Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Home, home on the range...

Yes folks, I'm back in the good ol' USA. Let's flash back to Friday June 29th when I was scheduled to leave China and return....

My flight was scheduled for 6:30pm. I planned it so I could lug my two gigantic suitcases (it's a miracle they weren't over-weight) down 5 flights of stairs, take a 30min taxi ride to the bus station, take the 2-3.5 hour bus ride to the Beijing airport (it depends on traffic and how sturdy the bus is), and arrive at the airport 2 hours early.

I took this long, tiring journey only to arrive at the airport and find out my flight was canceled. Supposedly the airline knew it would be canceled 36 hours earlier but neglected to inform the passengers. HOW CONVENIENT!

So, I took the looong journey back to Tianjin and I had to wait 3 days before they could get me on another flight.

Long story short, I took the long tedious journey back to the Beijing airport yet again on June 2nd, got bumped up to business class, had the most comfortable flight ever, and boom I was back in the US.

It's good to be back and see family and friends again. But I really do miss Tianjin! I've been looking for jobs back there so I can head back. I think I just got accepted to one and I'll update you on that shortly!!