Video of Zi in Wellfleet, MA

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My bags are packed, I'm ready to go...

...but unlike John Denver, I don't really "hate to have to go."

We are ready to go. The weather in Atlanta doesn't look great for the
evening of the 29th (our arrival evening -- that's right, we leave
from the hotel in less than 11 hours, and we don't get home until the
night of the 29th. You do the math, and then add to the equation a 10-
month-old child who doesn't really trust us yet!), so do an anti-rain
dance, or pray to whatever Gods you pray to ... we'll take all the
help we can get to make this trip as smooth as possible. A little
better than the trip over would be a nice start.

No wonder my stomach is killing me.

Sigh.

Goodbye to China. Hello USA (population +1).

Ready to come home

We were talking to another family in the elevator, and the mother said
exactly what I feel: I love to travel, and I can't believe that I
feel this way, but I want to go home. Because everyone tells us not
to travel around the city without a guide, and because our guide is
really too busy, we are stuck on the island far too much. We are stir
crazy. So, I'm ready for Saturday! Not that the travel will be fun,
I'm sure, but I am ready to get home. I never have fallen in love
with China either. Maybe if we were in Beijing or Hong Kong, I'd like
it better, but Chinese culture is pretty aggressive and closed,
protective. I'm sure that is how it has survived so long. But it
doesn't make for a fun place to travel. I also can't say that I like
many of the other American families here. The one couple we really
like are not staying near us, so we haven't been able to see much of
them.

I guess I'm just hard to please. Maybe I'm aggressive and closed ...
who knows? But, today is Thursday. We leave Saturday. Our swearing/
oath ceremony is today at the US Consulate. We are close to the end.
I'm starting to exhale.