The Art of Packing

Our plane for Rochester, MN, leaves in about 7 hours. We just started packing. Here is the secret to successful packing for any trip:


1. Invite both brother-in-laws over to play Call of Duty.
2. Take lots of cigarette breaks while formulating half-thought out lists of what to pack, i.e. "clothes" and "maybe something to do on the plane".
3. Watch an episode of "The Tick".


Today I helped Zhang Nan, son of our future boss in Jiaozuo, find a place to live in Louisville for a couple months. He is in town visiting his mother's college friend. We had a good time showing him around Louisville last week, and letting him play some Starcraft 2 (which, btw, should have made it onto our "how to succeed at packing" list). Here are a photo of us tearing up Louisville.

Heading to Minneapolis

Tomorrow we are heading to Rochester, outside of Minneapolis, to see Dad and Megan. Excited to see their new home, from the pictures it looks like there is a huge porch. We will be heading in to Minneapolis for a day also, and are really looking forward to seeing them and relaxing.

Kim and I in our regalia. Notice my ode to Doctor #10 with the burns.

Also, finished watching "The End of Time: Part 1 & 2" last night -- the last of Season 4 Doctor Who, and the last of David Tennant's role of the Doctor. Kim, Robert and I were impatient to watch season 5, which comes out in the US while we are in China, so I checked a favorite Chinese "youtube" type site, and we found the 5th season, subtitled in Chinese. Hooked up the laptop through HDMI to our TV, and we started the 5th season. Kim may disagree, but atm my favorite Doctor is David Tennant.