trying to enjoy things a bit. Changed money. It's odd to have so much of it. Well, I'll soon remedy that, I suppose. Then I did an airport run for mum. I hate driving. I hate driving the Prius. The trip, though, was not bad all things considered. The people took a long time to get through customs, and I ended up sleeping in the car (something that my China induced paranoia made difficult). I wasn't feeling the effects of jet lag until around seven, at which point I just crashed. I went to bed ten-ish. Then I woke up at 1:30. Not fun. Stomach was bothering me, so I took pepto and ate rolls (trying to avoid the 2 liter of Vernor's).

Sweet Nixon this was boring. Well, hopefully I'll write more about Simona later. That ought to entertain my friends. And myself. Still, need to keep this up as best I can.

So sleepy.