Today was Yiying's first day of classes. But, let me tell you about yesterday, first!
We had a relaxing day. Yiying slept until almost 11:00 a.m. We lounged around the house, played with the dogs, and met Sarah and Brian's grandmother, Gloria, at her work - the library!
When she got off work, we went with her to a
local Chinese restaurant called Wah Wok. Yiying had vegetable fried rice. The portions were so large! We all had leftovers to bring home. After lunch, we tried to find an Asian market so that Yiying could buy the ingredients she needed to make her special recipe for us. It was too small, though, and she could not find what she wanted. So, we headed back home to relax for a few hours.
That evening, we went to the Louisville Community Park for a Welcome Picnic hosted by the Compass USA group. All of the host families were there, along with their 27 students. (Check out the slideshow coming tomorrow!) It was a lot of fun. Yiying had fun connecting again with her friends from school. We came back home at about 8:00 p.m. and had an early-to-bed night, since Yiying started school the next morning!
So . . . that leads us to today! Yiying and I got up at about 5:30 a.m. and got ready to go to the bus stop. After a breakfast of a bagel with jam, we headed for Longmont to catch her bus to Boulder and the University of Colorado campus. She caught the bus with six other girls from this area at 6:56 a.m., and had an hour ride. They went to class from 8 - 12:30, then went to a local mall for lunch and shopping. The bus brought them back, and I picked her up at 6:00 p.m. What a long day! She was "very tired but excited." We ran a few errands, including going to Blockbuster to rent a movie. To my surprise, she chose a horror film, "The Eyes"! She was so excited when she saw the box for 'Saw III'! I would never have guessed. At home, we had chicken enchiladas, chips & queso dip, and grilled pineapple for dinner. After letting their dinner settle, Sarah and Yiying went downstairs and ran on the treadmill for a little while. It's just after 10 p.m. now and they are going up to bed, finally!
Tomorrow's schedule will be slightly different. All of the girls will meet in Boulder, rather than taking the bus to the campus, and will go into Denver for the day. We'll let you know how that goes!