Alright people. It seems as though I’ve refrained from blog posts this last week for several reasons. The first reason being that my camera is broken, thus, no new pictures. I figure people who view this blog are more of the picture-book type rather than the lengthy-mediocre-novel type…hell, I was, and still am, all about the pictures. I flipped my (insert omitted cuss word for the sake of my grandy-pa here) when I bought Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and saw that practically every other page had some glorious illustration on it. Anyway, that is reason number one for my lack of posting.
Reason number two is that I have absolutely no idea where the week went. I guess it went a little something like this: Oh! Hi Monday! What's Up?! I’m going to frolic all around town and- what. Is. That.
Dear world, I thought the apocalypse was upon us. I had gotten out of Chinese class, eaten a deliciously nutritious lunch in order to prepare for many hours without food as I anticipated my trek through the concrete jungle. I was zipping up my bag to head out when someone turned the sun off. I had this momentary lapse of judgment where I began frantically running around in circles in my room, wondering if I had just suffered a seizure or perhaps a mini-coma and missed out on the day. I run frantically out onto my balcony and look towards the sky for answers- welp. I got ‘em. A massive gust of wind which I would like to equate to the hand of God smacked me across the face as I watched clouds of death roll over the city.
Since I am an Odom, it is required that I put myself in some sort of idiotic/slightly dangerous position in order to watch the natural disaster that is about to happen. This basically meant that I went inside, got my water bottle, and brought a chair out onto my balcony. I had my book in hand, and had just pulled up my hair when the sky threw up. I heard screams from the frilly Shanghainese girls below, and high pitched whining as they shouted for their boyfriends to bring them their umbrellas. I giggled.
The storm ensued for the next several hours, although it was mid afternoon, I had to return inside because I no longer could see the book in front of me due to the utter darkness of hell that had befallen this insidious city (which I love). I sat grumpily on my floor cursing the weather under my breath. When I had finally had enough, I jumped up, scuttled over and out onto my balcony and began loudly giving the weather a piece of my mind.
Yeah…I never anticipated the rain to actually respond, but apparently cursing the living daylights out of a storm is a bad idea. The wind immediately changed directions, and pelted rain water at me. I barely was able to retreat back into my room and close the door in time. The rest of the afternoon was spent with me in a soaking wet puddle in the middle of my floor giving the sky an angry death stare.
So…that was Monday. Tuesday was my internship, and Wednesday was spent studying for my Chinese final that happened yesterday. After my final yesterday, I was once again trapped inside due to the stupid rain (I ran out of adjectives for the moment, "stupid" will have to do). Today, I have my internship again (I am actually typing this blog post at my internship, but it will be posted once I return home…maybe.
But that is why this week has been lacking in updates and nonsense. I will head to a particular place tomorrow to pick up a particular item that I am having custom made for a particular person that I plan on seeing particularly soon. Hint: It is for a girl, her name starts with an H.
YUP. So…I’ve received word that Saturday and Sunday we are supposed to maybe sort of kinda get a TYPHOON. Awesome. So…my plan for visiting the pandas may be absolutely squelched…but the main issue with that was I have two (three if you include picking up something) gifts to still get people, and if the weather is going to be evil again, vendors will probably flee from the streets and gifts will disappear with them. So…apologies in advance?
As for wrapping up classes and my internship, it all went smoothly. Well…I hope the next hour will go smoothly here. I spent my last day looking over two separate contracts and hunting for the disparities and making little notes…complicated stuff. I seriously hope they are not relying solely on my suggestions…I hope they know that lawyers are here for a reason…
I have a farewell dinner tonight…here is how I’m going to get there:
1. walk until I find a taxi in this strange industrial park.
2. convince the taxi to take me to the nearby metro station.
3. ride the metro for 17 stops.
4. wander aimlessly until I find the restaurant.
Total travel time? Oh…just two hours.
