After 10 months living in Hunan I am down to my last month.  It has been a long and fantastic year teaching English in my Chinese high school.  Teacher here is certainly the most fascinating and rewarding job I’ve ever had in my life.  It’s been unforgettable.  Now with less than three weeks of teaching left and a calendar that’s more full than any I’ve yet had in Huaihua my life here is starting to feel like it won’t last forever.  Today I had my last Chinese lesson with my teacher 杨扬 and the English library I started up at my school is wrapping up and no longer lending out books.  The funny thing is while I’m excited to get home and see my friends and eat hamburgers and burritos living here has never felt so comfortable, so right.  I gotta make the most of my time left here.  It’s hard to look forward to my future in Shanghai, it feels so far away even though I’ll be moving there next month.  After such a steady and reliable life here in Hunan the changes that are coming up are hard to comprehend.  I’m going to miss this great province.

Fenghuang, Hunan