Happy Days Hotel McAlester

... place up!!

The big excitement coming in to Tulsa was we got a flat tyre on our rental. Matt changed the tyre and we had to stop at the car rental place at Tulsa International Airport to swap it over. Anyway, got a new car okay and then this morning we noticed the front left tyre on the new car was looking suspiciously flat-ish as well!! We went back to the airport and they swapped it again for us. So fingers crossed that third time's teh charm!!

Juan figured it would be a good time for me to learn the ins and outs of his truck so I got my first experience driving a Dodge 3500 5 speed through down town Dallas and on to Ardmore where I was just too tired to go on. Pouring rain and Motel 6 beckoned.

So so tired. Today was a reeeeeally long day. IT was a really stressful drive through the Ozarks in the rain and dark I was driving the car and Juan following in the truck. Tomorrow we pick up the trailer from Nancy's and then off to the QT farm to drop the trailer then drive to Dallas to return the car.

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Lookit the cool truck!



Downtown Tulsa

... for the weekend as well, which was another reason I headed to Fort Smith when I did. I played my first video game in a few months (Super Smash Bros. FTW!) and we had a great time hanging out. The rest of the weekend was spent either doing stuff at the apartment, like more video games or board games, or checking out the historic downtowns of Fort Smith and Van Buren. It ...

There is a restaurant at the West Gate of Peking University, given its namesake. Xi (west) Mer (door/gate) is a popular establishment renowned for its chicken on a stick and fantastic gong bao ji ding (kung pow chicken). I was a regular at Ximer last semester, ordering my customary Eggplant and Gong Bao Ji Ding, bringing friends to taste its wonders, and becoming familiar with its staff. I didn't realize one could become addicted to food, like cold sweat ...

So, home in America for winter break, itching to return to the wonderful land of China. I really enjoyed the first semester and all of the wonderful people I met, though some of them reminded me of the brand of people that are in the pursuit of power today. Some of my counterparts were really there to learn about China, while some were simply there to "learn about China" by means of the exchange rate, bai jiu (a ...

... lot of them had been to camp. We surprisingly did not have to deal with a lot of discipline issues, and I really got a chance to get to know and be friends with some of these girls. It was also awesome to be back for a second summer, and kind of already have the swing of things. So, now I'm home, and I'm getting ready to go to Chile in 2 1/2 weeks! I go get my visa on Thursday--I'll be all official--and I'll leave here July 15th. So, I'm pretty excited!!

... last session, but they were fun. I didn't feel well most of the week, so it was hard to be fully engaged with them. They asked really good questions though, and really wanted to learn more about God, which was awesome. Um, things are good. That's all I got. I'm tired of writing slash just plain tired... it's been a long week. In Fayetteville, AK at the moment, gearing up for my last session of campers for this summer!! I'll be home June 25ish... much love.

... get it. It was really cool to see some of those girls change and grow over the week. AND we won the cabin competition! Which is like crazy awesome! However, they were EXTREMELY boy obsessed. They decided to try to hook me up with another counselor... at first I thought it was funny but then it got out of control... especially because they got the guy's leadership onto it too. Ridiculous. I mean please, I'm the most undatable person ever ...