- ?? into trip

My departure time is uncertain at this point. It is extremely unlikely I will be able to leave for China in August, and it is unclear of when I will be able to do so. I will continue to update this blog as I get new information.

- 39 days into trip

I feel a bit nervous, I have not received my letter of invitation to do work in China. I cannot get a visa until I receive such paperwork, and I already bought my plane ticket. As each day passes without the paperwork, my anxiety increases. I don't want to bother the career services people, as I know that they are already doing their best to get it, but it is a source of stress for me.

My Chinese studies are going well (details of which is given elsewhere). That's all for now.

First Post

Hello everyone,
I just started a blog in which the main point is to communicate my experience during my China adventure to those who are interested in following it. The current title of this blog is 'Amesbury George's China Adventure', and it may change. I learned recently that there is not another approval process necessary for the China teaching opportunity, so therefore I will be going. It is a matter of packing everything I own, and selecting a bare minimum to take with me to China.
Currently, I am in West Virginia on a return trip from a family visit to Georgia (mostly) and Florida. It was a good visit overall, but it is in the back of my mind that I will eventually be leaving for nearly a whole year. While down south, I met two people who are interested in following my progress, which was a significant reason for me to do this blog. It would be too overwhelming to attempt to send individual emails to all interested parties. I am going to do some updating for Facebook, but I feel that I would rather make detailed blog entries.
If you are one of the people who are interested in charting my progress while in China, I encourage you to become a follower. Provided that there is some interest, I will make regular entries. I also have a blog specifically dedicated to my Chinese learning, so the record of my attempts to learn Chinese will not be accounted here. I also have a flickr account where I plan to load most of my photographs, so I will load very few here. Here are the relevant links;

Chinese learning blog -
http://amesburygeorgechinesestudy.blogspot.com/

General blog to things not related to China -
http://bigblueeeee.blogspot.com/

photography of Chinese and non-Chinese stuff-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gcharestiii/

Thanks for your attention, and have a nice day.