After I was through, I went back to my apartment to make some lunch. I've been getting a little sick of rice, (little is an understatement) so I decided to try and make something different back home. However, when I got back and realized all I had to choose from was oatmeal and dry pancake mix; I was a little bit discouraged. Since I've had oatmeal for the past three days, I chose to whip out the pancake mix.
We don't have a stove top here, nor do we have a non stick pan. Thus, I had to get creative and resort to baking the pancake mix in our handy dandy toaster oven. I was a little worried about how it would turn out, but I checked about ten minutes after I put it in the oven and it looked perfectly golden brown on top, and crispy! I know this doesn't sound like your average pancake, but it sure was tasty. I threw some honey on it and made a meal out of it. I also made Lexi one of my masterpieces, because she got locked out of her room and was hungry, so I fed her poor soul.
After my baking adventure, Lexi and I began spitting off my balcony, who knows why. After several minutes of spitting, my mouth began to run a little dry, so I went and got my water bottle from inside to refuel. I took a drink, and instead of spitting spit, I began to spit water off the balcony; Lex and I then began to turn our spitting into a game. We were trying to see who could drip their spit droplets closest to this rug, that belongs to the person below me, or who could hit different objects below. It was a gross game, and kind of cruel, but we were entertained for quite some time doing it.
After the water ran out and our mouths were dry, Lexi pretended to javelin my laundry lifting pole off my balcony. I don't know the proper name for this tool, but it basically is a rod that lifts my clothes and extends them to a high hanging bar to dry. Anyways, we thought it would be fun to try and javelin it off over our balcony into the trees, but we were much too far from our target to try, so we refrained from trying. So alternatively, I got a few rubber bands out of my teaching supply bag and we decided to use the rod as a sling shot instead, rather than a flying spear. We shot rubber bands off my balcony for almost an hour, it was so funny, yet quite a good time.
Lexi, Courtney, and I later spent the rest of our evening with Victoria, making QQ's and walking to get smoothies. QQ is like MSN or instant messenger, but the Chinese version. Everyone has it here to communicate with each other, and when we make friends they all ask for our QQ numbers. Seeing as how we didn't have one until today, it has been hard to keep in contact with many people we've met. Thus, I am very excited to have gotten one and to try it out! It should allow me to keep in better contact with my friends here in China.
Anyways, it's been a good, funny, but a good day. I am very blessed to have the life I do, and the people in my life that I do. Life is good. On that note, I'm off to bed, goodnight.
Pictures:
1: the kids craft I did with them today
2: sling shot baby
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