"She's a Monkey, what are you?"

When I was out and about with my aunt on Sunday, we ran into her friend and her friend's daughter. It was immediately necessary to determine which one of us is older. Instead of asking for my age, my aunt's friend said about her daughter, "She's a Monkey, what are you?" Hmmmm?! Duh, it quickly dawned on me that the Chinese zodiac signs are EVERYTHING in China! A Monkey was born in 1980 and the year before that was the Sheep. I responded, "Sheep," then the girl had to call me "elder sister."

The weather was BEEEAAUTIFUL today! The sun finally come out! I have never seen such clear, blue skies...am I really in China? I left my family after lunch and headed off to the business district of Beijing and checked into a fancy ass hotel. Along the way, I was blown away by how modern the city looked. There are a billion skyscrapers just near my hotel.

I got on a scale today and it read, "Error." Um yeah, eating much? There was obviously something wrong with the scale! Obviously! Still, as soon as I checked into the hotel, I went to the pool and swam for 45 minutes.

Monday wasn't too exciting - just worked in the Beijing office and met some of my colleagues. It's near 11pm and there's still more work to be done. I'm pooped.