Jerry Springer at the Night Market

I love lazy days a lot. Nothing feels better than being able to spend my time however I please. However, it also makes me miss home. I was missing Lucas a lot today. It probably doesn't help that I have been watching sappy romance movies and listening to Backstreet Boys.

Kate, Sam, Laurra, and I went out to the night market. Guess what for? Dumplings, dumplings, dumplings. I am addicted. They are soooooo good. I wish I could make you understand! We always go to the same little stand. Today there was a different lady working than usual. I noticed that she had a goiter and it made me kind of sad. I don't know much about them, just that it's caused from a deficiency in iodine, but it made me sad for her. It seems like such a simple thing to prevent. I have a feeling that the night market is a sole source of income for those who work there.

While Kate and I were waiting for fresh dumplings (they always make us wait for fresh ones, they won't give us ones from the bowl, it's so sweet), a police car drives up with its lights on. What an interesting scene that played out before us.

There was a man and two women standing on the sidewalk. The guy was making out with lady number one while lady number two was proceeding to try to beat the crap out of him. If I had to guess, I would say we had a serious love triangle going on. The police take the man and his women to the center of the night market where a crowd gathers. I couldn't see what was going on, but I did see one of the cops beating the man around a little bit while one of the other cops got it all on video. I've said it before, I'll say it again. China is CRAZY!

While we were sitting at our table eating our dumplings, I recognized one of my students! We started yelling his name and Charlie came right on over! I just love him. He's so sweet. His mom works at the night market and when she saw that he was talking to us, she gave him a bowl of food to give to us. We think it's lotus root, but you never can be too sure.

Kate and I are now waiting for Megan to get done with her skype date so she can come over and we can resume our nightly tradition of watching a movie. Last night's pick was "P.S. I Love You," one of my favorites! I love, love, love these two girls. They're trying to convince me to move out to Idaho with them in January. Sorry, ladies. Ohio is the place for this girl.