October 26-31, 2009 – Well here we are again, back to our second home in China. We have actually noticed that when we are flying over here we feel like we are coming home and then when we fly back to the US we are going home also…kind of like we have two actual homes. It is a strange but wonderful feeling to love two places as home at once! This trip has been a bit harder on us than the others. We seem to be suffering from some jet lag this time and are wiped out more than ever before.
We have not done much this week besides work and relaxing so there is nothing really interesting to write about.
November 1, 2009 – what a beautiful day to start off the month of November. It is snowing in Beijing. In the 6 trips I have made over here this is the first snow I have seen here. It was beautiful! We had been watching the long range weather forecasts on accuweather.com before we came over here and it predicted just some regular cool fall weather so we brought clothing that reflected that. I only brought a light jacket and no sweaters. Luckily my church clothes were warm enough with my light weight jacket over them so there was no problem, other than the snow making my hair get wet and start curling…ugh! Floyd was a little leery of getting into a taxi to ride to church if the snow stuck on the roads much…they drive bad enough in good road conditions, it would be really scary if the roads were icy or slick!!!! It snowed all through church and there was probably a few inches in some places and in others up to 6 inches. It was very heavy in the trees and as we came home in our taxi we could see many tree branches that had given way under the weight and broken off. I was certainly glad that we were not standing under any of them when they gave way. As it was, while we were waiting for a taxi we were standing under a tree as a tall van passed by us and hit the branch…you got it, the snow fell from on the branch right onto us! That was fun…lol. Luckily it was still dry enough to brush it off and be done with it. Beijing is a very busy city and there were lots of people out and about taking care of their normal business in spite of the weather! The storm is predicted to pass by this evening and the temperatures are supposed to slip down into the 20’s…I am sure I will not go out for a walk in the morning.
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