Friday is an early day for me, relatively early. I’m away by 8:15. Judy is slowly moving around, but only has to be at the Hilton for her haircut at 10:00. Friday is always a fun commute for me, since the trains are really crowded this time of day. My advantage is I’m bigger than most, so the cramped conditions don’t affect me much. I’m always surprised at how quiet it is in the mornings on such a crowded train car. There is very little conversation. Most are engrossed in their phones
Back home after school, I’m ready for the AC guy to arrive. He finally shows up to recharge the unit with coolant. It a job for “Spiderman.” The apartment complex has a guy whose job consists of crawling out the window of the apartment to access the air-conditioning unit for repairs. A reminder, we’re on the 25th floor. He did the same thing August 19, and now he’s back again to work on the same unit. I’m trying to convince someone there must be a coolant leak on the unit if he’s back this soon. Lilly, our ayi, translates and tells him he fixed it in August. He tells me he hadn’t done this one in a long time. I pulled out the iPad and showed him the video from August when he was doing the same thing. He finishes the job, makes a few other minor adjustments, and tells me no charge for the coolant. I’m going to post some pictures of the process that I took in August. It looked the same today.
Check out the knot on his rope!
For dinner, Judy and I taxi over to the Marriott. As a part of our Club Marriott membership, we have a free buffet for two at each of the Marriott properties in Beijing. We celebrate spring break a little more tonight with a really good meal with tons of options. Why do most of our celebrations revolve around food?