Weekend

We got back before too late last night, but I didn't feel like blogging, so instead of writing a Saturday and a Sunday blog, I'm writing a weekend blog. It's not like that hasn't happened before.

Saturday. Saturday morning was preschool graduation. The ceremony was on Saturday, but there is still one week of class left. The date of the ceremony just had to be changed because Yuling's due date is next week and so she couldn't be hastling with graduation if she was delivering a child. The little kids were soooooooooo cute!!!!!!!! We never did a dress rehearsal, so I had no idea how adorable the animal costumes would be. Unfortunately I didn't take my camera down stairs with me, so I don't have pictures, but hopefully I can get some from Yuling tomorrow. The skits went well, the 5 years olds were given their certificates, and refreshments were good. Graduation started at 10am and was scheduled to end at noon. After helping clean up and everything, Nancy and I were back upstairs a little after 1pm.

We had planned on trying a new place out for dinner Friday night, but then Nancy realized that she would rather eat free dinner with her tutories and so we decided to go to that restaurant for lunch. We knew about the place because on Tuesday when we went to the movies with Adam and Alicia's family, they ate dinner while Nancy and I sat. Everything they ordered looked so good so we thought that we would go back and just order two things, not knowing what they were, and we would have a good chance of eating a good meal. But, when we went, they handed us a menu in English and the ones we chose didn't look as good as the ones from the other night. It was still good though, so I'd go back. The best part about it was that the noodles were thick, homemade noodles. We saw them roll out the dough and cut the noodles, so we know that we were getting some really fresh food.

After lunch we went back and hung out at the house for a while. We had plans to go find a trail that leads to a waterfall that Adam used to go to when he lived here before. Unfortunately yesterday was a rainy day and so we had to go home and make different plans. This was Nancy's last Saturday in Hualien, but because there's not too much to do in this city, we decided just to go and see another movie. We saw "What Happens in Vegas" which is an okay movie, but it's so dull compared to our other weekends. I felt bad that that was how we spent Nancy's last Saturday.

Well, that wasn't how we ended the day. We went to the fruit stand because Nancy wanted to buy a juice to stick in the fridge so she could have juice for breakfast before church. A little girl came up to us and started talking to us in Chinese. I was more interested in talking to the little girl then talking to Ronald and so I tried to parrot what the little girl said and then she would try to parrot English words that I said. Apparently the little girl is one of the daughters of an owner of a nearby food place at the market. Ronald said that she always just wanders around the market talking to any and everyone. Nancy finally became interested in talking to the girl too and so we talked with the girl and played with a hula-hoop for at least 2 hours. Finally I decided it was time to leave and go home. It was 11:30pm and I figured that was a good enough time to head back (actually, it was past time, but the girl wouldn't let us go and Nancy never thinks it's time to go).

Sunday. It's been a good Sunday so far (it's only 2pm). We woke up and went to church. We had some good lessons on personal revelation and on forgiveness/feeling the Holy Ghost. Yuling gave a talk in sacrament meeting, and so did a white guy who is apparently a high councilman. Because it's Nancy's last Sunday in the Ji-An Branch, I would have thought she would have talked to more people or talked to the ones she did for longer, but we didn't stay after any longer then we normally do.

Last night we went to the store to get something for Sunday dinner and we decided to try to make curry. Not that it'll be hard, because we bought it in a box that has everything in it and we just have to heat it up. We'll see how good it is. I hope it tastes good, but I am a little weary of curry in a box.

I think the most of the rest of my day will be spent studying: studying the scriptures and studying Chinese. Since I don't have to do my lesson planning or evaluations, I have the time. Yay for pre-preparation!