November

Well winter is hitting here in Nanjing.  While it is not horribly cold yet it is getting colder as the days go by.  It is interesting because here in China after a certain point in November it is time to turn on the heater. It doesn't matter how cold or hot it is outside the heaters are on because that is what you do after a certain date.  The kids show up no matter what in at least four layers now because it is past October and that is what you do.  We are having the battle at work with the Local staff because they have turned on the heat which means we loose control of our air in our classrooms and now it is the heat air or nothing.  And when you have two projectors and 15 children with singing in dancing it very quickly heats up.  

I wish I could transfer some of that heat to my house.  It is obviously a challenge living in China with the language barrier and I knew that coming into coming to China but sometimes there still surprises...such as I forgot that the remotes to my ac would be in Chinese so now I can't figure out how to turn the heat on.   There for the house is freezing all the time.  I did by a space heater today though it is little but hopefully will be enough to heat my bathroom.  I am leaving it by my bed so it heats at least part of the room so it isn't sooo cold.   

I have talked before about China days.  The days that China seems to kick your butt.  Today was one of those days.  I am sick and I didn't sleep well last night so it didn't start my day off well then I have construction that is next to me that starts so early that I am always woken up by it.  

I got to work only to find out that there are changes coming my way that are not going to be fun.  While I am a very adventurous person and love to be spontaneous I am not always someone that loves change.  So needless to say that it didn't help the day.  On top of it all it has been cold and rainy so it makes for a down mood.   

The upside to China days is just when you think that China has almost won for the day something happens to make the day better.  Tonight it was fireworks right outside work.  When something happy happens in China people shoot off fireworks....often times they are just fire crackers but tonight they were the really pretty fire works that are set off on the Fourth of July. They were so pretty and just what I needed to end the day on good terms with China :) :)