Finally on vacation.

This has been an incredibly long semester. 21 weeks straight teaching a nine hour school day. I understand that this might not sound that crazy to a non-teacher, but this has been one of the most exhausting 5 months of my life.

Very much looking forward to my month off and my many adventures planned. Tomorrow I head to Singapore to visit a friend. We will head to a beach in Indonesia for 3 days then I am off to NYC to visit family and friends. Then back to Taiwan with one of my besties to travel the island for 10 days!!!

Can't wait. All I have to do is make it through this ridiculously painful end-of-semester meetIng where the principal is rambling on in Chinese, reading off a 98-page powerpoint slideshow. Whoopie!!! Taiwanese bureaucracy, I will absolutely NOT miss you over the next month.

You know the world is crazy when...

You meet someone for the first time and, completely soberly, they tell you they want to father your children and get married.

Hours of DrivIng through the Alishan Mountains.

The original plan was to drive to the Sandimen waterfalls. I made a wrong turn on the highway so we decided to drive north to the Alishan Mountains. Some friends and I enjoyed locally picked oolong tea, went for a hike through the forest and enjoyed all the beautiful vistas as we drove through the clouds.

Alishan

A great New Year in HK

Spent 4 days in Hong Kong for the New Year with an old friend. It was my first vacation since September and I relaxed, ate delicious food, drank good wine and enjoyed my excellent company.

It was rejuvenating!