Brief Message from Carolyn, 6/18/2005, 9:26 PM

First, remind me to tell you the Buddha story. Hilarious.

Second, our girl is sleeping. She's happy mostly, but moody some. She doesn't want anything but a bottle and nothing but milk and just the right amount of rice in it. Picky, picky.

And she has all this great hair I want to fix and I can't even get my hands in it!

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Let's see how this does. On a freebie dial-up. Really slow and annoying, but it's not $5 for 15 minutes!

The Buddha story: When we were going to the temple the other day, Connie the guide took time to explain who Buddha was. She explained the belief, etc., then she said, "And to explain what he look like, he look a lot like Brian." The whole Guangdong group is now wanting to rub Brian's belly for wealth and good fortune.

Charissa is sleeping. Problems with her teeth make her cranky (she has 4 with about that many more on the way), but she's generally a happy girl. She loves Brett as her toy, Dad as her playmate, and me for everything else. She doesn't go for me so much that she ignores the others, but she does like me pretty well when she's tired or hungry, in particular.

We're hitting the riverboat tonight for a cruise. $11 each person for the cruise and buffet. Not bad.

Hit our first meal that we didn't care for after we left the Buddhist temple. Dimsum (sp?) is not for us, but I can't tell Charissa that considering that is part of her culture.

Brett is swimming with a couple of the little guys in our group. We haven't taken Charissa yet. She's been runny and rattly, so we're afraid of making her sick.

Waiting for the 23rd. We've about had enough of Guangzhou, as much as we're enjoying. Sounds as though we did hit the luck. Everyone from Jiangxi is complaining about the accommodations. We have nothing to complain about. It's been gorgeous in that way.

Oh! Dragon Boat was yesterday! We got to see a bit of it, anyway. TONS of folks were out to watch. We felt a bit out of place. Charissa, I'm sure, was comfortable, though. Folks were staring, especially since Brett was pushing the stroller. We got lots of grins.

People are accepting here. And talk about folks who love children! Charissa gets all sorts of attention, just as the others do. Babies and children are valued beyond my expectations, by far. Makes the situation even more sad.

Must go. A girlie will be waking shortly and I have a few things to do.