Day 21: Productivity

I woke up this morning with little to no voice, so teaching fifty little rug rats was next to impossible. Our native coordinator Marine had me rest today, and by rest, I mean patrol the classes and just help her in making sure nothing got out of hand. I mean, classes with the regular 8 are crazy enough, but now combining my class with the others, making to 14 per class, made it quite a day.

Marine also gave me some Chinese meds that about saved my life. No, I don't know what they were, yes, I took six of them, and yes, my voice is just about back to normal and i am feeling twenty times better. I felt as though I should ask what I was ingesting into my body, but i just swallowed the little yellow tablets when I was told to, and went on my merry way. I feel great, I only have a light sniffle, and didn't grow a third arm or anything, so life is good!

We began planning our first vacation today, which starts next Wednesday afternoon and goes through the next Sunday. We are going to Zhangjiajie, China, where there is a national park with beautiful mountains, nicknamed the "Avatar Mountains". They were, in fact, nicknamed this after the movie Avatar, because the film makers designed those cool floating mountains after the real ones in China, who knew right? There's your fun fact for the day.

The mountains are massive and so beautiful looking in pictures, I just can't wait to see them with my own eyes. There is also the world's tallest elevator there, gondola rides touring the park, waterfalls, tons of hikes, the world's most dangerous hiking path (we found out on YouTube, yikes) etc. That being said, we are in for a real treat. I will touch more on it all when the actual vacation comes around.