Saturday was a pretty weird day. I started by catching up on my sleep, and woke up rested and healthy-feeling. Unfortunately, the same could not be said (as many of you know) for my computer keyboard. Did some elaborate scheming in efforts to troubleshoot, and have spent a fair amount of time on Dell forums and playing with drivers, but no luck yet. I did find an on-screen keyboard that will certainly do for now.
What frustrated me most was that I needed to buy my ticket to Qingdao, which promised to be a bit of a hassle even if I had been able to type since I couldn’t buy an eticket with a foreign credit card and would probably have to go somewhere to pick it up. Decided to get out of the apartment, and on the way to the grocery store passed…a ticket office for the airline I wanted. Didn’t have enough cash on me, but there was a foreign-friendly ATM… next door. In China, things go wrong, but then they sorta work out.
Bought a smallish suitcase at the grocery store (where else?) and packed my big one to send it to Beijing. Did laundry, aimed my fan directly at my bed, and finished Harry Potter! Went out with Amy and a bunch of her American-school-educated Chinese girlfriends to MAO, where she and I realized once again that we are not American-school-educated Chinese girls. Nice people, though.
3 comments:
So glad you're feeling better--if only your computer were, too. Hope for a breakthrough in that area.
Amazing how things do seem to eventually work out--the ticket office, compatible ATM, etc.
Good you got out for some fun, too!
I knew you'd find ways to cope with whatever obstacles came your way. Nice going. Now, what is your travel schedule?
the big red suitcase is no more?
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