Well, I had a wonderful week off. Simon and I stayed in a fancy hotel on Hainan island in the south China sea and we really relaxed while we were there. Lots of swimming, eating, watching a few movies, and just spending time together before he moved home to Texas and I came back here for the last month and a half of training. We ended up staying an extra day due to a huge typhoon that cancelled all flights to and from the island for a day. It was nice to have an extra day but also insane to be in the middle of a crazy typhoon and then deal with re-booking flights and all that jazz. I still dream about the storm, I guess it made a really big impression on my unconscious mind.

So now I'm back here at the school just in time for the peak of summer heat, Mel's gone on her trip so I'm alone in the room, which is peaceful, but I'd enjoy it more if I wasn't sweating 24/7. It's actually hotter here than it was in Hainan and there's no refreshing ocean breezes. So it's not always hotter the closer you go to the equator. Who knew? Only another 6 weeks though so I just keep reminding myself of that. The fact that I know Simon is already at home starting his new life makes it harder to be here, I really want to go home too, but I do have Thailand to look forward to.

So that's the recap. Had a good trip....sweating up a storm in Wudang...counting down the weeks.