Well today was a quiet day. I am still trying to get in the mode of being a Mom (I think this will take time!!). For instance today we went to the park. We were suppose to leave at 10:30, I was running late because we had a slow moving morning. I never thought about bringing anything for Darci, like water (and it is very humid in Guangzhou so you need to drink a lot of water), diapers, or my camera. Thank goodness there are other parents that are more prepared, in some ways I might say over prepared!!! The park was really nice. It had many different types of flowers, it had boats you could rent and take out on the park’s lake, and it had an interesting play area-more for the adults. The adult play area was made up of steel types of equipment that you might see in a gym. There were weight type machines for you arms, ski machines, bike and rowing machines. It was an outdoor workout area!!! Next to it there were ping pong tables where the locals were competing against each other. In the afternoon Darci and I spent 1.5 hours filling out paperwork. Diane has left for a couple of days to go see the Terracotta Warriors, so I was not quite sure how I was going to fill out all the paperwork for the American Consulate with Darci in tow. Darci was amazing, she sat in her stroller for the 1 1/2 hours without any complaints, actually she was rather entertaining. She talked to herself, played with her shoes and was just a great little gal!! This evening many of us went out to eat at a Chinese restaurant. When you entered the restaurant there were live animals (ducks, snakes, fish-see pictures), they were going to be some one’s dinner but not mine-I stayed away from them, I would rather have not seen my meal when it was alive!!! Tomorrow we are off to a pearl and jade factory, more shopping!!!
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