So I am still recovering from the cold bug, she now has the cold bug. My fault, but I accept that fact. She is nowhere near where I was few days ago. I'm looking at cooking for her and mama again, I'm thinking a full course fajita dinner, Tejano buddy in the army taught me how. I just have to figure out the seasonings and go easy on the fire
Yesterday we went out to SheXian, to see the lake and the scenery, yell off the walkway and listen to the echoes. One of her uncles was along, I think he tried to eat everything on the path to the bridge crossing the lake... we didn't cross the bridge, I was outnumbered on the vote. There is a temple or something up the cliff on the other side. Still not sure entirely what it was, but I know it was alot of time in mama's hamster ball, I mean car, sorry, legs are still cramped from the experience.
Now that I am functioning well, we are discussing taking a trip to Shijiazhuang, but apparently the agency is trying to tell her that we cannot get married if they don't get their's. I think it's time to take them down a peg or two, so we're going to have to go over there and handle that. Formal wedding sometime down the road, not totally decided, but we want to do it with my parents present.
She made it known that at some point in the near future, "we" are going to be responsible for mama, I was kinda expecting that and let her know I had figured that already, her being an only child kind put that one through the goalposts as a strong possibility down the road. Good side of this, Yuan and I have talked about opening up a business for her to make money, I have come to know here mama well enough that she will be there helping Yuan with the shop and business and when that grandchild comes along I know the new laolao will be right there to help with that as well.
She did make the official statement, that she has chosen me and does not care what her friends or her laolao want to make of it. She only knows she wants to spend the rest of our lives together. This amid her mahjong friends having a cow because she doesn't want to come play with them this week. She did clean them out last week in the last thirty minutes of play, which was good. Now I am evil and it's my fault. It's not her feelings, score one for me. I think I'll buy her a real nice mahjong table now, one of the automatic jobs that has two sets of tiles and all, but wood, not plastic, then her mahjong friends can really be pissy about something.
I am certain down the road there will be some sort of problem, I know my folks have been together over 45 years and I've seen more than one explosion around the house, but as Yuan and I have come to agree, it's only a problem if we quit and she knows I am not willing to quit. Ironically my great-grandfather told my mom to "stay away from that damn bum" and she didn't and against his theory they are now looking for permanent vacation home in the Indian River area of Michigan's Inland Waterway.
John, look forward to the possibility of getting together. Our place is right next to the Tsingtao beer garden, or "burn and roast" as I believe it translates, I'm thinking beer and charred animal flesh is good casual gathering place myself. I think her mama is trying to fatten me up anyway. I have had to start refusing bread because I know I'm fattening up. Of course I'm still waiting for mama to decide to celebrate with that bottle I gave her on arrival. I understand enough to know that most Chinese do not want "wine" so I gave her my best bottle of anejo rum I have. A 15 year Dominican, I'm waiting for them to realize it's actually flammable...
One pic posted below, I will resize a couple more for uploading later, I couldn't help it, Yuan taking a picture of mama playing in the flowers.
Until later,
Lloyd
