The Last Days

I have three days left. 3 days of a 13 month journey around the world. 3 days left as a volunteer. 3 days left in China. 3 days until it's back to America.I am so stinking excited.We just finished a goodbye with the third graders. Being a head teacher isn't really so great in that you don't teach. Not teaching is fun but you lose the connections you...

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Turning 29, China Style

When I came out of the shower to my besties singing and saw this I knew it was going to be a great day. Those are HPC donuts. China doesn't do cake. China doesn't do frosting. But China does to bakeries. My friends know that bakeries and me go together like salt and pepper. This was perfect. After devouring this cake it was time for...

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Hannah Banana and Nanjing

Hannah.The friend who I met in Lithuania then went to visit her in Changzhou. Last weekend she and two others came to hang out with us in Nanjing.We walked around the night life at 1912 street. We ate donuts on national donut day. We waited three hours to try this "snow". While it looks appetizing, it was a huge disappointment. The top layer...

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The Time My School Flooded

Literally, this happened. Tuesday, June 2, 2015It started off as a normal Tuesdsy morning. The forecast was rain, which is not unusual for spring in China. As it came time to leave the dorm and walk to class the sky had opened and the rain came down with a vengeance. Pouring does not begin to describe the waterfall that was falling from the clouds....

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