Friday October 12, 2007
My grandmother had told me to stop swearing here, so I’ll refrain from the melodrama, but it’s been a rough week.
1 My uncle Mac died while I was on my trip. It’s not a surprise, but it’s sad to hear. I’m concerned most for my mom and grandparents, but I’m sure it’s been tough for everyone.
2 My sister’s having an “unhappy with how/what my life is” moment. My older sister’s in and out of the hospital trying to figure out if the crippling pain in her lower back is a kidney infection.
3 My apartment is a complete mess. I spent the week in a rut: too tired do any productive work, or unpack properly, or put things away, or cook decent food; too many things to do and worry over to sleep enough.
4 My school canceled a day and a half of classes. For one of my classes I literally had no warning, and for two of my classes, I found out a day and a half beforehand. It’s not like they just decided to have a sports festival yesterday. They had time to notify the teachers. In the abstract, this angers the Western teachers because of the lack of respect for our time; on a more concrete, this puts two of my classes a whole week behind the other six classes. Ughhhh.
5 My girlfriend’s birthday was Wednesday and I tried really hard to make it nice. But we were both tired and she’s been sick this week, and I’ve been cranky. We went out to an Indian restaurant and then we hung out and then we had an almost-fight. Not an angry yelling kind, but a long emotional kind.
6 My wallet and phone were stolen in Yangshuo. This didn’t bother me at the time, but since I’m having a bad week, I’m adding it the list. Plus, it ended up causing me the most painfully long experience with an inept bank teller that I have ever encountered.
7 The internet in my apartment isn’t working. Occasionally it will work for a bit, but not regularly. I still can’t access my email in the apartment. At work, internet used to be great. But after the holiday, we moved to a new building. In the new building, we only have wireless. My office doesn’t have access yet. In the offices where there is access, I can’t get it to work. My computer says it’s connected to the wireless network, but I can’t get any information from the server. I go crazy without the internet.
