{"id":3068,"date":"2015-04-14T16:11:29","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T09:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/?p=3068"},"modified":"2015-04-14T16:11:29","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T09:11:29","slug":"tuesdaywednesday-4-7-8-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/?p=3068","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday\/Wednesday, 4\/ 7-8 \/15"},"content":{"rendered":"

TUESDAY, 4\/7\/15<\/strong><\/p>\n

Judy heads out, ready to fight the taxi wars. I feel sorry for the next person that jumps in front of her and gets her taxi. They may not understand what she\u2019s saying, but they\u2019ll know she\u2019s mad. Her patience is wearing very thin. There\u2019s no official line, so more times than not, people walk up the street in front of her and flag the taxis before they get to her. She\u2019s not a happy person when that happens.<\/p>\n

I go through my usual morning routine. When our ayi arrives, I grab the bike and ride over to the table tennis park. I\u2019ve got a few things to practice before my next lesson. One of the older guys grabs me when I walk in, and we hit for the next two hours. I can\u2019t knock anything past him. As I begin to hit harder, he hits harder. He\u2019s helping me work on my game, but eventually he decides to remind me he\u2019s a real player, and raises his level, running me around. Then he slows down and goes back to helping.<\/p>\n

Back home, I put together a soup for dinner. The apartment\u2019s clean, dinner\u2019s ready, and I\u2019m beat from swimming, the bike, and the table tennis. I\u2019m gonna sleep hard tonight.<\/p>\n

WEDNESDAY, 4\/8\/15<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our ayi arrived later than usual today. She didn\u2019t come in until 8:30am. She\u2019d been walking in around 7:45 the last several weeks. I killed a little time and then head out to Metro for the weekly grocery excursion. I got back around 10:30, unloaded the groceries, and went over for a swim session. I\u2019m up to 1400 meters. When I got back to the apartment after swimming our ayi was gone, and I ate lunch.\u00a0\u00a0 I worked a while on some travel possibilities, and then took a short nap (one of the perks of part-time employment). I spent the rest of the afternoon making sure everything was ready for my classes tomorrow and Friday.<\/p>\n

I left the apartment at 5:00 to ride the train over to Liangmaqiao Station. I met three of the faculty from my school for dinner. They\u2019ve been trying a different style of food each Wednesday. Two weeks ago, it was Indian, and this week, it\u2019s German. We have dinner at The Paulaner\u00a0\u00a0 I had some sausages, and potato salad. It was ok, but not remarkable. Afterwards, everyone wanted to walk to the nearby South German Bakery for bread to take home. I walked with them, but didn\u2019t get bread. There\u2019s no way I\u2019m going to drop any pounds eating a couple of loaves of German bread with butter.<\/p>\n

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