FIRST CHARACTER CLASS

I am staying another year if you haven’t figured that out already, signed the contract last week. They gave me a whole 5/rmb raise. I feel really valued.
So the character class on Saturday went so well. The day was just a big rush for me though. I had the whole day planned out…..Let me, let you in on a little secret….Nothing goes to plan while you are in china.  I awoke and finished the last minute touches on the schedule on what wanted to accomplish during the class. Then I had to rush up to the north because I really wanted to play in the rugby inter squad match which was supposed to start at 2:00pm. Now I specifically told the captain that I needed for this match to start on time because I had other obligations after the match, the character club. Well, we didn’t start on time. We started at 2:45pm. From there we proceeded to play 4 8-10 minute quarters. So I had planned for the match to be done at 3:00ish. Well, we played the match and I refused to look at my watch as I didn’t want to know what time it was. I had made plans at O’reilly’s for them to have 4 cheeseburgers ready at 3:30pm for me and some other volunteers. And then I was supposed to pick up the volunteers at 4:00….I finally got to O’reillys at 4:15pm. Rushed up to pick up the volunteers and got there around 4:30 and finally got home around 5:15…..While the volunteers ate, I quickly took a shower, and then proceeded to eat. I ate the bacon cheese burger and fries….This is important for later in the story. Well, the three of them only ate 1.5 of their three meals. Which was fine because I figured their leftovers would make some nice meals for the next two days…..So by now with all of my rushing around I have finally caught up where I can relax a little. So we arrived at the school around 6:15 which was plenty of time to prepare for the class at 7:00pm that night. So we had setup these floor mates for the kids to sit on because I didn’t want the kids to have chairs and a desk that would make more of a classroom environment. Well, none of the kids sat on the mat. We put chairs on the outside of the classroom for the parents to sit at because these initial classes the parents were allowed to come and watch. Well, we had, what I considered, a great class….WE played ice-breaker games…we had a lesson on patience…we did skits..we did an egg race….i think altogether it was a success…..At the end the parents asked for a year long outline of the course….So I get two weeks to make an outline…it is going to be FUN!!!!! So after the rush filled day..I came back home and then proceeded to eat the rest of the cheeseburgers and fries…Talk about stress eating.
But at least I have next week off for the Moon Festival/Cake holiday….however, I don’t have a passport as it is in process of getting my visa renewed….so I am stuck in Kunming….and my parents sent me a care package…and I cant get it because I don’t have my passport…. Some other things….Went to see Dark knight…..It was in Chinese. That is the last time I let someone else buy something for me. I was told it was in English…Honestly, probably wasn’t as good. When I tell this story, it is really funny…but this blog post is getting too long.

Next Time on Jared’s Blog:

1. Sunday’s Character class
2. Mom is coming to town….but we don’t know when….