Bring me clothing, bring me joy

To finish up Suzhou: As you know, a lot about Saturday was great, but a lot of it was pretty miserable too. I came home that night really tired and sweaty, a little bit sunburned, and pretty seriously mosquito-bitten. And not my cleanest. Then I realized something: I wasn't at camp, and I wasn't on a mission trip, and if I wanted to, I could just go home early. All I'd be missing would be some gardens I hadn't seen yet and one climbable pagoda. Slept pretty well on a really hard bed in a room I was sharing with two Chinese girl, then got up early and went straight to the train station. It was a good choice; there was very little chance of me enjoying those gardens and that pagoda as much as I ended up enjoying my Sunday the way it worked out.

Stood in a really long line to get a standing-room-only ticket for a not-that-soon train, but at least now I know to buy tickets in advance. Finished my book, which made me cry, which is just my favorite thing to do in the midst of a bunch of strangers. Got home all right, then changed clothes and turned right around to go to the tailor to meet Amy and Iris and spend, like, 2 and a half hours there. The shirt I ordered last week looks really great but needs some minor adjustments. Bought fabric and ordered another copy of the brown skirt that I bought at Saver's to be made from it. Then spend a while trying on coats to see which style I want my $65 cashmere coat to be. Lots of tempting choices; we shall see.

Got home from the tailor and unpacked, then walked to E-mart (the supermarket) mostly because it's a good destination for a walk. Also bought some banana chips. Came home and just relaxed.