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Jesus, that just took me a half an hour to find how to log on to my own blog!!!!!!
I flippin' hate computers sometimes.
Anyhow, calmer now....
And all just to share this with you:

And to tell you that I spent an evening in a new Chinese hospital.  I fell off my scooter - slipped on some gravel - and hurt the left wrist and right thumb and ground away a layer of skin on one knee.  I was taken to the hospital by the principal Mark and we took along the long-suffering Helli to translate for us.  I was in a lot of pain, but when I slipped on some water in the hospital hall (near the water cooler) I re-slammed everything down and ...er...yelped very loud.  I had x-rays and that was interesting, as I surprised the technician when I asked for a lead vest (she was wearing one - and standing in the other room).  But the best was when 4 doctors came in with the x-rays and went over their thoughts and analysis with Hellie.  A security gaurd came in and then a stranger and then the stranger's wife and they all stood listening and looking in great fascination.  It was a hoot, really.  From that point, a week ago tomorrow, I have struggled with managing to clothe and clean myself, to make food and to clean up my place.  The pain, which was considerable, is slowly going down.  

But coupled with that has been the snappin' freezing weather with little to no heat in the school.  The heaters are "broken" - except in the staff room and the offices.  Susan says the situation is better than in her last Chinese school, where there weren't even heaters in place. At least we live in hope that they might fix them one day.  I sure appreciate the body heat of a full classroom, and like everyone I wear layers upon layers - scarves, sweaters, coats - as I teach.  Any sense of dressing professionally is long gone - I just want to be warm!  At "home" I go onto my couch and under a blanket to try to get warm - amazingly my bed is lovely and warm.  I am going to a hot place in a couple of weeks and I just want the sun to sink deep into my bones.  I was going to go to Nepal but I cannot bear to pay good money to continue to be cold - no matter how magical the place. 

Not much else to tell - school continues interesting and rewarding and thank god for that.

Thought this was an interesting way to go:

                                                               "That's all," she wrote.
                                                                             and
                                                                 That's all she wrote.