I was reading one of Nomadicus' blog entries, the one where he jumped into the river and landed on a snake ... (poor Nomadicus) and it reminded me of the time I jumped into blue hole. I was a very unwilling jumper. It was not one of my proudest moments... Blue Hole is in Texas, around where I went to high school. It was a place we went to swim sometimes.

One day an old friend showed up on our doorstep. Todd. A friend I went to elementary school with in upstate New York. We kept in...

Since I left China to here in last year, I missed the chance to watch Olympic games in my home country. It is a completely different experience to watch those games in another country. The sense still come up within my mind that in last Olympic game, I was sitting in front of my computer, watching the live telecast, when the women's volleyball team win the competition finally, I can not forget the overwhelming cheers and applause came out to my ears from many dorm windows. Now, I almost forgot which...

After 1 and a half weeks I finally got internet and can post how my bus trip went ....hungry!

I didn't have enough snacks with me.
I thought that most bus stations would have vending machines ...but not for $2 for a bottle of soda!
The 15 hr trip had so many delays and missed transfers that added 5 more hours.

One missed transfer at 3 am meant staying at the old station for 3 hours waiting for the next bus. An attendant told me they were supposed have...

Seasons change and so did I, need not wonder why..lyrics from an old song. My moods change with the seasons as well I think. It wont be too long before the farmers are back in the field, harvest season is about a week or so away here.
Maybe I over romanticize the changing of seasons. I always look forward to the end of winter and the beginning of spring. Especially look forward to the end of summer and the start of fall weather. Highs in the 70s with the wind blowing, school buses starting...

I'm so tired, so dang sleepy. Night after night I watch the clock turn over to midnight or one. If I could just get in bed and go to sleep, I would feel much better the next day. But sleep eludes me and I am but a shell, staggering around during the day trying to wake up.

No, I do not have insomnia, my son does. My 14 year old son has not been able to go to sleep before one a.m. for over a week now, ever since school started. And of course, if he can't sleep, that means I can't...