Wet Shoes

Ok, so I was sitting in the library studying my 综合 when all of a sudden a little message flashed upon my translator screen: low battery, please charge. And then I remember, I had forgotten to charge it last night. I know what you're thinking, "big deal, certainly not blog worthy". Well you're right, but stick with me here.

Because my translator's battery was dead I couldn't finish studying, or as I learned how to say today: 学不下去。I guess I could have used one of them books with words and definitions in them, I think they're called dictionaries. But come on, you know me, I'm a tech guy. Besides, using a REAL dictionary would take all day. Or at least it would me anyway, I don't know how my Russian classmates do it. Anyways, there I was, it was only 12:45 which meant I still had two good hours of studing at my disposal. But unfortunately I didn't have the necessary tools to actually complete my studies. So I decided to go for a run.

I love to run. But life gets so busy in Beijing that my runs are few and far between. So I was really excited about this "unfortunate" turn of events. So much so that, while riding my bike home I could just feel my Brooks Glycerin's hitting the pavement, the sweat rolling off my brow, and the occasional breeze springing up out of the north, cooling down an otherwise exhausted body. I could hear the thudding of my heart after about fifteen good minutes of running. Why, I could even smell the fresh air as I sucked in deep gulps of.......oh wait a minute, I'm in Beijing, there is no clean air. Anyways, you get the picture. I was long overdue for a run!

When I arrived home I drank a glass of water and ate a slim jim (we brought them over as presents for Chinese students, but it turns out that Chinese folks don't like slim jims so they somehow got "left" at our house - Oh, well their loss.). I quickly changed into my running clothes, took out my bus card from my money clip and put that along with four Kuai into my shorts pockets; just in case I needed water or needed to take the bus home. I looked at my watch, I didn't have to be home until 3:00 p.m. (that's when our nanny eaves). So I went over to our shoe rack to grab my Brooks, and that's when I noticed they weren't there. My first thought was that our nanny had washed them. But that thought was quickly supressed from my mind due to the fact that she had just washed them last week. So I searched in the living room, and then the bedroom. Remember, we live in a little apartment, so things are pretty easily found. around here. When I couldn't find my shoes in either the living room or the bed room that initial thought once again arose in my mind. So I slowly walked to the bathroom and, sure enough, there they were.......sopping wet!

So I can't study, nor can I go for a run.....what is a man to do? Well, the only think you can do - blog! As of now, I have set my shoes outside our window so that they will dry faster; who knows what tomorrow holds, maybe I can get that run in........maybe. I'm sure by now my translator is semi-charged, so it's off to study for me. But it will only be for an hour or so, because we have some Chinese students coming over for supper tonight (spaghetti).

But I do what to leave you guys with one little treat, a picture of Noah at his very first day of school! Seeing how he hasn't made it home yet, I'll have to blog later on whether or not he actually liked it.