I have been very bad about writing recently. I started working, we moved into the permanent apartment, and then we’ve been running from activity to activity. So there will be a rush of posts soon as I finish writing and catching up on all the things we’ve been up to.
I started my job after the Golden week holiday. Since then my job has changed a few times, but I think I’m finally settling into a groove. I proofread the website for the university, and I’m currently working on a faculty handbook full of all the information we had to learn the hard way. I’m thinking about asking for a position as an international recruiter, as we don’t have one of those at the moment and we really need one.
Alex has been practicing a lot of sports with the help of some of our new friends here in Haining. Lynken and Richard, both teachers here at the university, have been playing soccer(football), american football, baseball and Frisbee with us. Soccer is still his favorite, but I don’t know for how much longer. Alex is loving Frisbee and Lynken even got Alex his own Frisbee and smaller sized football. Richard gave us a great volleyball to use as a soccer ball. It’s lighter weight so you don’t tire out as easily and it rolls a little better and Alex has to use better footwork to control it. 
Alex also met a local boy named Miles, and he came to visit and played basketball with Alex. Miles’ dad, Mao plays sports with the university sports club.
We learned that day that the local chinese kids Alex’s age have to pass a jumping roping test at the end of the year. They have to complete 100 jumps in 1 minute. It made me very glad Alex’s school doesn’t do that test!
Miles and Alex turned basketball into a full contact sport, but they were both having fun.
The weather has started to turn colder here, so I don’t know how many more good sports days we’ve got left- but I hope he gets a few more practices in.
Traveling Expat Family 