So this week was our seven day vacation (national holiday to celebrate communisium) We were going to go to Beijing but decided not to. Then we were going to go to Zhujoe. That didn't happen so we're really just exploring Ningbo. But guess who decided to get sick at the begining of our longest holiday. That's right, I did! I either got sick with an epic dose of food poisoning or the chinese flu. I've been stuck in my apartment at the empty school for four days now, throwing up and sipping on water. I do have to thank Keelan and Arial for all the caring they have shown me. They brought over saltine crackers which are very hard to find here, along with ginger ale. Keelan was also nice enough to give me a blessing which I was very very very thankful for. Those two are going to have an amazing life. I'm really glad Lizzie came along with me. She's been taking care of me and making sure I've been eating and getting enough rest. She's been the girl who holds your hair when you throw up (well technically she didn't hold my hair but she has done a lot more than that.) But sitting in my room for four days made me realize that me getting sick is a blessing. No, that's not crazy talk. I realized that I was just going and going, from here to there, near , far. Never really stopping and calming down since I got here. I feel like me getting sick was God's way of showing me that I need to slow down and take it easy while I can. It's nice to know that I don't have to be anywhere and that I can relax and regenerate.
Being sick does make you a little homesick. Thinking that a nice bowl of chicken noodle soup sounds good. But you don't want to buy it hear because the meat will probably be all fat and who know's if there is going to be bones in the soup. Then you just try not to throw up again thinking of Chinese food.
The last meal I ate before I threw up was Greek food. And it was delicious! So good. Then the first thing out of my stomach was the delisious Greek food. Lets just say it wasn't that delisious anymore. I don't think I'll be having Greek food anytime soon.
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