Yesterday I sat here staring at my screen wondering what to write, today I come with stories.
Our house is unintentionally becoming a party house, not like crazy black out party nights, but a place where people are coming to connect. And its great to be at the center of it, or at least host it. Living in another country as a single person can be hard, while its still possible to be friends with married people, its just a different lifestyle. Oddly, right now in my city there are a bunch of single people and we have now thrown our second "party" with great success. The singles come flocking! (Leaving the awkward Single 'Meet and Greet' behind.)
Last night was a bonfire, I was expecting rain or police and neither came, for that I'm grateful. When we went out I thought our fire would last an hour if we were lucky, it went a solid two hours and we managed to keep it up for the third. By then some of us were getting cold so we invited people into our house if they wanted to continue the 'party' (which for me meant drinking coffee and trying not to all asleep in conversation). Again, another pleasant surprise, people like us! About half came into our house-about 12 people.
We crammed into the elevator, no beeping occurred, the doors shut, one floor up and DROP! After some screaming and mild profanity we all laughed. Twelve people and a dog crammed into an elevator during holiday with no cell service. Luckily, other's did actually have cell service and we were able to get ahold of some of the people who left and they got us help. We were stuck for almost half an hour, with a dog who had terrible gas. If any of us had died, it would have been for lack of oxygen. For 12 people crammed in an elevator with little breathable air we all looked happy, laughing and smiling. I can't post the video (too many people to get permission from), but someone did take a video and we all look like we are having the time of our lives! Just part of living in China.
That was the emergency, today the accident occurred, this one a little less funny. My dog jumped, snagging his nail and it ripped off. While it heals it will be painful to sit through because, even though he may be pug, he is far from sedentary and I wont be able to take him running for probably a couple weeks.
Living abroad when emergencies and accidents occur what do you do? Hope for the best and laugh at the rest.
Our house is unintentionally becoming a party house, not like crazy black out party nights, but a place where people are coming to connect. And its great to be at the center of it, or at least host it. Living in another country as a single person can be hard, while its still possible to be friends with married people, its just a different lifestyle. Oddly, right now in my city there are a bunch of single people and we have now thrown our second "party" with great success. The singles come flocking! (Leaving the awkward Single 'Meet and Greet' behind.)
Last night was a bonfire, I was expecting rain or police and neither came, for that I'm grateful. When we went out I thought our fire would last an hour if we were lucky, it went a solid two hours and we managed to keep it up for the third. By then some of us were getting cold so we invited people into our house if they wanted to continue the 'party' (which for me meant drinking coffee and trying not to all asleep in conversation). Again, another pleasant surprise, people like us! About half came into our house-about 12 people.
We crammed into the elevator, no beeping occurred, the doors shut, one floor up and DROP! After some screaming and mild profanity we all laughed. Twelve people and a dog crammed into an elevator during holiday with no cell service. Luckily, other's did actually have cell service and we were able to get ahold of some of the people who left and they got us help. We were stuck for almost half an hour, with a dog who had terrible gas. If any of us had died, it would have been for lack of oxygen. For 12 people crammed in an elevator with little breathable air we all looked happy, laughing and smiling. I can't post the video (too many people to get permission from), but someone did take a video and we all look like we are having the time of our lives! Just part of living in China.
That was the emergency, today the accident occurred, this one a little less funny. My dog jumped, snagging his nail and it ripped off. While it heals it will be painful to sit through because, even though he may be pug, he is far from sedentary and I wont be able to take him running for probably a couple weeks.
Living abroad when emergencies and accidents occur what do you do? Hope for the best and laugh at the rest.
Would love to see that elevator picture! Kris
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