I’m Going to China!

And no, I’m not adopting a baby (for some reason that is the first thing people think when they hear I’m going. Um, aren’t I on record saying that the vasectomy is the best medical procedure ever invented? Yeah, I know I didn’t actually go through it myself, but I gave birth twice so nyah – I win).
I’m going to travel and tour. My brother travels a lot for work and has spent a ton of time in China this last year. And when I say my brother “travels a lot for work”, I am not exaggerating. He is only home about 10% of the time. He gets on the road and is often re-routed during his trips (Italy to Iceland to Denmark to Dallas to China…etc). He rarely knows where he’s going to be next. In fact, he RAN OUT OF PAGES on his only TWO-year-old passport and had to have more pages sewn in (so fascinating – I didn’t know they did that!).
Anyway, that’s why the trip is so last-minute. Paul couldn’t nail down the dates he’d be in China until just recently.
So I am on a crash course of travel guide-reading and packing and oh-my-gosh-I-am-leaving-behind-two-small-children-who-need-to-be-cared-
for-ing. I’m excited and stressed. In equal parts, I believe.
The other big thing I’ll be doing in China besides touring is meeting my brother’s girlfriend and her daughter for the first time in person (we’ve IM’ed and webcam-ed, but never met face-to-face). Hopefully we’ll like each other because we are going to spend 10 days living and touring together! If she can stand my brother, hopefully she can stand me. Ha!
Oh, and I figured I’d let them know about my blog now. So welcome, Paul and Shanti! I’m still figuring out how to tell people about my blog. There’s never really a good time….
I don’t know if this site will be accessible, but if it is, I’ll blog from China. Here’s to the next big adventure!

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