I got carried away with the walking thing today.  This is what happens when I have my school planning done, and no “hard” deadlines to meet.  It started off with the walk to the train, then from the train to my haircut (gotta look good when I’m home).  After the haircut, I walk over to Solana Mall to pick up a few things Judy needed to finish off her Xmas list.  Oh yeah, I ate a pizza at Tuba Station Pizza.  Really good!  Then I walked over to the nearby South German Bakery for a splurge buy on some bread.  I didn’t need it, but I definitely wanted it, and it tastes great.

After the bakery, I’m still in need of a splurge so I walked to Dragonfly Spa and got a massage.  I’m not sure how smart that was.  The masseuse rubbed some holes in my shoulders and back, or at least I thought she did.  Ouch, I’m gonna be sore.

After the massage, I walk to the train, and then from the train to the apartment.  After dumping some packages, I walk over to Metro to pick up groceries.  I taxi home, and unload the groceries and sacks from the earlier shopping excursion.  Overall, I think I covered between 4 & 5 miles on foot.  This is probably my single day Beijing record.  I am beat, but alive.  I burned some calories, but the bread and pizza offset any exercise.  The knees are feeling ok.  If I can move at all tomorrow, I’ll be grateful.

Judy gets home after school.  She has the sniffles.  We talk some about our packing plan for Friday.  She has a half-day Friday, and I’m home around 1:30.  Our flight to Sanya, China (some people call it “Chinese Hawaii”), leaves around 6:30pm.  Sanya is at the southern tip of Hainan Island, between Hong Kong and Vietnam.  It is tropical, and supposed to be beautiful.  We’re ready for a break, but as always, the work and deadlines between now and then are daunting.  Judy is off to bed early, trying to beat a cold that seems to be coming on.