Tonight we went out to Pizza Hut for dinner. Met my new semi Niece and her mother. The reason I say this is that, Zhang is Angels best friend from Beijing. Cynthia is her daughter. She has been calling me uncle Jim since Angel and I became engaged. She is coming to the states to ger her Masters degree in hotel Management. Now here is a cute girl. 23 years old, speaks excellent English, great personality and a lot of fun. I am going to take care of her when I get back to the States. She will be in Miami though. So I will have to watch out for her. She will have guys crawling after her. Anyway tomorrow mornig she is coming over so we can find her a laptop. We are shopping on E bay and a few other places. She cannot believe laptops are so cheap there.
PIzza Hut, is similar to the ones in the states with a few exceptions. Pizza's are not big and round. They are medium sized and square. You can get them with all sorts of toppings, sea food etc. They have a fruit bar par excellence. Anyway the four of us sat and ate. Cynthia and I talked with her mama and Angel talking. then headed out to some shops to find things for tomorrow. Stores here are different. it is hard to describe except that imagine 4 floors, all one store except they have little booths that sell everything from soup to nuts, with computer parts, memory, dvd players, all sorts of electronics. Live seafood including turtles, snakes and you name it. Similar to Wal Mart except China style. We bought some peaches, fresh baked bread and cheesecake. I will make breakfast of peach pancakes when Qingqing gets back on the 14th. then we walked home. It is hot here though. In the 90's, even at 8 PM. I love this woman more and more. truly.
My internal clock is all screwed up right now. So we were just laying around and dozing off and on. She said Ok, it is time for lunch. She whipped out a huge bowl of home made dumplings that she had been working on earlier. Manna from heaven. Not spicy but just enough and a huge bowl just for myself. (hear that Dinger and Bong?) After lunch, I cannot help. so back to bed I go. She picks out a movie from the internet. "Shooter" with Mark Wahlberg. She says she really likes this movie. Guys, can it get any better? She likes action adventure movies, wants to take care of me, cooks up a storm. Does my laundry every night. I have hit the friggin jackpot. Thank you China. I have died and gone to heaven. Tonight I get a full massage because I am still not relaxed enough.
I am meeting all of her friends. Both on the internet and in person. her former teacher stopped by today after meeting me she said i was very handsome but too fat. They tells it like they sees it. It is hard to take but I do understand they are not being rude, just honest. She tells me i am a very lucky man to which I replied I know that very well.
Tonight I just met another good friend. she is a nurse in Wuhan with a husband who is the commander of the police in Wuhan. good contacts, but be very careful Jim of things you want to do, with the ex.
Anyway tomorrow is another day. I am having a great time so far.
Jim