"Physical Examination"

Adam and I are getting settled in China again. Really it doesn't seem like we left for 7 months, other than some of our favorite eating places are gone..which is really sad because we only had a few. haha :<  It feels good to be back. We went and got our physicals for our residency cards this year! This way we can go in and out of China however many times we want. So we went to the doctors office and I thought it would be a normal physical....you know pee in a cup and check your blood pressure or something. NO! We(Adam, Me, and Kayte) went to this run down clinic with vials and blood in a clear garbage hanging out in the hallway(scary). We had to fill out a form and as we starting look down it had all these things for the Dr. to fill out. Weight, height, vision, heart, blood pressure, knee jerk...and then it started mentioning other things! Like liver, spleen, lungs, breasts, anus, abdomen and the lists go on...We were getting kinda nervous for this examination, then an American girls walks in from getting her blood drawn pale as a ghost and almost passes out. First thing they did was draw three vials of blood. I am an A type + or - they didn't say, and none of us passed out! Then we went in for a ECG. First they put these metal bracelet looking things on my wrists and ankles and then I had to lift the dress I was wearing to my neck and the girl put some clear liquid on my chest and then put some suction cup things on my chest and monitered my heart. It was cool to look at the results and then when we gave her back our results she switched Adams and I's up and we tried to tell her she was putting his results on my medical history file but she said it didn't matter! haha ok. Then we got an ultrasound of our liver and spleen. Adam tried to joke with the Dr. and asked him if he could see a baby haha he didn't think it was funny. Then we got an x-ray of our lungs to make sure we didn't have Tuberculosis. Last we got our heart and temperature checked. He only checked my heart for a few seconds and then filled it out. Who knows if it is accurate! But I think we passed! We have been hanging out with Thomas, Katie, and Kayte. It has been a lot of fun. We went to a dinner that night with all the foreign teachers and college Dean and had yummy delicious chinese food- duck head, chicken feet, stomach lining, whole fish and shrimp, and lots more! They had us each say something and Adam gave his toast in Chinese. He is amazing! They were in awe of his progress. They couldn't say enough of his chinese skills. I am so proud of him! Everywhere we go the Chinese are amazed at how well he speaks. He has only been learning Chinese for a year. He took one semester before we came last year and then we were in China for 5 months and then we didn't really have time to study too much the 7 months we were in the states. Adam is really good at everything he does, no exaggeration! He is just amazing!
 Sunday we woke up really early to go to church! I must have been really excited because I was up at 3:30a.m and couldn't get back to sleep! We decided to try to do it in one day. We left our apartment running, I was grabbing things on my way out, my shoes weren't even on because were were running late. Kayte was going to bring a cake but luckily she didn't. We left at 6:15a.m and ran through the whole campus. Truly we are so blessed because a taxi was waiting outside the gates and was starting to pull away when we were close enough to wave him down..still running...we got it and made it to the train station and me Thomas and Katie there with enough time to sit down for literally 1 minute! We got on the train at it left at 6:37a.m. It takes about 2 hours to get to Qingdao. We then have to wait in line to get our tickets back home. We got the fast train back home! It is so nice and only takes an hour. If only it was running that early to get to Qingdao from Weifang. We then walked almost a mile(it felt like that in my heels) to get a bus. We then ride an hour bus ride to church and made it just in time for sacrament. I love going to church. There is such a strong spirit. It is worth it to smell like a train station and the long day to go to church. I love our Branch Family. It was good to see our friends. I wish that all the BYU teachers could have stayed just one more year but am glad that we can atleast see them when we get back to the states. We did meet the new teachers and they are very nice. Jane and Roger had everyone over for dinner. It was a party. Roger is the Branch president and I volunteered to start playing for primary!.......I think my hand shot up before I realized I haven't played the piano for a very long time! Last year the one time they asked me to play for Relief Society I played the intro and then just sat at the piano while they sang. :> But someone had left a keyboard, so I will be able to practice every week. It will be a good skill for me to practice. Please pray for me! haha

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