Twenty on Tuesday

1. My children were angels today.

2. There have been 3 bloody noses in my class since the beginning of the school year. I promise there is no correlation between this fact and my method of discipline.

3. All my kids' legs are covered in mosquito bites. It's so sad to me, and kind of breaks my heart a lot.

4. I got invited to one of the Chinese teacher's weddings. I'm sad to say that it's the day after we leave for vacation :( I would love to go!

5. I have a wife beater sitting in a bag in my suitcase. It's the one that Lucas wore the day before I left. Am I ridiculous? Yup. Have I opened it yet? Nope.

6. Did you know that if you say "green rectangle" fifty bazillion times that you start to feel like you're speaking a foreign language yourself?

7. Ricky did a Michael Jackson impersonation today while singing "We Are the World." It was priceless.

8. Sometimes I watch sad movies and chick flicks solely so I have a reason to cry. (Kate and I watched "The Notebook" tonight, "Steel Magnolias" is next)

9. I'm convinced that there are at least 9 mosquitoes per every person in China.

10. If I could have one single thing from home, it would be my car.

11. I miss animals!!! There are seriously no animals in China  besides stray dogs and cats. I miss deer and birds and even raccoons. Apparently, the plural of raccoon is raccoon, and not racoons. I keep getting the red squigley line telling me that I spelled something wrong. My editor in chief Elysia will be sure to let me know.

12. I only brush my teeth once a day because having to brush with bottled water is a pain in the arse. If Pam sees this, I know I will be hearing from her.... BUT! I do wear my splint every night :) Promise!

13. My room has recently become a breeding ground for flies, moths, and mosquitoes. It's on, bugs!!!

14. I wear the same clothes multiple times because doing laundry is on the same playing field as brushing my teeth.

15. The squatter was a male invention. No questions asked. As Kate says, we need an adapter to be able to use that thing.

16. I'm really glad I brought flip flops to China. At ILP training, they told us it was "offensive" to wear them in public. Uhh, I'm gonna go ahead and call BS on that one, guys. Chinese people wear flip flops everywhere. I still don't do it because, you know, they poop everywhere. But for the bathroom and stuff they have been a must.

17. My kids touch my hair every single day. Jimmer always acts like it's going to shock the bajeebies out of him. It's hilarious.

18. I'm adopting a Chinese child one day. They are so precious and hilarious and I love their accents! I'm going to record it so I never forget them saying, "Teacha, look!" or "Teacha Kayla, do we have four class today?" (asking how many rotations we'll be doing)

19. Thanksgiving of this year will be the most depressing day of my life. Well, not really, but it's gonna suck.

20. I am loving life here in Changzhou and I'm already kinda dreading having to leave. Funny how things work out, huh?

Jason and Krew. Fun fact: The "r" sound doesn't exist in the Chinese language. A lot of times they use the "l" sound instead. It took us a couple days to figure out Krew's name because he pronounces it "Kaloo".