Sit back and drink some tea

So I realize it has been over 2 weeks since my last post, and I'm sorry about that. It's been a crazy last couple weeks. And a bunch of crazy stuff has happened. First, the hard drive on my computer decided to crash while we were in Beijing. Thankfully, the wonderful people at the Apple store in Xidan spoke English and helped me get a new hard drive. And then at the end of training, instead of going to our city and getting settled in, our team had to travel back to America because we did not have our work visas. Fortunately we knew about this before we went to training. But, I can tell you, nothing prepares you for jet lag twice in one month. Actually, make that more like 3 times in one month because we're only in the States for 4 days. And then there's the people I love that I left behind in the US: my amazing family and friends that I miss. 

Yeah, so life has been insane lately. But the funny thing is, I'm loving this craziness. One of our teachers at training left us with a saying that I think pretty much sums up my outlook on life right now: "Just sit back and drink some tea." When stuff hits the fan, you just sit back and drink some tea and don't worry about it. When the system frustrates you, just sit back and drink some tea. When your computer hard drive crashes, just sit back and drink some tea. You get the idea. 

In China, nothing is ever as it seems, and often what works in America doesn't work there. So instead of trying to bring my Western ideas and procedures onto China, it's best to just go with the flow. 

Most of you who know me well, know that going with the flow is something I typically don't do well. What China is teaching me is flexibility: the ability to just release control and just roll with life as it comes. 

I'll update you guys on the last two weeks in another post. Time to sleep. This jet lag thing is terrible. I'm gonna go sit and drink some team before bed.