Kristen and I have been in China for a little over a week now, which is really hard to believe. It feels weirdly normal to be here… like it’s home already. Except for the fact that we can’t speak to anyone. And it feels like just yesterday that we were hugging our awesome nephew.

We think we have finally kicked jet lag, although Kristen woke up at 4:30 this morning …soooo maybe we still need a few days.

To give a brief overview, we arrived last Thursday… However, only 1 out of our 6 bags arrived with us. The one that did come had 2 pillows, a throw blanket, and an ab roller… so at least we had the essentials. Thankfully, all the other non-essentials arrived the next day.

Most of this week has been setting up our place (although most of it had been done prior to our arrival by some awesome friends), registering for class, and walking around and familiarizing ourselves to the local markets/restaurants.

 

We have realized we’re going to have to get creative here. Even though school hasn’t started yet (begins Monday), our education has… I have already had to learn to fix the fridge, shower drain, and will next be working on the washer. For those who don’t know me well, I am not a handy-man. So this has been a huge learning process. I have also put up shelving in our bathroom and a coat rack by our front door. This may sound easy, but drilling into concrete is no joke!

Kristen learned how to bake bread, and make yogurt from scratch!

 

In other news, our stomachs are still in tact – check!
College football started – double check!!
Have been invited twice to join our neighborhood tai chi group  🙂