This has been the week of Band-Aids for Liz and me. On Monday, Liz was standing on her coffee table to change a light bulb and the glass broke. I got a phone call that went like this: "Uh, Sara, this is Liz...I was standing on my coffee table and the glass broke. My foot is cut, could you come over and help me?" So I went over and cleaned her foot and bandaged it, swept up glass, and cleaned blood spots off her floor. I was Florence Nightengale to her...white girl with a sliced foot. On Friday, Liz and I had an open house for some students (more on that later) and I was cutting about five million tomatoes (or thirty) and I sliced my finger, so it was her turn to be Florence. She fixed me up quite nicely with a Batman Band-Aid.
We also went to get facials on Monday with our friend Joanie. This was absolutely fabulous and a little comical at times. You lay on the table (we were all in the same room which was comforting) and they tucked us in with blankets and basically spend the next hour and a half rubbing creams and lotions (at least I think that's what it was) into our faces and giving us hand massages. The one part where I had to try really hard not to laugh was a mask. I think it was seaweed, but I'm not sure. At any rate, it was cold and slimy. They'd drape a piece on your forehead and smoosh it around til it covered everything, then a piece on your cheek and it was smooshed around, then your chin, etc. Sometimes it's just better not to know what's going on your face, but it left us glowing and refreshed :)
On Friday, Liz and I taught class from 8-10 and then went straight to the market and then went straight to her house and cooked all afternoon for our open house. We made chicken quesadillas, chili, and chips and salsa. This is WAY more work than in America. We had to make the tortillas, corn chips, and salsa, and buy dried beans and cook them for the chili. But...our food was amazing! And our students had a great time and so did we, so life's good. I'll post pictures of our amazing culinary skills soon :) I taught some of the girls to play Go Fish and I heard about their boyfriends, which was hysterical. A few of our students are taking us out for a "special Anshun snack" and shopping and dinner tomorrow afternoon, so we are way excited! NO IDEA what this snack is. We tried asking them to no avail. It went like this: "What's in this snack?" "It's a snack." "Yes I know, but is there rice in it? What is it?" "Snack. S-N-A-C-K." "We know what snack means, but what is the snack made out of?" "Uh...we don't know." Who knows what we're in for, but it should be fun.
During the party, some of our students gave me a name. It was quite a humorous process. They'd talk in Chinese and then we'd hear no no, not that, and then they'd all vote on something. My name is Shang Guan Yu Er which means dignity/rich/jade/decorum. They told me I could walk around and tell people that I was wealthy and beautiful. Liz's name is something something Mei Ling, and her full name means East/Orient/beautiful/smart.
The freshmen start tomorrow, which means that I will be picking up 5 extra classes. Ahh! Tomorrow morning, I get to name the 3-year freshmen, so that'll be fun. After this week, we have National Holiday, so we have the first week of October off to relax, shop, eat...whatever.
Please be talking to our Father about things here. I can't explain what is going on, but there are a lot of threats and stuff between the Company and the Communist party. We joke about it, but it's serious. Our students are caught in the middle. But my Father knows what to do, so it'll be alright. More later on how our adventure into town with the girls goes!
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