Lost in Translation

2.25.2008

I (Tracy) am trying to set up our blog right now and the whole site is in Chinese characters. I am only going on memory and common sense as to what the buttons and tabs might be saying. By some small miracle I have gotten this far.

I understand now why Sixiao only blogs maybe once every few months since her time here. There are so many things to write about, but never enough time. Time in China goes 1 million times faster than time in America. We have only been in Beijing for 5 days. 5 days that have blurred seemingly into an instantaneous moment. 5 days that have streched seemingly into an infinite, indefinte amount of time.

We move into our apartment tomorrow. The move will be hectic-- from repacking all of our stuff, to hauling it in cabs across town, to figuring out how & where to buy things in China for our new place-- but it will be welcome. Finally, we can begin to get a sense of feeling settled in this crazy new planet we now call home.