After cleaning the house and packing my bags today, I headed out the door at 6pm to catch the last bus to Changsha. My moto taxi, however, took a terrible route through some back streets, causing me to miss the bus. So I moved on to the train station, where I discovered that the two trains that usually leave between seven and eight were mysteriously not listed. Unfazed, I walked outside to try and find a mini-bus … if you bargain hard, you can usually get a fairly fast (and bumpy) ride on one of those.

That’s when I realized that I had left my airplane ticket in my apartment. Yeah.

So I went back home, had a good dinner of Mac and Cheese, re-packed my bags, and relaxed for a few hours. And here I sit. My plane leaves from Changsha at 10:40 in the morning, so I’m going to catch the 3am train to Changsha (it’s a slow one), arriving bright and early with plenty of time to get to the airport. Looks like I’ll be hitting Beijing with some weary eyes!

FYI, I really can’t afford a babysitter, so I’m leaving webeldotnet in charge of itself while I’m gone. It’ll be making automatic daily posts … I hope it behaves itself!

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