Nathan's CP Blog

Weekend #4

September 6th, 2009

We have received some good news from BB&T.  Ken has been granted permission to stay an extra week with me to help me get home.  Some nice BB&T person must be reading this blog and feels sorry for me having to take care of Nathan and Ken.  Someone knows I am tired.  Thank you to whomever is in charge of this decision at BB&T!  Our good friend, Sharon Gates had volunteered to come over my last week to help me get home.  Now Sharon and Ken will be here my last week so I am hoping to find a much needed massage salon.

A large group of us from the hospital went to The Holiday Inn to eat dinner tonight to celebrate another week successfully survived.  It is amazing that such a large group of different nationalities gets along so well.  Ken pointed something out to me tonight that I had not really noticed about Chinese people…no one is obese here.  We truly have not seen any one even close to being fluffy.  There is no such thing in any of the fast food restaurants such as upgrade to a super meal.  The proportions are much smaller than in the U.S.  The buffet bars do not have an excessive amount of food on them so they have to constantly replenish the food.  The Chinese are very thrifty.  When you go to the grocery store you need to take your shopping bag or you will have to pay $.20 per plastic bag to carry your purchased items.  That is true for Wal Mart too!  Yes Dr Wells, I have found Wal Mart in China!  Could you imagine how much money I would have to pay for plastic bags alone yearly for Wal Mart?  Below are a few pictures from the week.

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