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On Tuesday the girls decided to dress up. They looked lovely. Here they are with Careese's pink fly-swatter. She has been trying for days to hit a fly but has so far been unsuccessful...

As I was trying to add more to the blog yesterday I got called away and never got the chance to get back to it. This morning I was trying again and got called to teach two hours of English (they thought I knew, but...). So finally I have a few minutes to write.

Everyone is doing well in spite of yet another "injury". This time Aurelien pulled a muscle in his neck while...cutting cloth in craft class. He was miserable last night and saw the doctor again. He had a massage and patches to help the pain. He should be much better tomorrow. Kimi is doing a little better from her injury... It's a good thing I have experience with medical "problems". :)

GaoXin No. 1 High School is being visited by some important government officials tomorrow and they have been shining the place up all week. Lots of paint has been applied, flowers brought in and new posters hung in the halls. (All floors were scrubbed by people with a brush and basin...) There is even an art exhibit in the hallway. Two of the posters include Saugus with a picture of our dance the first year and the students singing last year. There are also pictures of all three groups of our Chinese students. The students will all wear their uniforms tomorrow and I have reminded our kids to be on their best behavior as our class may be visited. In fact they are always good but tend to be a bit loud, so we will work on this tomorrow. :)

Our group was supposed to take a trip organized by the school in mid-July, but yesterday I got a call telling me that we would be leaving on Monday. (Next week is final exam week here, so they understandably want us elsewhere for the week.) By the way, the week after final exams the Chinese students will be back in class preparing for next year! We will be traveling to the beautiful (I have seen pictures) city of Guilin (pronounced guay leen). You can check out more information by going to http://www.guilinchina.net/travel-guide/origin_location.htm. We will leave the school about noon on Monday for a flight to Guilin. Part of the tour will include a river cruise! Mrs. Fan (last year's exchange teacher) will be going with us. It should be great fun. I will try to keep posting on the trip, but I will have to see what computer access I get.