1.) visa's are "hard to get and take a long time"
2.) it's so... "last minute"!
3.) flights are expensive!
4.) seems too good to be true
5.) it's SO... last minute! haha
anywho. last thursday my mother informed me that my dear friend Ruthy was COMING to China on Monday! yep- talk about last minute :) good thing living in China has gotten me slightly more accustomed to planning things on the spot and with a short notice haha...
so now, here with me in Harbin is one of my oldest and goodest friends from the states in China for the first time... what a blessing and truly a gift it's been to have her here, teach with me, keep me warm (haha jk), and share my 25th birthday with :) thank you mom/dad/and everyone else who helped make this happen!!
okay. one more thing haha...i can't help but share another student story :) during our last coffee house of the year- we talked about the idea of "gifts" for christmas and all... one of the questions was: what is the best gift you have ever given?
the student on the far left said that the best gift he's given was a journal/diary to his ex-girlfriend that had a bear on it... but he added 7 of his hairs to the bear (to make it special?)... what a special.. interesting... unique gift! haha the student next to him said "wonderful!" and the other 2 were just as confused as i was.. thinking it was slightly strange.. haha oh china. gotta love it :)
