Travels

So the next few months are full of non-wedding excitement as well.  Lots of travelling for the next year which is incredibly exciting.

My contract ends in February and Rod and I will be in the US for a month.  We will vacation in San Francisco, Las Vegas, and NYC, and then see family and friends in Colorado, New Mexico, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.  It will be Rod's first time to most of the places, and it will be my first chance to introduce my fiance to everyone so we are thrilled.  Of course a week of partying like rockstars in Vegas doesn't hurt either. :)

In the last few days we have both been offered positions in Odessa, Ukraine.  We have talked this over and are hoping to settle the details this week and arrive in Odessa in March.  Neither of us has ever been to Ukraine, but we are anxious for a new adventure. 

Right now we are still trying to work out the details, but it looks like we will be there for about one year before heading back to the US for the wedding and then on to the honeymoon in Brazil and Peru.  (We really like to travel)

Well that is all the updates for now. 

XOXO

Engagement Dinner

So the official engagement party is in Colorado in February, but we had a small dinner party with friends in Suzhou to celebrate as well.  I have no idea who had the camera all night, but all the pictures are just Rod and I.  Love and thanks to all who attended!

XOXO

Wedding!

Soooo...for anyone I haven't told yet. I am getting married! We are super excited and I am already planning. I picked out my dress a few weeks ago and it will be ready in mid-January, I am so thrilled! We are both just over the moon and have had incredible support from our friends and family. We haven't set the date yet as we will be looking at locations in February. If you want to know more you can check out our wedding website at

http://tools.brides.com/weddingwebsite/rodneyandelizabeth

More details coming soon!

XOXO

Fucking Firewalls

Ok so let me say first of all that I am so ready to leave China...for so many reasons. At the moment however, the absolute number 1 reason is this firewall bullshit. I am so tired of not being able to use facebook, blogs, read half the world's news etc. It is just such complete and utter bullshit. Regardless of the government's "official" reasons for censoring their own people, at the end of the day all they have done is cause massive inconvenience. The young population is tech-savy enough to work around the firewall, and the older population is brainwashed enough with their political propoganda to actually believe the firewall is in their best intrest. Fuckery I tell you, fuckery.

Anyway, that's the reason I have been sans blogging the last few months. That and well frankly I have just had better things to do with my time.

But as with most things I have decided to try this again, as a way to keep up with all the new stuff going on...

Ressurection

I can't remember the last time I opened this website. I suppose with the whirlwind of the past few months I have drifted out of touch in more ways than one.

I'll attempt at this juncture to resurrect a blog which has for some time now been barely clinging to life.

I turned 25 a few months ago, and since then I seem to have been facing some sort of epic juncture at which decisions must be made. My future and all that horseshit. I suppose I am just growing tired of this meaningless stagnation which seems to consume my time in the middle kingdom.

So...changes abound. I have fallen in love...yeah for anyone that knows me personally take a moment and let that sit. It's sorta like a knife in the gut. Well it has been for me at least. This whole romantic notion of finding love in a faraway country and then spending endless hours discussing our future and how we will make things work regardless of obstacles in geography, age, employment, etc. It all just makes me want to throw up in my mouth a bit. In my defense though, the past few years I have been a one woman show, and a damn good one. It's a big adjustment for me to encounter. All in all though, I'm not completely hating it. At least not all the time. He's a pretty amazing guy which also helps.

Along with the budding romance the summer has brought so many changes. People leaving, or changing for the worse so the fact that they are still here is meaningless, new faces, new places, and a new found appreciation for those people in my life that I maybe haven't always given the proper credit to.

I suppose all in all this is shaping up to be the summer I finally do some growing up. I suppose in some ways I have done it already, but now is a good time to catch up those aspects of my life where maturity is lagging. Of course this maturity still comes with a bottle of Jack, promiscuous sex (with my boyfriend and anyone else we may agree on), and dancing on bars till the wee hours of the morning...I mean growing up doesn't have to be boring...right??

Ciao

Catching up,..

So I am pretty terrible at this whole blogging thing. Seeing as my day no longer involves coutless hours at the computer I have been finding it difficult to sit down and write anything of value lately.

I am continuing to not write anything of value with this post, however I am taking time out of my day to share it.

Many things have been happening, good, bad, ugly, a bit of everything all rolled up in seemingly endless rainy weather with a chaser of Jack Daniels.

I have been pondering leaving China. I suppose I do this about once every 3 months, but this time I actually sought out some new jobs, made some plans, felt like I was almost committed to change. Of course I am not going anywhere. I am actually about to sign a new lease which will mean one more year in this concrete jungle, taking in all the sights, sounds and occurrence that have lost their novel appeal and now just annoy me.

I have discovered that all the little idiosyncrasies I once found a bit charming about this place now just bore and sometimes disgust me. The complete absence of traffic laws, people pulling over to take a dump on the side of the road. I'm all for being culturally sensitive but I firmly believe such sensitivites should draw the line on behavior which could endanger others.

Anyway I'm frusterated...but I suppose it keeps me cynical.

I've been working more, doing lots of odd jobs which means a crazy schedule. I rather like not having the 9-5 thing though, its wonderful to never have anything scheduled before noon. I have a sense of freedom now which has been glaringly absent in recent years.

Anyway I can't think of much more to say at the moment. life is going ok, been rather bored these few weeks as the weather has me holed up inside. Hopefully some sunshine will bless China with its presence in the near future and I will consider leaving the house.

Oh, and we got a fucking Burger King. I feel like this is progress. Maybe traffic laws will follow...but probably not.

Ciao

So it has actually been two months since I updated this thing, and to be quite honest I really could care less. I have been super busy for the last like month and if you combine that with all the drinking it puts me back about 2 months.

Anyfuckery... back to blogging.

So a lot is going on. I came back to China last month. I feel like I say that at least 4 times a year lately. It's like I keep trying to leave and then I just end up back in this shitstorm, I'll probably still be here when I'm 30. That is terrifying.

I am working a lot now though, which is good since i have quite the expensive lifestyle. I started a new part time marketing job for Join In Media, and I am teaching mad hours as well. It kind of means I work all the time, but let's face it there really isn't much else to do around here.

My bestie leaves for America today which makes me sad. She is moving in with her boyfriend which makes me want to throw up in my mouth a bit too.

Well that's it for updtes time to tech and then I'm off to a Christmas ball. Yeah I have a rough life..

Xoxo