outta here

Matt just talked to the Thai Air office and our flight is "zheng chang" (that's "normal" in English)... so, we're outta here :) Two of my good friends from my first year here in China (Jenny and Leah) are also going to be at the same conference this summer. In fact, they are both flying through our city's airport to get there, so we're on the same flight to Thailand! We see each other less and less often these days, so I am really looking forward to hanging out with them :)

The leaky kitchen update? Had a little "mini-conference" in the kitchen earlier this morning. Attendees included the landlord and the apartment management folks. The pipe installation company was conspicuously absent. Never fear, our landlord got them on the phone line and laid down the facts. Another meeting is scheduled for later this afternoon and the pipe people are expected to be in attendance. Hopefully, the meeting will happen after we leave for the airport, otherwise, we'll be guaranteed a pretty crazy departure.

I hope my next leaky kitchen update reads a little like this: "well, we're home from Thailand and the kitchen doesn't leak. I can't even tell where the repair men cut into the wall. It's a perfect repair job." We've got three weeks to make it happen and thankfully Xiao Li is here to take care of details.