The plan for the weekend involves Judy spending most of her time grading student work and posting the grades. That involves evaluating the work using four different criteria, emailing the results to the student, and posting the grades. This is especially tough when our internet is barely running. What would normally take 10 seconds or less to load, takes 5 to 10 minutes to load or send. Very frustrating.

I did some computer work, followed by a swim session. After swimming, we ate lunch, and I “kicked back” while Judy worked. Around 3:00, I decided to try flying my kite. I’ve been waiting for a day too windy for table tennis, and today is it. I rode the bike over to Taiyanggong Park, a large park not far from our apartment. Outside the park, a vendor is selling kites and other gear. He’s got quite a crowd today. There are lots of families enjoying the park today.

I can’t remember the last time I tried to fly a kite. The crowd is big enough that I have to search out a spot where I won’t be crashing into someone else’s kite, and the trees are short enough that mine won’t get hung up. My first day’s attempt isn’t too bad. I got it into the air easy enough, but keeping it aloft proved a challenge. There were a few times when it began to dive and I noticed it was heading for a family walking along. My level of concern went way up! I never hit anyone and had a fun couple of hours of flying and people watching.