SATURDAY, 1/4/14

We woke really early (around 2:00 am), thanks to jet lag.  Judy begins to unpack the bags.  I start planning grocery shopping, but my plans never materialized.  We are both moving really slow.  Energy levels are really low today.  We eat, sleep, snack, and sleep some more.  It takes Judy most of the day to get everything put away.  I’m beginning to plan the summer visit of our kids to Beijing.  We’re working on our entire summer schedule, including a possible cruise, and a trip back to the US.  Living in China complicates things a little since some websites don’t work here.

I decide to order a pizza.  There are language issues when I try to give them our address.  I thought I did okay, but the pizza arrives two hours later, after numerous update phone calls.   It didn’t stop us from eating it, however.

Several times during the day I received calls from United Airlines verifying we were missing luggage (our missing luggage paperwork was handled at the airport by Air China).  The second call was telling me they would deliver it when it arrived.  I asked it if had been found, but language issues kept me from getting a straight answer.  Just as I was about to go to bed (around 9pm) we get a knock on the door.  Our luggage has arrived.   Whew!  Relief!

SUNDAY, 1/5/14

This jet lag is killing us.  It seems to be affecting me worse than Judy.  I can’t seem to sleep past 1:00 am.  Then I’m up until noon when I need a nap.  It’ll be nice when my body adjusts.  Judy finishes unpacking our newly arrived bag, then begins class prep for tomorrow.  I make the walk to Metro for groceries.  I found the Haagen Dazs stash.  Yum!  Back home, we unpack, and eat the ice cream.  Still can’t seem to get my body on track, so I take another nap.  I wake up just in time to go to bed.  I’m glad I don’t have students tomorrow.