Week Three yea yea yea

So I'm in a hotel room surrounded by ROTC cadets "furiously studying" Chinese characters (...with some some background music of Britney Spears lol) because the Level 1 students have their first big test tomorrow! This week has been a blur of studying...us Level 3-ers had a big test this morning, but I definitely felt prepared. I have also been busy getting back into the groove of working out (Chinese food is giving me a tummy) so we've been running at night when the air isn't as bad, and still swimming a lot. Last week after I blogged I got to hang out with my language partner (a student here at Nankai) and that got dinner with a couple of other cadets and their language partners. It is really rewarding to be able to translate for my American friends when our Chinese friends can't quite find the right English word, or vice versa. Also, when we have a class with a teacher that doesn't speak English at all, they bring in a translator (her name is Sophia and she's super cool). But I find I am needing to listen to the translations less and less! Okay I am really scatter brained now because everyone in here is now singing The Fray. It is hard to focus, almost as hard to focus as if I were to have a lawnmower chewing through my foot right now. This weekend we have Friday free from class yeah!! We are going to Taishan mountain in Shandong province and we will be seeing Confucius' hometown. Hopefully even more pictures from that adventure!! Love to all and hope that everyone is having fun back in the states.

Stevie taking one of her famous handstand pics!

OH p.s. the title is "yea yea yea" because that is what me and my roommate Stevie sing...all the time. I am really lucky we get along so well and that I have such a good roomie =]