TUESDAY, 5/26/15
Today seemed like a vacation after all the activity from yesterday. I did make a trip to the wet market for eggs, fruits, and vegetables. I did a swim session, followed by lunch. I intended to get in some productive TT practice after lunch, but a nap got in the way.
Around 3:30, I left the apartment, headed to the Butterfly TT shop. They needed to make an adjustment on the rubber they put on my paddle last week. After the adjustment I went back to the subway and made my way to Swagart, an Indian restaurant near Tim’s TX BBQ. Our regular Wednesday night foodie trip was moved up a night to include Josie’s son Jordan, whose been visiting for a week. He’s a senior at UTEP in the Art Dept. He’s leaving tomorrow to visit friends in Japan.
We had a fun night eating and discussing retirement options, medical insurance, Social Security, etc. Jordan seemed a little bored, understandably. After dinner, it was back to the apartment for me to get caught up on Judy’s “day at the office”.
WEDNESDAY, 5/27/15
I wish I could report a productive day for myself today, but I can’t. Our ayi showed up around 9:00 (I was beginning to wonder if she was coming.) After she arrived, I worked a little more on our departure plans, then headed over to the pool for a swim session. After swimming, I fixed lunch, and when the ayi left, I dozed off. I didn’t intend to sleep long, but for whatever reason, today was one of the times when I slept really hard. When I woke up, it took a while to get my bearings (where was I, what time of day was it?) I ended up wasting the afternoon browsing a really slow internet.
One of the problems I’m researching is how to move money from China to the US as we leave. It’s time consuming to go to the bank and try to make a wire transfer, and the paperwork required is massive. I don’t think we want to carry it out, with all the travel we have planned between Beijing and Texas. I managed to find an ATM near our condo in Ft. Worth when we were home for Courtney’s graduation where I can withdraw money from our Chinese bank, but I hate having to pay the bank fees. I think I’ll try a wire transfer (this will be a first for us from Beijing) and see how it goes, since I know the ATM procedure.