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Well, I’ve been having a lot of problems posting. First, I found out that Blogspot is blocked in China, and after I found a way to get around that, the Blogger pages wouldn’t load on my computer. I was really frustrated, what with being isolated and all. The Bart set this up for me. Thanks Bart!

Here’s a review of the stuff from the past couple of days:

In other news, tomorrow will be the first day in a month I’ll be able to see my left foot. I’m going to the hospital to get an x-ray, and the doctor will decide whether I can go without a cast or not. I’m hoping I’ll finally be able to walk around again. I’m also waiting for the reaction of the nurses when they see my hairy Caucasian leg. I’ve peeked at it under the cast, and the skin is dry and chalky, with hairs that are now almost a centimeter long hanging out.

Actually, I was wrong about that! I have to have my foot in the cast for two more weeks! Today I got so see the X-ray, and I was surprised to see such a big, scary-looking crack in my bone. I had thought it was minor.

Last night I also found out the presidential debates were live on CCTV-9. I’m chagrined (if that’s the right word) that I’ve missed it, but on the other hand, I think Bush’s responses would have annoyed me too much. Just reading the transcript was annoying and embarrassing. That man has no grasp of grammar, word definitions, or public speaking skills. He made Colin Powell plural (“Colin Powell have”), misused “vociferously,” and just said other things that were just plain illogical.

Lately I’m also worried I’m using all these words wrong (like Bush, I guess L ). For instance, I’m afraid I misused “chagrined” above, and that I’ve been misusing “piqued” for years. I always thought you could say, “My curiosity was piqued,” but according to the online dictionary I have here, “piqued” means angered. I miss my unabridged dictionary!

IN BED WITH THE ANTS (Oct. 6)
Uh! Here I am, still with the cast on my foot! The cafeteria lady told me Jane had gone home to rest. I don’t know why. Hopefully she’ll come back later today. I’m really sick of being stuck here not going anywhere. I’d love to do laundry and check my mailbox.

In other bad news, my ant problems have gotten worse, and now I keep finding these little brown ants in by bed! It’s horrible. Another thing I’ll do as soon as I can go out is buy ant-killing powder. Plus, I have some cockroaches in the kitchen (although they are normal, American-sized ones, not huge ones with audible footfalls, like in Shenzhen).

Have I been undergoing a run of bad luck? It’s hard to say. I’m resistant to thinking of it this way. I just keep trying to remember that I’m really very lucky in a lot of ways. But in May, I had the kidney problem that didn’t go away for like a month and a half, then I hurt my neck really badly, and then as soon as I got to Shanghai, I got my first broken bone. I guess I should think of it as coincidence. Maybe since three bad things have happened, that will be it for the near future.

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