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Q: Soooooo...did everyone have a good CNY?
Back in the office today. Urgh...reminicising of the wonderful week I just had in Beijing. Did everyone else have a good week off? Highlights? Lowlights?
I have to say, out by the fourth ring road in Beijing it was pretty amazing watching all the fireworks go off at midnight. But by Feb 4 (fireworks day) I was over it.
I also thoroughly enjoyed being asked for direction by Chinese people in Chinese....clearly I had the Capital city dweller look nailed.
Ask again when it is over..... but so far it hasn't sucked particularly hard.
Hosting rather than being a guest:
Pros:
Don't have to sleep in a tiny bed in a cold room
No travel hell
Got my office and a door that closes
Having an 80+ year old woman sweep the floor is awesome when the MIL is bitching about being old at 55.
Cons:
People sure stay a long time
Some forced activities
People are eating my snacks and drinking my drinks
It seems inappropriate to some to drink a lot... I guess that is their problem
I had a good one. Two weeks of doing nothing. Lovely.
I even managed to get sunburned when I went fishing
. It's been 25 degrees in GZ 
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Lots of family visited to keep the mother in law busy.
Clean air, no noise and birds singing in the morning .
I played a ton of golden oldies to my 10-month-old boy; got him from crying to sleeping in no time. For a while he only wanted me to hold him and dance with him instead of mommy. I loved it! Then he got the the roseola virus, and needed mommy again. I'm a weekend dad most of the time, so i loved being able to spend nearly 2 weeks with him.
royceH:
Hey Coin..... you're gunna be a terrific dad. Just stay in close touch with fatherhood, come hell or high water, and live long enough to rejoice in it.
i am happy that its over...
stayed in a hotel for 2 weeks in an industrial area because of my new job and all restaurants closed for a whole week
was a survival fight here
