Big day for Judy and BISS.  New students and parents get to visit this afternoon.  The morning will be spent completing planning for next week, and the visits begin after lunch.

I spend the day listening to the Rangers beat the Angels, and ordering groceries online.  The delivery is free.  The groceries seem to be priced about the same as in Texas.  They’re cheaper in the store, but that involves two taxi rides and lots of time and carrying some heavy loads into the apartment.  The online ordering goes well.  Delivery is confusing.  The driver calls before arriving.  Since I have no Chinese skills, I’m not sure what was said or asked.  About an hour later, the delivery arrives.  SUCCESS!  I’m baad!

Judy gets home, excited about the day.  She had several opportunities to interact with new students.  Even had a few singing sessions with some of the classes that came through.  Kids started off timid, but after they warmed up, they had a blast, and so did Judy.

Judy and some of her students on “Meet The Teacher Day”.

Some of the BISS teachers are getting together for dinner, and we join them at Bluche.  Have a really good hamburger, and discussion breaks out about the best burgers in Beijing.  This reminds me of DFW before we left.  Several of the teachers are bragging on how great Judy handled the kids when they came through. They each also mentioned they had never seen the room look so good.  Blah, blah, blah!  It’s the same old thing!

The group of teachers are mostly from Australia, two from the US, and a Brit.  Spouses are here also, “trailing spouse” husbands, like me.  It’s really interesting hearing their stories about international teaching, and how they arrived at the decision to teach overseas.  A couple of the group play golf, so maybe I’ve made a connection.  Life is looking up!