Today was pretty low key. Adam, Bryan, and I started off the morning with our second attempt to do laundry. The lady remembered us, which was helpful, but we definitely still had some issues communicating. She put Bryan’s laundry in and then motioned upward showing us that we needed to go upstairs. We were confused since it looked as if there were at least another 5 washers open but we just went along with it. When we got upstairs she put in me and Adam’s laundry and then told us to go back downstairs, which we actually caught in Chinese (all of this class is paying off a little bit I guess)! She then told us how much we owed, which we also understood in Chinese, and then things got a little confusing. She started acting out like she was sleeping and from that we somehow figured out that she wanted us to write down our room numbers. Problem is, we don’t actually live in the international dorm but in a hotel across campus. We decided to just go along with it in fear that she wouldn’t do our laundry if she realized we didn’t live there, but then were a little concerned that she would deliver our laundry to those room numbers. As we were walking out the door she held up the number 4, which we assumed meant to come back at 4:00 to pick it all up.
With hopes our laundry wouldn’t be missing upon our return we headed to class. Chinese wasn’t as painful as usual although the fact that I have to know 300 characters in the next week is definitely starting to sink in. For lunch, Bryan and I decided to venture up to the second floor of the dining court, which we just recently found out existed. We put our charades skills to the test as usual and ended up with what we thought was Kung Pao chicken and rice but turned out to be tofu with a few pieces of chicken. Bryan was completely okay with it until I told him what it was, and then he refused to eat any more.
The rest of the day of class dragged on as usual and then we went back to pick up our laundry. It turned out surprisingly well although our clothes weren’t really dry and she lost one of my socks and another turned up in Adam’s laundry. I guarantee I would have lost one of my socks anways so I can’t even be upset. After putting my laundry away I spent a solid hour trying to upload my online homework and then downloaded a VPN since mine has not been working. I can officially get twitter and snapchats! After that we grabbed some street food and then officially booked our trip to Harbin. Well, Bryan and John did. My credit card wouldn’t work so I have to wait until the morning to get things figured out. Can’t wait until its all squared away for the weekend!
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