Shengri Kuai le gei wo!

Happy Birthday to me! Yep. Today I am 38 years old. Hmmph. When did that happen? Oh lordy.
Don't have any plans for today. Nobody here in Jiaxing knows its my birthday. I have been sick in bed for two days (ate something bad) and couldn't "remind" anyone. Plus, I want to go to the gym anyway. All my foreigner friends are out of town already. So I will spend it alone, but this weekend I will par-tay!! Oh Yeah!! I won't let geography get in the way of having a good time.
Tomorrow my dearest Sam is becoming a US Citizen! Woo hoo!! He will take the oath and become an official American. And his bid on a condo was accepted yesterday. YEAH!! So now he is a property-owning citizen. Good times are upon us!
I finished my semester yesterday, but in true Chinese weirdness I must stay around until the end of the month. Why? Dunno. I don't have class to go to, but I can't leave school. So I guess I will just hang and surf the net. Boring! This town is not boring enough? Now they force me to do nothing here! Argh! I will be going to the gym everyday for sure.
The last three years has been the busiest time for me - full time school, full time work, full time relationship and sobriety. I woke up running and went to sleep planning the next day. And I liked it. I liked being scheduled and structured. Now in China, I have very little to do and its driving me crazy! I have to figure out how to occupy myself and not waste the day away. But its not easy for me. I am the kind of person who likes to be given tasks. I have a hard time creating my own path. It is more important to be of use to others than to myself. If I do something I want accolades and appreciation. Doing stuff for myself does not get attention quick enough. I guess I need to have patience. I need a big dose of patience!!
OK, enough venting. I'm gonna go eat.