All work, but some play...

We had a busy busy week this week. Will had been working really hard on a presentation that he gave on Thursday evening. He stayed up way passed his bedtime to give it too! I came back from picking up Patty at the airport and he was still up and wired. He said he did a pretty good job and after all the great feedback he had gotten all week prior to his presentation and as much time as he spent reviewing it - on his final presentation, he left out a slide. Goofball! Well, at least he knew the information on that slide anyway. He is so smart. I'm biased though - remember...he's also the bravest man in the world...

Anyway - back to PATTY! She's back from outerspace, uh, I mean Austin. My fellow L&D nurse is finally "Home." Our friend Sarah (the one that Patty hooked me up with) and I went to the airport to pick her up. We thought we would be clever and make a sign that said "Madonna" or "Yao Ming," but then figured that would cause mass hysteria at the airport, so we chickened out at the last minute. Patty's flight was delayed about a 1/2 hour, but boy did she bring back the mother load of luggage. How can someone that is like 5'0" get 5 70lbs pieces of luggage all the way from Austin to Shanghai without losing anything. Damnit - the photo op was priceless. You couldn't even see her push the luggage cart! Anyway, we helped her unpack and she was fabulous enough to bring back a YOGA MAT for me. Yeah!!! Back to my Ashtanga practice with a nice yoga mat.

The fun thing that Will and I did this weekend was go to an expat event on Saturday evening. We got to hob knob with some of the expat riche while we listened to one of the local gallery owners talk about Tibetan Thangkas - or scrolls. The picture is one example. We had wine and lovely hor d'oeuvres at a local restaurant and then after the talk, we walked to the gallery to see some Thankgas in his gallery where champagne and dessert were waiting as well! (The funny part - all the people that had drivers (most of them) - were all panicking about the walk to the gallery because "how were they supposed to tell their drivers where to pick them up" - ie they didn't know where the hell they were).

Although we were the couple least likely to afford anything, we came pretty close to buying one of them - we are still thinking about it too!! It is a gorgeous piece. Anyway, it also confirmed to us that we really wanted to go to Tibet - so I think that will be our next adventure in Mid-November. The owner is sending us contact info for a local guide there so we can visit a few monestaries and enjoy the locals and hoepfully find some more Thangkas!! We can't wait to write about that adventure - WE ARE GOING TO TIBET, CRAZY HUH!! Hopefully without an up close and personal encounter with any of the Maoist Rebels! :) Just kidding, don't worry moms and dads - we have a Chinese visa - that will surely save our white butts. :)