Family Trip

I went up to PA with my mom and my brother yesterday. We spent the day at a cabin that my aunt and uncle rented. I had a great time. My grandparents were able to come, and so were some of my cousins. I haven't seen any of them (except my grandparents) for about 5 years or so, so it It was a good chance to catch up on things. My aunt and uncle gave me a nice little leather journal. I'll probably use it to write down things like recipes or other little things that I wouldn't bother putting in the blog. I got to talk to my cousins' husbands (cousin-in-laws?) and it turns out one of them has a friend who does missionary work in Kenya. He said that if I ever felt like working there I should let him know. I may have to take him up on that after I'm done in China, but I don't expect that to be a for a couple years. Overall I had a lot of fun seeing relatives that I haven't seen for a while. It didn't hit me till we were leaving that I might not see any of them for another couple years again. It was a weird feeling.

This weekend my brother and I will be leaving for Costa Rica to visit my Dad. I haven't seen him in about 3 years. We're going to spend two weeks down there, so we'll have plenty of time to sit around and talk. I still need to find out what to bring with me. If I can I'll bring my laptop and post updates while I'm down there.

Things I still need to do.
1. Ask the school LOTS of questions. I still no very little about what I'll be doing other than "teaching English." I also want to make sure they got all the paperwork from me that they'll need for a while. I don't want to be in Costa Rica and get an email asking for paperwork.
2. Learn more about China. I'll admit that I can be stupid at times, but I refuse to be ignorant. I want to know enough about China that I won't feel left out when people talk about the going-ons.
3. Get some pictures on here. The blog looks fairly sparse.
4. Tell people I know about the blog. For all I know, not a single person has read anything I've posted so far. :P
5. Check about online classes. I want to get my bachelors degree, but I still don't know how much it will end up costing me, or how I'll go about getting it in China.
6. I know I forgot something important... Darn.